Emerson Rasera

Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU) | UFU · Institute of Psychology (IP)

Understanding workshops as one of the main forms of therapeutic intervention in Psychosocial Care Centers, the aim of this article was to reflect on their planning, development and evaluation process based on the experience of dramatic games about sexuality. Ten workshops were held, with 43 users. They were audio-recorded and transcribed. The thema...

This book is a comprehensive introduction to social constructionist ideas and their application within the psychological therapies. Whether you are a trainee or qualified therapist, this book will support you to think about therapy as a socially constructed and relational process, and to develop as a more culturally, socially and politically aware...

Kenneth Gergen é um psicólogo americano que tem ocupado um lugar de destaque entre aqueles que, suspeitando das bases que historicamente sustentaram a Psico-logia como ciência, passaram a buscar por alternativas. Apesar de sua importância nesse cenário, existe certa escassez de estudos na literatura sobre suas propostas teóricas e o desenvolvimento...

RESUMO: Na sociedade brasileira, a comunicação das aprendizagens cotidianas dos(as) terapeutas tem sido negligenciada, mantendo-os(as) na posição de consumidores(as) de conhecimentos e relegando a segundo plano o aspecto criativo e reflexivo de sua prática. Visando estimular os(as) terapeutas a assumirem sua responsabilidade de partilhar seus conhe...

The aim of this book is to present different forms of group work influenced by a social constructionist sensibility. The book shows how these two fields of knowledge can be connected and indicates the need for new theoretical developments. Despite offering theoretical contributions, the emphasis of the book is on the translation of some constructio...

Resumo Entendemos a ética em pesquisa como uma ação cotidiana de construção de confiança, afetada pelo compromisso de transformação de nossas práticas sociais. Este artigo tem por objetivo analisar as relações entre pesquisador-diretor e protagonista no processo de decisão sobre as imagens produzidas e incluídas no filme que narra a história de vid...

Organizado em cenas e atos e combinando pesquisas empíricas com micronarrativas, o livro convida, de forma sensível e multifacetada, a um grande diálogo sobre os desafios da construção do conhecimento e sua dimensão política em contextos de risco à democracia. Seus capítulos trazem análises que focalizam as práticas sociais cotidianas e tensionam p...

The documentary as a research strategy in the field of human sciences still generates significant debate. Aiming to contribute to this debate, the objective of this article is to point out some methodological challenges that marked the process of researching/ recording/narrating a documentary film about the life trajectory of Keila Simpson and its...

The SAGE Handbook of Social Constructionist Practice is a major review of one of the key theories within psychology and the social sciences. Social construction is one of the main theoretical approaches within the social sciences to emerge out of the turn of the 20th century, and this volume showcases the latest theory and application of social con...

Resumo O construcionismo social tem influenciado o desenvolvimento de variadas intervenções comunitárias. O objetivo deste estudo é descrever propostas de trabalho comunitário construcionistas e analisar o uso do discurso construcionista e os desafios enfrentados. Assim, analisamos o Projeto de Conversações Públicas, o Imagine Chicago e o Projeto d...

Resumo: Na sociedade contemporânea, a suposta supremacia masculina e heterossexual é perpetuada através do sexismo e do heterossexismo, deslegitimando a existência lésbica. O objetivo deste ensaio é refletir sobre os discursos de opressão e a busca de enfrentamento lésbico por meio do diálogo com a obra cinematográfica Amor por direito. A análise r...

Resumo: As narrativas sobre as travestis e transexuais integram um conjunto significativo de trabalhos acadêmicos no Brasil, revelando diferentes formas de (re)contar a sociabilidade delas. Esse artigo é uma proposta coletiva de (re)pensar o lugar da academia na (re)produção das vidas travestis, a partir da construção de uma estratégia narrativa qu...

Resumo A partir de uma perspectiva social, o conceito de sexualidade deixa de fazer referência à biologia dos corpos para se referir a processos históricos de construção da identidade. As diversas formas de vivência da sexualidade são significadas a partir dos contextos e instituições sociais. A escola é uma das instituições que promove a manutençã...

Resumo: As mulheres lésbicas e bissexuais apresentam demandas específicas no cuidado à saúde. Este artigo consiste em uma revisão sistemática da literatura dedicada à exploração dos aspectos psicossociais vivenciados por mulheres lésbicas e bissexuais no contexto oncológico. Buscas nas bases PsycINFO, PePSIC, BVS, Medline abrangendo o período de 20...

