“Essa menina não vai pra lugar nenhum”: flexibilizando e (des)construindo expectativas (ir)realistas a luz da terapia cognitivo-comportamental

Abstract

The supervised internships of emphasis I and II are carried out in the last year of graduation of the Psychology course at the Federal University of Recôncavo da Bahia in the period of two semesters, allowing the student a greater experience in the area of activity that is most identified within Psychology and of the options offered by the institution. This report is the result of an experience lived at the teaching clinic of the UFRB Psychology Service, which began in June 2017 and is in the finalization phase, only a few cases will continue to be attended, depending on the needs. The target audience is children and adolescents and the approach that guides our interventions is Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. The activities developed during the internship are not limited to consultations, considering that we did both readings about the approach and specific for each case, screenings, anamnesis, supervisions, discussion of clinical cases prepared by us and several simulations with the intention of improving the skills needed for psychotherapeutic care based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in general. Therefore, my first experience as a child psychotherapist will be described, the challenges of this path, how much it contributed to my maturation and professional and personal growth.