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Drawing on her experience in a day hospital with young children aged 3 to 8, the author offers up a study of several mechanisms thanks to which intersubjectivity can emerge: a lively co-presence, imitation, synchrony, emotional tuning, emotional resonance, sympathy and empathy. Both an interindividual and a group process, intersubjectivity in the day hospital unfolds like a choreography at the same time coded and improvised. Dance, itself at the heart of the therapeutic group, shows the process at work. Finally the author attempts to bring out the converging points between this relational approach and the recent findings in neurosciences.