Orientação profissional na adolescência: relato de experiência de um serviço de promoção de saúde mental

Abstract

Professional Guidance, in the area of Psychology, is considered the help given to people with difficulties in choosing their profession, which tools are provided so that the person can make their own choices, according to their characteristics and possibilities. This work constitutes an experience report of a professional internship in Professional Guidance, developed at the Federal University of Uberlândia, in 2017, with a group of 9 students aged between 15 and 19 years, using various techniques based on the Theory Socio Historical. The proposal was, based on the report, to promote reflections about the benefits that Professional Guidance can bring to the mental health of adolescents. For that, it was shown its history since its beginning in Boston, in the first decade of the 20th century, passing through its arrival to Brazil in 1924, until the present days. In this process, its existing approaches were presented, focusing on the SocioHistorical Theory. Within this perspective, the new meanings of adolescence were discussed and how Professional Guidance can reduce the anxieties and agony usually experienced in this phase of life, contributing to the experience of a healthier adolescence. The internship experience allowed to verify the benefits of Vocational Guidance for the mental health of adolescents, because in addition to reducing afflictions at a time that can happen many conflicts, it gives resources preparing clients to deal with and to behave in various areas of their lives, being able to make their choices with less suffering and anguish.