Rapport Building in Written Crisis Services: Qualitative Content Analysis.

BACKGROUND: Building therapeutic relationships and social presence are challenging in digital services and maybe even more difficult in written services. Despite these difficulties, in-person care may not be feasible or accessible in all situations. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to categorize crisis counselors' efforts to build rapport in written conversations by using deidentified conversation transcripts from the text and chat arms of the National Child Abuse Hotline. Using these categories, we identify the common characteristics of successful conversations. We defined success as conversations where help-seekers reported the hotline was a good way to seek help and that they were a lot more hopeful, a lot more informed, a lot more prepared to address the situation, and experiencing less stress, as reported by help-seekers. METHODS: The sample consisted of transcripts from 314 purposely selected conversations from of the 1153 text and chat conversations during July 2020. Hotline users answered a preconversation survey (ie, demographics) and a postconversation survey (ie, their perceptions of the conversation). We used qualitative content analysis to process the conversations. RESULTS: Active listening skills, including asking questions, paraphrasing, reflecting feelings, and interpreting situations, were commonly used by counselors. Validation, unconditional positive regard, and evaluation-based language, such as praise and apologies, were also often used. Compared with less successful conversations, successful conversations tended to include fewer statements that attend to the emotional dynamics. There were qualitative differences in how the counselors applied these approaches. Generally, crisis counselors in positive conversations tended to be more specific and tailor their comments to the situation. CONCLUSIONS: Building therapeutic relationships and social presence are essential to digital interventions involving mental health professionals. Prior research demonstrates that they can be challenging to develop in written conversations. Our work demonstrates characteristics associated with successful conversations that could be adopted in other written help-seeking interventions.

Counseling Psychological Understanding and Considerations of the Metaverse: A Theoretical Review.

The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered the interest in and demand for online platforms that can replace traditional face-to-face activities. Accordingly, metaverses have been increasingly used across society, especially in the Mental health field. This broad use of metaverses is now recognized as a major trend that will drive various industries across healthcare and society. In response to this societal change, this study provides a theoretical framework for understanding and applying metaverses as therapeutic spaces in mental health fields through a conceptualization and characterization of metaverses for a range of technologies and services. The value of metaverses as a human-centered "field of experience" was identified and proposed based on the essential aspect of the user, the human being, rather than from the technology used. According to existing psychotherapeutic theories, four therapeutic concepts for the metaverse were proposed: metaverse as an "average expectable environment" in the developmental and therapeutic categories of the self, a transitional stage for adaptation to reality, a creative space for memory and communication for the self, and an expanded or "surplus" reality. This work is expected to be a useful basis for expanding new psychotherapeutic strategies and methods as therapeutic spaces for maintaining mental health through the metaverse.

Affirmative Stances in Training Programs Toward Sexual and Gender Minority Clients: Views From Clinical and Counseling Psychology Graduate Students.

Despite training recommendations to address mental health disparities among sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals, the current state of SGM affirmative training in clinical and counseling doctoral psychology programs remains unclear. The present study surveyed 147 clinical and counseling psychology graduate students in the United States. Participants completed surveys on affirmative training stances in their graduate program for sexual minority clients, gender minority clients, and self-reported perceptions of their attitudes, knowledge, and skills related to SGM clients. Results revealed that current graduate students reported more affirmative stances for sexual minority clients compared to gender minority clients. SGM graduate students reported fewer affirmative stances in their programs for both sexual and gender minority clients compared to their heterosexual cisgender peers. Lastly, SGM identity was a significant predictor of perceived SGM clinical competency beyond years of training, program model, or type of graduate program. Implications for training and future research are discussed.

"It's Not Only about Clinical Tools but Also Our Role as Agents of Social Change": Implementing a LGBT Competency Training for Future Mental Health Practitioners in Mexico.

