[Use of the genogram in the day care center: how the personal and familial history provides sense to time arrested].

This paper is about a therapeutic group created 3 years ago in our psychiatric day care unit: the genogram group. We will explain first how was born the idea of a work based on familial history and relationship, and how it was organised in practice. Then, we will speak about genogram interpretation and the different themes that the genogram can reveal: the nuclear family, the familial culture (her myths, her repeating model), the familial life cycle. We will also expose the theoretical models on which are based these themes. Finally, we will present our observations based on the experience with this group and about the characteristics and advantages of his use in institution.