In the present paper, the author identifies tools and methodologies to support the biological parent in the exercise of his functions in the educational situation of child’s removal, favoring a path couselling group in the context of social services. It tells of the representation that fathers and mothers have of being a parent, and the possibility of setting up positive changes facing the fear of bankruptcies and judgments. Describes the crucial points of the intervention and the reflections resulting from experiences made in some Territorial Social Services.
Keywords: Group counselling, estranged children, parenting, evolutionary change, parental identity, genogram.