Recent studies recommend implementing a curriculum that is inclusive of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) identities in health-related higher education programs. Inclusive health services are a means to address stigma-related adverse health outcomes in these populations. In Mexico, research has revealed that sexual and gender minority individuals experience discriminatory conditions that put them at risk for mental health problems. The present study tested the impact of a LGBT training protocol in Mexico; 17 psychology majors living in Mexico City received 12-plus hours of training on LGBT multicultural competencies. A quantitative retrospective assessment of participants' attitudes toward LGBT individuals, knowledge of LGBT issues, and willingness to work with LGBT clients, alongside qualitative data collected from a focus group, provided evidence on the impact of this training strategy. Implications for LGBT multicultural competency training in undergraduate and graduate programs in psychology are discussed herein.

Career Barriers and Coping Efficacy with International Students in Counseling Psychology Programs.

This study uses Lent et al.'s (1994) social cognitive career theory (SCCT) as a framework for understanding the career barriers and coping efficacy experienced by international master's of counseling psychology students. Grounded in SCCT, we described coping efficacy as international students' perceived capability to navigate career barriers. Using Braun and Clarke's (2006) thematic analysis, we explored the career barriers and coping efficacy of 12 international master's of counseling psychology students. The first focus area, International Journey with Multiple Barriers, included five themes: Interpersonal Stress, Language Barriers, Financial Pressures, Advising Concerns, and Visa and Immigration-Related Stress. The second focus area, Agents of Change in the Midst of Barriers, included five themes: Self-Regulating, Stepping into Discomfort, Cognitive Reappraising, Becoming a Change Agent, and Social Support Seeking. Findings demonstrated participants' coping efficacy and perceptions of themselves as agents of change. This study deepens the field's understanding of career development among international master's of counseling psychology students.

Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms: What They Are and Why Counseling Psychologists Should Care about Them.

Medically unexplained symptoms and syndromes (MUS) affect the health of 20%-30% of patients seen in primary care. Optimally, treatment for these patients requires an interdisciplinary team consisting of both primary care and mental health providers. By developing an expertise in MUS, counseling psychologists can improve the care of patients with MUS who are already in their practice, expand the number of patients they help, and enhance the integration of counseling psychology into the broader medical community. Additionally, counseling psychologists' expertise in culture, attunement to therapeutic processes, and our focus on prioritizing patients' perspectives and quality of life can fill the gap in research on MUS and bringing increased attention to counseling psychologists' unique contributions to health service delivery.

Trabajo decente: representaciones de trabajo y anticipaciones de futuro en jóvenes en situación de vulnerabilidad social / Decent work: representations of work and turure prospects in vulnerable young workers

El artículo presenta resultados de una investigación cualitativa que buscó comprender las valoraciones y representaciones sobre el trabajo, y las anticipaciones de futuro vinculadas con la esfera laboral, en jóvenes en situación de vulnerabilidad social. El análisis se ha realizado a la luz de las variables que caracterizan el concepto de trabajo decente. Nos preguntamos: ¿cómo significan sus trabajos?, ¿cómo impactan estos sentidos en la construcción de la subjetividad y de sus trayectorias de vida?, ¿qué representaciones de trabajo decente tienen?, ¿cómo se relacionan con sus anticipaciones de futuro? Observamos que el mercado laboral actual- reflejado en difíciles condiciones de acceso y permanencia en los trabajos y en su alta precariedad- incide en los sentidos del trabajo y en las intenciones de futuro. Consecuentemente, se advierte una naturalización - y una resignación - frente a estas condiciones. El divorcio entre trabajo e intereses personales afectan la posibilidad de proyectar futuros en los que puedan expresarse dimensiones personales vinculadas al bienestar y a una vida satisfactoria

This article presents the results of a qualitative research that aims to understand and compare the values, representations and future prospects of work in vulnerable young workers. The analysis considers the variables that characterize decent work. We ask: what does their work mean to them?, what impact do those meanings have on their subjectivity and life paths construction?, what do they understand by "decent work"?, how do their jobs and work representations relate to their future prospects? We observe that the context of the employment market, -where jobs lack continuity, are difficult to access and are highly unstable-, affects the purpose of work and people's future prospects. Consequently, it has been noted that there is an acceptance and conformity to these conditions. The divergence between work and personal interests affects the possibility of having future prospects in which personal dimensions can be linked to well-being and a satisfactory life