Objetiva-se identificar os discursos sobre o acesso e a qualidade da atenção integral à saúde da população de Lésbicas, Gays, Bissexuais, Travestis e Transexuais (LGBT) entre médicas(os) da Estratégia Saúde da Família, refletindo sobre como esses discursos podem impactar o cuidado em saúde da população LGBT. Participaram 15 médicas(os) em Uberlândi...

The sexual health of people with severe and/or persistent mental disorders has not been shown a thematic of great investment of the health professionals in Brazil, and rare are the studies done with this population. The aim of this study was to understand the meanings about sexuality of people using mental health services negotiated in sexuality wo...

This paper aims to reflect on the process of producing meanings about change in family therapy from the perspective of relational responsibility. Using the method of social poetics. We sought to identify striking moments in the therapeutic process of family that faced the serious illness of one of its members. These moments comprised; (a) The cours...

In contemporary society, the supposed masculine and heterosexual supremacy is perpetuated through sexism and heterosexism, delegitimizing the lesbian existence. The objective of this essay is to reflect on discourses of oppression and the lesbian confrontation of them through the dialogue with the movie "Freeheld". The analysis shows how the oppres...

This article aims to understand the meanings making process about change in family therapy under the constructionist perspective. The analysis of the therapeutic process of a family pointed out that the conversational construction of the therapeutic change was marked by shifting the discourse from the initial health problem of the mother which aros...

EL CONSTRUCCIONISMO SOCIAL SE HA difundido en diferentes partes del mundo. Basta con consultar las bases de datos de la literatura científica, sitios web personales y profesionales asociados al pensamiento socioconstruccionista para darnos cuenta que está presente en todos los continentes del mundo. En un diálogo polifónico, pero no siempre políglo...

Biographical studies cover an important theoretical and methodological framework that has been developed in the human and social sciences, in which there is an appreciation of the meaning attributed by the subject to events or narrated situations. This study aims to discuss and compare the methods of life history, narrative research and testimonio,...

Resumo A terapia de casal tradicionalmente restringiu seu interesse pela linguagem verbal, considerando pouco outras formas linguísticas. A fim de investigar alter-nativas terapêuticas, este estudo buscou compreender os processos relacionais de coconstrução de sentidos mediante a criação de desenhos na clínica de casal. Me-todologicamente os dados...

In the field of family therapy (FT), theoretical and methodological perspectives coexist. This article aims to comprehend how family therapists use different theories, especially social constructionism. We describe a qualitative study, carried out through semi-structured and individual interviews with 14 Brazilian family therapists, men and women....

Interested in enriching the dialogues between social constructionism and several therapeutic proposals influenced by the postmodern discourse, this essay aimed to analyse the convergences and divergences concerning the social constructionist discourse and social therapy. Parting from constructionist proposals regarding therapeutic stance and therap...

Esse estudo investigou o uso de conceitos e práticas terapêuticas construcionistas sociais na escrita de cartas em sessões de psicoterapia de grupo. Ele se baseou, especificamente, na ilustração dos procedimentos propostos por Chen para a redação das cartas. Para tanto, foram realizadas 12 sessões grupais, com dez participantes, e utilizadas cartas...

The objective of this paper is to describe the self-description change process of a female participant in a support group for people living with HIV. The analysis of the transcripts of 10 sessions, in a social constructionist perspective, was based on a ‘thematic axis’ related to the disclosure of HIV status and a ‘process axis’ related to her part...

This study aimed to understand the meanings produced in family relationships against the repetition of "teenage pregnancy" and family planning. The analysis was based on a qualitative perspective, social constructionist, with conducting six individual interviews, semi -structured, referring to three households from lower classes young people who ha...

In this essay we contribute to the discussion about the ways in which psychology research practices deal with the knowledge of the "other". We explore the dynamics of the knowledge production process resulting from the adoption of a constructionist epistemology. Through the analysis carried out, we give visibility to the challenges present througho...

The field of family therapy (FT) consists of different theoretical and epistemological proposals. More recently, social constructionism has contributed for the creation of new practices in FT, leading to an emphasis on the communication processes in the therapeutic context. This study aims to comprehend dissemination forms of social constructionist...

