Psicologia Racializada: Narrativas de Psicólogos(as) sobre a Racialidade na Clínica Psicológica

Abstract

Historically, racial relations have been addressed by Brazilian Psychology in accordance with the colonial structure and the economic, political, and ideological frameworks that sought to perpetuate a social hierarchy. This complicity is revealed in the massive production of discriminatory theories that, by taking the white European man as the ideal of normalcy to be achieved, contributed to the inferiority and pathologization of non-white subjectivities, positioned at the margins of this model. Despite the work of the Black Movement, the significant contributions of Black intellectuals in the field of psychology, and the inclusion of racial relations in the scope of the Federal Council of Psychology, psychological theories and practices often remain disconnected from discussions on raciality and its implications for subjectivation processes and the demands presented in psychological practice. In light of the gap indicated in the literature on racial relations in Brazilian Clinical Psychology, this research aimed to investigate how racial relations are addressed in the practice of clinical psychologists. To this end, semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight Brazilian psychologists, which were analyzed from a hermeneutic-phenomenological perspective. Three axis of significance emerged in the analysis of the interviews: 1) Racism and Training; 2) Raciality and Psychological Practice; and 3) Racism and Psychological Epistemology. The research emphasizes the importance of raciality in shaping the demands brought to psychological practice and how it intersects in the relationships between professionals, institutions, and patients. The study concludes with the need for further research and scientific investigation in the field of the relationship between raciality and subjectivity, aiming to support more contextualized psychological practices, as well as the urgent need for broadening and integrating this theme into psychology training.