O trajeto estudante-estagiário-psicólogo: afetos, encontros e incertezas.

Abstract

What composes being a good psychologist? How and who validates this condition? These questions, altogether, moved the writing of this work, which aims to: share reflections on the journey of a psychology graduate, seeking to understand the contours between the positioning of psychology student, intern and psychologist, using the perspective of Historical-Cultural Psychology as a theoretical framework for the exploration and analysis of this path. Therefore, seven letters written by the graduate himself and addressed to different addresses were analyzed. The letters, in general, record moments of reflection regarding formation in psychology and its resonances. They open a dialogue with the affections felt along the way, talk about the relationship with peers and dilemmas that circumscribe such formation and, especially, deal with: contrast between cognition and emotion, compositions about being a good psychologist, need for quick results, fears and doubts in general. From this analysis, it is possible to understand that the student-intern-psychologist path is unique and quite complex. Generally, the path taken is not linear, on the contrary, it is full of backwards and forwards, meetings and disagreements, with uncertainties and mistrust that remain even after graduation.