RESUMO. O campo da terapia familiar (TF) é composto por diferentes propostas teóricas e epistemológicas. Recentemente, o construcionismo social tem contribuído para a configuração de novas práticas em TF, levando a uma maior ênfase nos processos de comunicação no contexto terapêutico. O objetivo deste estudo é investigar a difusão do construcionism...

The entry of psychologists into the public health sector in Brazil is usually connected to a traditional clinical model, and, thus, marked by a lack of training for group work. A reflection on the training of psychologists for group work is essential. Aiming at contributing to this theme, the objective of this article is to discuss the training for...

RESUMO Realizou-se uma revisão sistemática da literatura sobre sexualidade e saúde mental referente ao período de 2000 a 2013 a partir de buscas nas bases de dados PsycINFO, PePSIC, BVS e SciELO-Brasil. As referências localizadas foram selecionadas conforme critérios de inclusão estabelecidos. O corpus foi constituído por 38 referências, as quais f...

A systematic review of the literature on sexuality and mental health was conducted regarding the period from 2000 to 2013, based on searches on PsycINFO, PePSIC, BVS and SciELO-Brazil databases. References found were selected according to established inclusion criteria. The corpus was constituted by 38 references, which were analyzed quanti-qualita...

Considerando a necessidade de outros olhares sobre a complexidade do universo das travestis, este estudo objetiva descrever e analisar os repertórios interpretativos sobre as relações de amizade entre elas. Participaram 10 travestis do sudeste brasileiro. A entrevista individual semiestruturada foi o recurso metodológico escolhido, apoiada pelo cad...

Professionals involved with group work face ethical challenges specific to the group context. Seeking to contribute to an ethical discourse in group work, this article aims to understand how the ethical norms of group work organizations define group ethics. Methodologically, we conducted a critical analysis of the major themes found in ethical docu...

A Psicologia Discursiva tem ganhado destaque na Psicologia Social nos últimos anos, propondo novos objetos e métodos de investigação. Este artigo tem por objetivo apresentar os principais pressupostos teórico-metodológicos da Psicologia Discursiva e refletir sobre as tendências e os desafios de sua utilização no campo dos estudos em Psicologia Soci...

Discursive Psychology has gained prominence in Social Psychology in recent years, proposing new objects and methods of inquiry. This article aims to present the main theoretical and methodological assumptions of Discursive Psychology and to analyze the trends and challenges of its use in the field of Social Psychology and Health. Discursive Psychol...

The article examines the process of discursive construction of the 'SUS problem' in reports published in the newspaper Folha de S. Paulo in 2008. Through an online search of the Folha archives, 667 news items were selected and then studied from the perspectives of critical discourse analysis and contributions from social constructionism. In methodo...

The world faces rapid changes that call for new epistemologies and methodologies that can generate innovative forms of “being” and “doing” within organizations. This article investigates conceptual and practical resources from the social constructionist perspective that can be useful in realizing the transformation of organizations. Initially, a gl...

The aim of this study is to contribute to the reflection regarding the heterogeneous constitution of social constructionist psychotherapy, characterized by different vocabularies and postures. This article analyses the relationship between the social constructionist discourse and Solution-focused Therapy concepts and practices, which are described...

A Responsabilização é um fenômeno importante em conversas sobre doenças crônicas, tais como o diabetes. Assim, o objetivo deste estudo foi entender como a Responsabilização foi manejada em grupos em que se conversava sobre viver com diabetes. Metodologicamente, este estudo foi inspirado pela Psicologia Discursiva. Foram realizadas cinco oficinas co...

This essay aims to analyse the group situation in the film entitled "The Lord of the Flies" using the theory of Pichon-Rivière. A linkage between theoretical concepts by Pichon-Rivière and scenes portrayed in the film are made. The film tells the story of a group of children who suffer an airplane accident when coming back home, and is forced to li...

Este ensaio objetiva analisar a situação grupal do filme "O senhor das Moscas" a partir da teoria de Pichon-Rivière. Por meio da seleção de algumas cenas, são alinhavados os conceitos da teoria pichoniana ao que é retratado no filme. A obra narra a estória de algumas crianças que sofrem um acidente, ao voltar para casa de avião, e são obrigadas a c...

