A clínica infantil transpessoal: um olhar a partir dos profissionais

Abstract

The clinic is constituted as a traditional practice in psychology, in which, at the present, it is diversifying such as in private practice, as in operationalized in public policies or institutions of the third sector. Child psychotherapy is a significant portion of this practice, challenging psychologists to always reinvent themselves into the child's world. In the present research, the look at the human being was discussed from three theorists of Transpersonal Psychology, two at international ambit Ken Wilber and Stanislav Grof; and Vera Saldanha nationwide and how their theories contribute to child care in this approach. To know how child care is performed in the transpersonal approach, six psychologists who were performing child care at the time of research within the transpersonal approach using the narrative interview were interviewed. The present study was intended to be a qualitative research, in which I used the Intuitive Research, research method / approach characterized by being a transpersonal research. To understand what emerged in the interviews, I used the thematic analysis of the data, developed by Jovchelovitch and Bauer. Seven categories of analysis emerged from the interviews, relating to the objectives of the study, which are: 1) What is Transpersonal Psychology; 2) Theorists and bibliography used; 3) Applied concepts; 4) Resources used; 5) Look at the child in therapy; 6) Child development; 7) Differential of Transpersonal Psychology. With the creation of these categories, it made it possible to better understand how the field of child psychotherapy in the transpersonal is organized. Most of the works of the authors cited are more focused on the theory as a whole, addressing the psychic processes, therefore being no discussion about childhood in the clinic or tools specifically created to attend this audience. Psychologists use many and different resources, always involving playfulness as a mediator of the process and the adaptation of resources and techniques designed for the adult. As a differential of Transpersonal Psychology, psychologists brought the tools available in the field of fantasy, the possibility of experiencing beliefs and fantasies and the change that the approach makes with the therapist himself. In this context, the professionals perform a clinical practice with children based on transpersonal psychology, however not systematically, because there is no such theoretical systematization, being a particular construction of each professional. It is expected to contribute to the field of transpersonal clinic, clarifying the clinical practice around the child and advancing in studies that help refer students and professionals in this regard, highlighting the need for further studies on children, childhood and child care in the transpersonal.