Coragem da verdade: a (trans)formação do psicólogo clínico

Abstract

This report concerns the conclusion of the Supervised I and II internship, in the health area, referring to clinical psychotherapy with children and adolescents using a cognitive behavioral approach, under the guidance and supervision of Professor Mscª Maria Goretti Fonseca. The internship adds up to a workload of 544 hours developed over the period of two semesters. I believe that cognitive-behavioral therapists have a strong political commitment to society and this is my first reason for choosing this internship every day. Considering that we live in a society that foments violence, structured by it and that, therefore, generates dysfunctional beliefs, because it allows a perspective where we all occupy – eventually – the place of the different, to the extent that we are never adequate to the ideal proposed by society , precisely because it is an ideal. But we are taught to seek the ideal Love, to be valued, supported and even worthy of affection. When I speak of political commitment, I am using a vast theoretical repertoire, which does not only refer to cognitive-behavioral theory, but to other political journeys that brought me here. It is they who make me see this commitment in the following way: I believe that breaking with dysfunctional imprisonment schemes is, in large part, breaking with a society that supports psychic violence. And, finally, having a horizon of possibility of emancipation for people who suffer. I call it revolutionary. It is necessary to know that working with children was never my intention during the five years of University. However, it proved to be an immensely pleasant challenge in my first experience in the basic internship and, therefore, in the supervised one, I considered this choice. I also need to say that the choice for the approach was made a little while ago, but among the offers it was the one that best suited my belief system, in which 7 I need a more structured perspective for acting and that, at the same time, does not exhaust the subject epistemologically. It was appropriate, then, to move on to the Cognitive Behavioral Theory. Considering the approach, there would be two viable internship options, but working at the clinic with children piqued my interest the most. In part, because I feel that the “clinical look” makes a difference in acting, even outside the clinic, but also because working with subjects under construction seemed challenging and exciting to me, as well as an immense responsibility. As it is part of me to give in to challenges, I accepted this internship. I also chose it because I believe in and trust the work of the supervisor, who has always been ethical and responsible, believing that this would be favorable to my professional and personal growth. My intention has always been to work with something that is socially useful and that has the driving power to change what is set as a network of meaning. Working with children offers me this power, because I believe that to resolve their suffering is to look at the possibility of a fairer world. Finally, you will find here in this experience report the theoretical foundation of the cognitive behavioral theory that guides our practices, the reports of the experiences of supervision, care - focusing on a specific case - and of my psychotherapeutic process and in the final considerations the links possible additions to the training of clinical psychotherapists.