Aconselhamento psicológico e psicologia positiva na saúde pública: escuta como produção de saúde / Counseling psychology and positive psychology in public health: listening as health production / Asesoría psicológica y psicología positiva en salud pública: el escuchar como la producción de salud

O objetivo deste estudo teórico é apresentar e discutir o aconselhamento psicológico no campo da saúde pública como forma de proporcionar uma escuta enquanto produção de saúde, ou seja, partindo do pressuposto de que o espaço criado para a fala acerca dos problemas vivenciados já constitui uma ferramenta capaz de produzir bem-estar. A Psicologia Positiva é trazida como abordagem adequada aos pressupostos da saúde pública e do aconselhamento por privilegiar o domínio da saúde na compreensão do ser humano, suas virtudes e potencialidades. Refletindo sobre a formação profissional em Psicologia no campo da saúde pública, o aconselhamento é apresentado também como possibilidade de inserção do estagiário neste cenário e de aprendizagem significativa acerca das competências e habilidades que devem atravessar e constituir o ser profissional. conclui-se que a escuta pode ser valorizada pelos profissionais de saúde como forma de aproximá-los dos clientes e potencializar o desenvolvimento e o reconhecimento de recursos para a promoção do bem estar.

The objective of this theoretical study is to present and discuss the Counseling Psychology in the field of public health as a way to provide a listening while production of health, ie, assuming that the space created for talks about the problems experienced already a tool capable of producing well-being. Positive Psychology is brought as a suitable approach to the assumptions of public health and counseling focus on the field of health in understanding the human being, his virtues and strengths. Reflecting on professional training in psychology in the field of public health, counseling is also presented as a possible inclusion in this scenario the trainee and significant about the competencies and skills that must be going through and be professional learning. It is concluded that listening can be valued by health professionals as a way to bring them closer to customers and enhance the development and recognition of resources for the promotion of well-being.

El objetivo de este estudio teórico es presentar y discutir la orientación psicológica en el campo de la salud pública como una manera de proporcionar una escucha mientras que la producción de la salud, es decir, suponiendo que el espacio creado para el habla de los problemas que ya experimentó una herramienta capaz de producir el bienestar. Psicología Positiva es llevada como un enfoque adecuado a los supuestos de la salud pública y el asesoramiento se centran en el campo de la salud en la comprensión del ser humano, sus virtudes y fortalezas. Al reflexionar sobre la formación profesional en psicología en el campo de la salud pública, el asesoramiento también se presenta como una posible inclusión en este escenario el aprendiz y significativa acerca de las competencias y habilidades que deben estar pasando por y ser profesional de aprendizaje. Se concluye que la escucha puede ser valorado por los profesionales de la salud como una manera de acercarlos a los clientes y mejorar el desarrollo y el reconocimiento de los recursos para la promoción del bienestar.

Death anxiety and ageist attitudes are related to trainees' interest in working with older adults.

OBJECTIVES: To explore how psychology trainee death concerns and ageist behavior relate to their willingness and desire to work with older adults. METHOD: Trainees (N = 104; 80.8% women) completed the Death Thought-Accessibility Measure, Relating to Older People Evaluation (ROPE), Death Anxiety Scale-Extended (DASE), and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and rated their willingness and desire to work with older adults and their willingness to obtain training on how to work with older adults. RESULTS: Pearson correlations showed that salience of death-related thoughts, death anxiety (but not general anxiety), and negative behaviors toward older adults were significantly negatively associated with trainees' willingness and desire to work with older adults. Regressions revealed that negative behaviors toward older adults was the strongest factor associated with willingness and desire to work with older adults, whereas positive behaviors toward older adults was the strongest factor associated with being willing to obtain training in working with older adults. Death anxiety and salience of death-related thoughts positively correlated with each other and were each positively associated with negative behaviors toward older adults. CONCLUSION: Helping graduate trainees become more comfortable with mortality and changing negative behaviors toward older adults may increase their interest in gerontology and geriatrics.

