The main focus of the present study is to approach the benefits of playing, in therapy with children, according to the observation of psychoanalytically oriented psychologists or Winnicottian psychoanalysts, from the city of Manaus. The general objective is to understand the benefits of playing in the therapeutic process with children, based on the observation of professionals. To this end, the following specific objectives were defined: a) to understand how professionals participating in the research understand the therapeutic process with children, according to their theoretical view; b) understand how the phenomenon of transitionality is understood by the research participants as part of the process of playing in the clinical session and; c) understand how unconscious fantasy is perceived within playing, according to the research participant's report. Understanding the benefits of playing in the therapeutic process with children, from the point of view of clinicians, is justified because playing is considered a way for children to express their feelings, emotions and fantasies, without necessarily needing to use the verbal communication, since it can occur in different ways in the therapeutic process. Besides being important for their emotional development. In addition, the results of this research can contribute to Psychology professionals, who are interested in the area of psychoanalytic intervention, in their professional improvement, through the understanding of children's play within a therapeutic setting from a Winnicottian perspective. The present study consists of a case study, it is an exploratory research, with results treated in a qualitative way, from the collection of data from semi-structured interviews, for later contact with the primary sources. The data analysis was performed using the content analysis technique. With the collection of information throughout the research and the analysis of the information, it was possible to conclude that playing within the therapeutic process with children is fundamental for the assistance to take place, since it allows the expression of unconscious fantasies, elaboration of contents and re-signification of experiences, by the assisted children. In addition to taking place in an intermediate space of experience, which associates and at the same time separates, elements of internal or subjective and external or shared reality, which contributes to the enrichment of the therapeutic process.
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