This article describes how psychology interns and their supervisors assess and intervene with children and their parents through 12 sessions, some with the child, some with the parents, and some with all the parties. Our orientation, is developmental, and existential/phenomenological in its emphasis on families' lived relations. We include a sample feedback storybook, and the findings of a follow-up survey.A large proportion of the clients of Brazilian institutions that provide psychological care are children brought by their parents at the request of a school or health service. At Universidade Paulista-UNIP phenomenological assessment of children and their parents takes place at the Applied Psychology Center, carried out by supervisors and interns. In Brazil and many other countries, psychologists' university training occurs at the undergraduate level, with nearly the entire five-year curriculum devoted to psychology. The Center's interns are fourth year students, who, under supervision, work with both parents and children. Weekly group sessions, including several families and their assigned interns are held for 12 weeks, aiming toward a shared comprehension of the child, the parents, and the family situation. Under supervision, the interns prepare the therapeutic storybooks described later. This document is copyrighted by the American Psychological Association or one of its allied publishers.This article is intended solely for the personal use of the individual user and is not to be disseminated broadly.
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