The Common Sense of Counseling Psychology: Introducing the Common-Sense Model of Self-Regulation.

The goal of therapy is typically to improve clients' self-management of their problems, not only during the course of therapy but also after therapy ends. Although it seems obvious that therapists are interested in improving client's self-management, the psychotherapy literature has little to say on the topic. This article introduces Leventhal's Common-Sense Model of Self-Regulation, a theoretical model of the self-management of health, and applies the model to the therapeutic process. The Common-Sense Model proposes that people develop illness representations of health threats and these illness representations guide self-management. The model has primarily been used to understand how people self-manage physical health problems, we propose it may also be useful to understand self-management of mental health problems. The Common-Sense Model's strengths-based perspective is a natural fit for the work of counseling psychologists. In particular, the model has important practical implications for addressing how clients understand mental health problems over the course of treatment and self-manage these problems during and after treatment.

Black Lives Matter: A Call to Action for Counseling Psychology Leaders.

Police brutality and widespread systemic racism represent historical and current sources of trauma in Black communities. Both the Black Lives Matter movement and counseling psychology propose to confront these realities at multiple levels. Black Lives Matter seeks to increase awareness about systemic racism and promote resilience among Black people. Counseling psychology states values of multiculturalism, social justice, and advocacy. Executive leadership in counseling psychology may seek to promote racial justice, yet struggle with how to participate in Black Lives Matter movements and address racial discrimination within larger systems spontaneously and consistently. However, counseling psychology trainees and professionals are actively involved in the Black Lives Matter movement, leading the way forward. Through the framework of spontaneity in social movements, this manuscript highlights what counseling psychologists are currently contributing to Black Lives Matter and makes recommendations that build on the opportunity counseling psychologists have for further involvement in the movement.

Aconselhamento psicológico e psicologia positiva na saúde pública: escuta como produção de saúde / Counseling psychology and positive psychology in public health: listening as health production / Asesoría psicológica y psicología positiva en salud pública: el escuchar como la producción de salud

O objetivo deste estudo teórico é apresentar e discutir o aconselhamento psicológico no campo da saúde pública como forma de proporcionar uma escuta enquanto produção de saúde, ou seja, partindo do pressuposto de que o espaço criado para a fala acerca dos problemas vivenciados já constitui uma ferramenta capaz de produzir bem-estar. A Psicologia Positiva é trazida como abordagem adequada aos pressupostos da saúde pública e do aconselhamento por privilegiar o domínio da saúde na compreensão do ser humano, suas virtudes e potencialidades. Refletindo sobre a formação profissional em Psicologia no campo da saúde pública, o aconselhamento é apresentado também como possibilidade de inserção do estagiário neste cenário e de aprendizagem significativa acerca das competências e habilidades que devem atravessar e constituir o ser profissional. conclui-se que a escuta pode ser valorizada pelos profissionais de saúde como forma de aproximá-los dos clientes e potencializar o desenvolvimento e o reconhecimento de recursos para a promoção do bemestar.(AU)

The objective of this theoretical study is to present and discuss the Counseling Psychology in the field of public health as a way to provide a listening while production of health, ie, assuming that the space created for talks about the problems experienced already a tool capable of producing well-being. Positive Psychology is brought as a suitable approach to the assumptions of public health and counseling focus on the field of health in understanding the human being, his virtues and strengths. Reflecting on professional training in psychology in the field of public health, counseling is also presented as a possible inclusion in this scenario the trainee and significant about the competencies and skills that must be going through and be professional learning. It is concluded that listening can be valued by health professionals as a way to bring them closer to customers and enhance the development and recognition of resources for the promotion of well-being.(AU)