The solution-focused therapy (SFT) is a kind of brief therapy which states that in order to solve a problem, it's not necessary to understand it. Starting with the establishment of concrete goals, therapist and client search for exceptions to the problem and for the client's strength and resources which may help him build a more satisfying life. Co...

This essay aims to reflect on some contributions of the psychodramatic theory for the study of the family group. Analysing the film “Life is Beautiful” will make possible to understand how the family group characteristics influence the development of the individual and his integration into society. The film presents the fight of the creative Guido...

Considering the scarcity of studies about the use of therapeutic letters in the national literature, this article seeks to promote the debate on its potential. Thus, we present the therapeutic letters as a resource for clinical practice, which is understood, at the same time, as a form of documentation and a therapeutic intervention. From a review...

The aim of this study was to describe the interpretative repertoires about the motherhood used in interviews by women who lives motherhood experience. We interviewed twelve mothers, users of a Maternal and Child Health-care Center, whose youngest child was between four months and two years old. Corpus analysis was performed according to Discourse A...

Considering social constructionist contributions, this study intents to comprehend the meaning making process about change in family therapy. We analyzed the therapeutic process of a family based on the transcripts of video-taped sessions. Anchored in the social poetics practice, we aimed to identify some arresting moments of the therapeutic proces...

This case study aims to understand the change process of a person in group psychotherapy, from a narrative perspective. Participant observation and an analysis of the notes of twelve sessions of a short-term group allowed us to investigate episodes and therapeutic interventions that had contributed to the construction of a narrative in which the pe...

Considerando-se que a atuação dos psicólogos por meio das práticas grupais tem sido uma alternativa qualificada dos serviços em saúde pública, o objetivo desta pesquisa foi descrever os sentidos de práticas grupais identificados em dezoito entrevistas semiestruturadas com psicólogos atuantes na saúde pública em Uberlândia - MG. A análise do discurs...

Group work has been considered an alternative of psychological intervention in the public health context. The objective of this research was to describe the meanings of group practice present in eighteen semi-structured interviews with psychologists that work in the public health context in Uberlândia-MG. The discourse analysis, based on Social Con...

This study describes the meanings of group work and ethical decision making among clinical and organizational psychologists. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews with ten psychologists about ethical principles, ethical dilemmas, professional ethics training and group ethics. It was analyzed qualitatively accordingly to content anal...

O objetivo deste estudo foi descrever os repertórios interpretativos utilizados por idosos deficientes auditivos sobre a decisão de usar próteses auditivas. Foram entrevistados cinco idosos, de ambos os sexos, deficientes auditivos e usuários de próteses auditivas. Os dados foram analisados segundo as propostas de análise do discurso influenciadas...

The aim of this study was to describe the interpretative repertoires used by hearing impaired elders in choosing to use hearing aids. Five hearing impaired elders, of both sexes, who used hearing aids, were interviewed. Data analysis was performed according to Discourse Analysis by Constructionist Approach. As results, we observed that the hearing...

The comprehension gap regarding the meanings constructed by couples who have experienced breast cancer in the female partner motivated this study. Its aim was to describe and analyze the meanings that couples construct about the female partner's breast cancer and the ways in which they relate to this illness. Seven couples were interviewed and the...

Since the beginning of the epidemic, Psychology has contributed in the fight against AIDS through psychological care for those living with AIDS, their relatives and STD/AIDS prevention. Related to the AIDS social movement, a new context of work for psychologists emerged: the AIDS non-governmental organizations. Considering the scarcity of Brazilian...

This book brings to social scientists a new look at how human beings are striving towards understanding others-- and through that effort--making sense of themselves. It brings together researchers from all over the World who have suggested a set of new approaches to the basic research issue of how human beings are social beings, while being unique...

This article describes the structure and the functioning of a social constructionist group therapy program, as carried out in the Psychology internship at the Universidade Federal de Uberlândia. This theoretical perspective emphasizes the analysis of the social process of making sense; a stance of co-construction between therapist and client; a foc...

En esta entrevista, Sheila McNamee presenta una revisión importante de su trayectoria en los campos de la comunicación y de la psicoterapia. Ella presenta una historia personal de la aparición del construccionismo social y de sus usos en psicoterapia, específicamente en terapia de la familia. En este viaje, ella describe las características importa...

