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Objects take their meaning and symbolise a function within the family dynamics and it is possible to differenciate several mediative functions from these objects: function of deposit, function of facilitation of the communication, function of temporisation, of objectal desafferentation, function of delegation or relegation. The most important is the binding the object enables to happen between the child, the parents and the therapist during family consultation. The function of medium gives its transferential dimension to the object. The place of creativity is also very important, in the form of a creative impulse, of enthusiasm, or of the invention of fantasy characters.