[Some reflections a propos of an experiment in family therapy]

A social assistant in conjonction with a multidimensional team in child psychiatry followed the progress of family therapy over a few years. The reason for this family therapy was based on the difficulty the parents had in expressing their conflicts through oral communication. It is chiefly by actual encounterances and a sub-verbal dialog that this experiment was carried out. This project was able to be investigated by having great freedom of openness by elaboration of each structure and with transferential attitudes. This experiment was carried out on 40 cases; however only 4 are described to illustrate the method.