A definição construcionista do grupo terapêutico como uma prática discursiva enfatiza o caráter de negociação do processo de preparação e composição do grupo. Considerando esta perspectiva, o objetivo deste trabalho é compreender como determinadas formas de conversar contribuem para o processo de preparação e composição de um grupo de apoio para po...

The constructionist definition of group therapy as a discursive practice emphasizes the character of negotiation in the process of group preparation and composition. Considering this perspective, the objective of this study is to comprehend how certain ways of talking contribute to the process of preparing and composing a support group for people l...

The constructionist definition of group therapy as a discursive practice emphasizes the character of negotiation in the process of group preparation and composition. Considering this perspective, the objective of this study is to comprehend how certain ways of talking contribute to the process of preparing and composing a support group for people l...

A constructionist description of group therapy defines it as a discursive practice in which problem and change are considered conversational constructions produced by people in relationships. The objective of this study is to comprehend how certain ways of talking contribute to the construction of the problem and its solution in a support group for...

O construcionismo social é um movimento que tem ganhado destaque na literatura internacional em Psicologia na última década e encontra seus primeiros passos no Brasil. O objetivo deste texto é descrever os múltiplos sentidos do convite construcionista, apresentando as histórias da origem deste movimento, suas contribuições e as principais tensões e...

The social constructionist movement has been in prominence in the international psychological literature in the last decade and it is now rising in Brazil. The objective of this text is to describe the multiple meanings of the constructionist invitation through the histories of its origin, its contributions and the main tensions and debates produce...

Challenges of using social constructionism in psychotherapeutic context. In the last years, social constructionism has contributed to the construction of different therapeutic proposals. Aiming to understand how cosntructionist assumptions theoretically sustain certain therapeutic practices, this study analyzed White & Epston's narrative therapy, H...

In the last years, social constructionism has contributed to the construction of different therapeutic proposals. Aiming to understand how cosntructionist assumptions theoretically sustain certain therapeutic practices, this study analyzed White & Epston's narrative therapy, Harlene Anderson's collaborative approach and Tom Andersen's reflexive pro...

The objective of this article is to report on the meanings related to sexuality and gender among people living with HIV/AIDS. Ten open support group sessions for people with HIV/AIDS were conducted in Ribeirao Preto, Brazil. Social constructionism was used as a conceptual framework for analyzing the group's conversations. Regarding construction of...

O construcionismo social tem sido proposto como um conjunto de elaborações da crise paradigmática que tem sofrido as ciências nas últimas décadas. A complexidade e riqueza de tais elaborações dificultam uma descrição única e consensualmente aceita sobre o construcionismo social. Neste artigo temos como objetivo explorar as propostas de Kenneth J. G...

Social constructionism has been proposed as a set of answers for the scientific paradigmatic crisis of last decades. The complexity and richness of its statements make difficult a unitary and consensual description of what is social constructionism among its proponents. Our objective in this article is to explore in more details Kenneth J. Gergen a...

Social constructionism has been proposed as a set of answers for the scientific paradigmatic crisis of last decades. The complexity and richness of its statements make difficult a unitary and consensual description of what is social constructionism among its proponents. Our objective in this article is to explore in more details Kenneth J. Gergen a...

There is a debate in the literature regarding the homogeneity in the composition of the groups for persons with HIV/AIDS, according to stages of the disease, infection forms, and the participants' sex. This study, based on a constructionist conception of the therapy and of the production of the knowledge, sought analyzing how the senses on the sero...

Há um debate na literatura a respeito da homogeneidade na composição dos grupos para portadores do HIV, segundo estágios da doença, formas de infecção e sexo dos participantes. Este estudo, baseado em uma concepção construcionista da terapia e da produção do conhecimento, buscou analisar como os sentidos sobre a soropositividade e o apoio eram nego...

O construcionismo, como forma de elaboração da crise paradigmática que têm vivido as ciências humanas, redimensiona várias concepções sobre a produção do conhecimento e os processos psicoterápicos. Neste artigo, buscaremos apontar como a ênfase nos processos relacionais e a centralidade da linguagem promovidas pelo construcionismo transformam o est...

This article contributes for the discussion of unofficial curriculum's role in psychology professional training. It brings some thoughts about the course structure, its institutional insertion, and the construction of psychological knowledge presented at the Forum de Debates em Psicologia, organized by undergraduated students, authors of this paper...