Psychodiagnosis children: A vision beyond playing

Abstract

This article invites us to pass through some thoughts about Psychodiagnostic, since many changes took place regarding how to approach the subject in psychological assessment. The intervening psychoanalytic psychodiagnostic appears as a resource to integrate evaluation and therapeutic process. However, it appears that there are many challenges especially when it thinks this practice with children, since many psyches need to be identified and the game is to be valued as a possibility of expression and healing. It was concluded then that playing in Therapeutic Assessment Children must be understood in its uniqueness and its personification, since it goes beyond the simple play and becomes essential means of psychoanalytic treatment with children. Based on a literature search, this paper aims to promote reflection and encourage the advancement of practice and theory in this area. Both studies have been conducted through electronic databases: Scielo, LILACS, as well as from university libraries