Pedrinho: o menino que não desenhava

Abstract

The purpose of the report written here is to present and discuss the experiences in the Specific Internship of the emphasis on health psychology, a mandatory curricular component of the psychology course at the Federal University of Recôncavo da Bahia (UFRB). The internship was developed from the insertion in clinical psychology, being the protagonist environment of the practices of this report, the UFRB Psychology Service in the municipality of Santo Antônio de Jesus - Bahia. The experience took place from May 2017 to March 2018. In the following lines, the present work presents an overview of the supporting theoretical-methodological framework for the understanding and discussion of the case analyzed here. I will bring a little about doing Gestalt Therapy with children, the importance of the family in the therapeutic process, the concepts of healthy and unhealthy functioning, as well as concepts about contact functions and avoidant adjustments and diagnostic thinking and psychotherapy with children. Finally, I will describe about learning difficulties and the way in which Gestalt therapy deals with this theme. Then, I will describe the case, demand and field conditions, in addition to the procedures used and the most relevant sessions. Finally, I will discuss the case, relating it to current and relevant literature.