El objetivo de este estudio teórico es presentar y discutir la orientación psicológica en el campo de la salud pública como una manera de proporcionar una escucha mientras que la producción de la salud, es decir, suponiendo que el espacio creado para el habla de los problemas que ya experimentó una herramienta capaz de producir el bienestar. Psicología Positiva es llevada como un enfoque adecuado a los supuestos de la salud pública y el asesoramiento se centran en el campo de la salud en la comprensión del ser humano, sus virtudes y fortalezas. Al reflexionar sobre la formación profesional en psicología en el campo de la salud pública, el asesoramiento también se presenta como una posible inclusión en este escenario el aprendiz y significativa acerca de las competencias y habilidades que deben estar pasando por y ser profesional de aprendizaje. Se concluye que la escucha puede ser valorado por los profesionales de la salud como una manera de acercarlos a los clientes y mejorar el desarrollo y el reconocimiento de los recursos para la promoción del bienestar.(AU)

Studying Sex: A Content Analysis of Sexuality Research in Counseling Psychology.

Using a sex positive framework, the authors conducted a 61-year (1954-2015) content analysis of sexuality research in the flagship counseling psychology journals, the Journal of Counseling Psychology and The Counseling Psychologist. Given counseling psychology's core strengths- and multiculturalism-related values, this study aimed to uncover which human sexuality topics were published most, whether publications aligned with a sex positive, neutral, or negative discourse, what methodologies were used, and differences in how populations were investigated across race. Researchers used an integrative approach to content analysis and human coding (Neuendorf, 2011). Results highlighted that out of 188 articles meeting criteria, a slight majority (38.05%) focused on sexual orientation, identity, and minorities topics. Only 4.78% utilized a sex-positive perspective. Quantitative and conceptual pieces were most published, and publications disproportionately focused on primarily White populations. When people of color were included, the discourse was sex negative. Implications for research and practice are discussed.

Clinical and counseling psychology graduate students' cognition and attitudes of psychometric ethics / 中国心理卫生杂志

Objective:To learn the cognition and attitudes of psychometric ethics of graduate students whose major was clinical psychology or counseling psychology,and to investigate whether ethics training could influence their cognition and attitude.Methods:Researchers distributed the questionnaire online regarding cognition and attitudes of psychometric ethics among clinical and counseling psychology graduate students.Seventy-six feedbacks were collected (4 students were learning ethics courses,27 students had learned ethics courses,45 students hadnt learned ethics courses).The questionnaire included the Psychometric Cognition Questionnaire (PCQ),Situational Judgement Questionnaire (SJQ) and Psychometric Attitude Questionnaire (PAQ).The first two sets of questionnaires reflected ethics knowledge.The last one showed ethics attitudes and behavioral tendencies.Results:The correct rates in participants who had learned or were learning ethics were 76.5％ and 75.1％ at the first and second set of questionnaires,while were 73.9％ and 74.2％ in other participants.The correct rates of three major clauses in PCQ were 90.3％,67.7％ and 74.2％,significantly higher than participants who never learned ethics,whose correct rates were 88.9％,66.7％,and 44.4％ (Ps ＜ 0.05).There were no significant differences in SJQ between those who had learned or was learning ethics and those who had never learned ethics (Ps ＞0.05).Participants who had learned or were leaning ethics scored in sum in PAQ that had no significant differences with those who had never learned ethics(Ps ＞ 0.05).Conclusion:Clinical and counseling psychology graduate students master considerable level of knowledge on ethics and attitude.Ethics training is essential for acquiring psychometric ethics.

