ARIAS, Gleise Sales; TARDIVO, Leila Salomão de la Plata Cury. The emotional experience of a child in migration and refugee received in São Paulo: a case study. Revista de Psicoterapia, v. 36, n. 131, p. 4-11, 2025.
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Abstract: International displacement has become a global issue driven by armed conflicts, sociopolitical upheavals and environmental crises, all of which intensify extreme socioeconomic vulnerability. This research was qualitative and descriptive in nature, with an emphasis on the clinical method. It was carried out in a shelter for migrants and asylum seekers in the city of São Paulo. The instruments used were semi-structured interviews and the Thematic Drawing-and-Story Procedure. The discussion focuses on fragments of a clinical case of a 12-year-old Venezuelan boy and his family, who had recently arrived in Brazil. It was understood that although the experiences of migration and refuge are social phenomena, their experience is complex and personal and that both pre- and post-migration experiences must be taken into account in order to understand them. There are references to the experiences of grief that accompany migration, in which feelings of sadness and joy become intertwined. This interweaving is also related to their family history, which predates the migration. The techniques used were considered appropriate, as it was understood that the psychological support offered in the host country can facilitate the working-through of conflicts related to the overall migration experience.