[Clara: from containment to the transformation of separation anxiety]

In the psychological care of separation disorders in child psychiatry, hospitalisation intervenes as a last resort, when care in an out-of-hospital structure but also in environments close to the child is no longer sufficient to contain his anxiety. A clinical example illustrates how nurses are led to position themselves and to think about care. It shows to what extent our containing functions can be an adapted response to the needs of the child in hospital.