Curriculum management effect of counseling psychology graduate students' clinical practice: A preliminary evaluation / 中国心理卫生杂志

Objective:To test curriculum management effect of graduate students'clinical practice of counseling psychology.Methods:Totally 26 students [average age (24.5 ± 1.0) years] who completed 30-day interns summer were investigated with the self-made questionnaire evaluating the quality of clinical practice.Results:All students obtained promotion in practice activities,the attendance ranged from 50.0％ to 96.2％.The overall satisfaction was (3.8 ± 0.8) and the average degree of supervisors'satisfaction was (4.0 ± 0.8).There were 92.3 ％ of the students had participated more than 224 hours' practice and completed all tasks.After the interns,the students had significantly improved in all 8 aspects of professional abilities.Conclusion:In graduate education of counseling psychology,curriculum management of clinical practice may be an effective approach to improve students' clinical skills.

Aconselhamento psicológico como área de fronteira / Counselling psychology as a frontier area / Soutien psychologique comme zone de frontière / Consejería psicológica como zona de frontera

O ensaio lança mão da noção de fronteira para analisar relações do campo do aconselhamento psicológico com a ordenação disciplinar da psicologia, partindo da experiência do Serviço de Aconselhamento Psicológico (SAP) do Instituto de Psicologia da Universidade de São Paulo (IPUSP). Articula referências teóricas do aconselhamento psicológico praticado com base na abordagem centrada na pessoa e do chamado pós-colonialismo na esfera da crítica literária, nomeadamente Edward Said e Homi Bhabha, assim como da antropologia, com Marc Augè e Vincent Crapanzano, e da história das ciências, com Bruno Latour, buscando refinar a visão da formação identitária do aconselhamento psicológico praticado pelo SAP. A análise parte de alguns elementos da fundação do SAP para, em seguida, dar atenção ao contexto e aos desdobramentos da metáfora e do conceito de fronteira na constituição identitária do campo de aconselhamento psicológico na relação com a ordem disciplinar no interior da psicologia e do IPUSP, tecendo, por fim, comentários sobre sua liminaridade e tomando como exemplo o plantão psicológico. Condição de liminaridade e posições minoritárias e/ou contra-hegemônicas no plano político e ideológico aparecem como qualidades do aconselhamento psicológico visto como região de fronteira.

The article uses the notion of frontier to analyze the relations between the field of Counselling Psychology and the disciplinary order of psychology, based on the experience of the Serviço de Aconselhamento Psicológico (SAP) [Counselling Psychology Service] of the Psychological Institute of the University of São Paulo (IPUSP), Brazil. It articulates the theoretical references of the practiced psychological counselling based on the person centered approach and on what is called the post-colonialism in the sphere of literary criticism, namely Edward Said and Homi Bhabha, as well as from anthropology, with Marc Augé and Vincent Crapanzano, and from the history of science, with Bruno Latour, seeking to refine the vision of the identity formation of psychological counselling practiced by SAP. The analysis initiates by presenting some elements of SAP, and then focus on the context and consequences of metaphor and the concept of frontier in the identity constitution of counselling psychology in relation to the disciplinary order within the psychology and the IPUSP, turning finally to comments on their liminality, taking the psychological emergency attendance services as an example. Condition of liminality and minority and/or counter-hegemonic political and ideological positions appear as qualities of psychological counselling viewed as a frontier area.

Cet essai explore la notion de frontière pour analyser des relations du domaine du Soutien Psychologique avec l'ordonnance des disciplines de la Psychologie, à partir de l'expérience du Serviço de Aconselhamento Psicológico (SAP) [Service de Soutien Psychologique] de l'Institut de Psychologie de l'Universidade de São Paulo (IPUSP), au Brésil. L'étude articule des références théoriques du Soutien Psychologique pratiquée sur la base de l'Approche Centrée sur la Personne et du post-colonialisme dans la sphère de la critique littéraire, en particulier Edward Said et Homi Bhabha, ainsi que de l'anthropologie, chez Marc Augè et Vincent Crapanzano, et de l'histoire des sciences, chez Bruno Latour, cherchant à affiner la vision de la formation identitaire du soutien psychologique pratiquée par le SAP. Il part de certains éléments de la fondation du SAP et puis il concentre l'attention sur le contexte et les développements de la métaphore et du concept de frontière dans la constitution identitaire du domaine de soutien psychologique par rapport à l'ordonnance des disciplines au sein de la psychologie et de l'IPUSP. Finalement, il formule des commentaires sur la liminalité, en prenant comme exemple le psychologue de garde. L'état de liminalité et des positions minoritaires et/ou contre-hégémoniques dans le cadre politique et idéologique apparaissent comme des qualités du soutien psychologique vu comme zone de frontière.

