Abstract
Case Report: Patient index Fernanda, female, 31 years old, with retinal depigmentation, depression, with suicidal ideation, unemployed, residing at a risk area with five children, four of whom spent six months in a Shelter Unit due to her mother's negligence. It was necessary to intervene utilizing family approach tools: Genogram, Ecomap, Family Life Cycle, Firo and P.R.A.C.T.I.C.E. with members after returning of children to the family circle. Final considerations: Once the role of the Family Health Estrategy is stimulate the autonomy of the subject for them to formulate solutions for situation that interfere at the family arrangement, this approach made possible the accomplishment of an interdisciplinary work, with a nurse, a dental surgeon and a psychologist in partnership with the family exposed to social vulnerability, making possible improvement in the relation between members and conviviality among members, reorganization of the family dynamics and, thus, facilitating resolution of the problems.