El ensayo hace uso de la noción de frontera para analizar las relaciones del campo de Consejería Psicológica con el orden disciplinario de la Psicología, apoyado en la experiencia del Serviço de Aconselhamento Psicológico (SAP) [Servicio de Consejería Psicológica] del Instituto de Psicología de la Universidad de São Paulo (IPUSP), BrasilArticula referencias teóricas de Consejería Psicológica practicadas con base en el abordaje centrado en la persona y del llamado postcolonialismo en el ámbito de la crítica literaria, en particular Edward Said y Homi Bhabha, así como de la antropología, con Marc Augè y Vincent Crapanzano, y de la historia de las ciencias, con Bruno Latour, buscando mejorar la visión de la formación identitaria de la Consejería Psicológica practicada por el SAP. El análisis parte de algunos elementos de la fundación del SAP para, después, poner atención al contexto y a las consecuencias de la metáfora y del concepto de frontera en la constitución identitaria del campo de consejería psicológica en relación con el orden disciplinario en el interior de la psicología y del IPUSP, tejiendo, por fin, comentarios sobre su liminalidad y tomando como ejemplo la guardia psicológica. La condición de liminalidad y posiciones minoritarias y/o contra hegemónicas en el plano político e ideológico aparecen como cualidades de la consejería psicológica vista como una región fronteriza.

Aconselhamento psicológico como área de fronteira / Counselling psychology as a frontier area / Soutien psychologique comme zone de frontière / Consejería psicológica como zona de frontera

O ensaio lança mão da noção de fronteira para analisar relações do campo do aconselhamento psicológico com a ordenação disciplinar da psicologia, partindo da experiência do Serviço de Aconselhamento Psicológico (SAP) do Instituto de Psicologia da Universidade de São Paulo (IPUSP). Articula referências teóricas do aconselhamento psicológico praticado com base na abordagem centrada na pessoa e do chamado pós-colonialismo na esfera da crítica literária, nomeadamente Edward Said e Homi Bhabha, assim como da antropologia, com Marc Augè e Vincent Crapanzano, e da história das ciências, com Bruno Latour, buscando refinar a visão da formação identitária do aconselhamento psicológico praticado pelo SAP. A análise parte de alguns elementos da fundação do SAP para, em seguida, dar atenção ao contexto e aos desdobramentos da metáfora e do conceito de fronteira na constituição identitária do campo de aconselhamento psicológico na relação com a ordem disciplinar no interior da psicologia e do IPUSP, tecendo, por fim, comentários sobre sua liminaridade e tomando como exemplo o plantão psicológico. Condição de liminaridade e posições minoritárias e/ou contra-hegemônicas no plano político e ideológico aparecem como qualidades do aconselhamento psicológico visto como região de fronteira.(AU)

The article uses the notion of frontier to analyze the relations between the field of Counselling Psychology and the disciplinary order of psychology, based on the experience of the Serviço de Aconselhamento Psicológico (SAP) [Counselling Psychology Service] of the Psychological Institute of the University of São Paulo (IPUSP), Brazil. It articulates the theoretical references of the practiced psychological counselling based on the person centered approach and on what is called the post-colonialism in the sphere of literary criticism, namely Edward Said and Homi Bhabha, as well as from anthropology, with Marc Augé and Vincent Crapanzano, and from the history of science, with Bruno Latour, seeking to refine the vision of the identity formation of psychological counselling practiced by SAP. The analysis initiates by presenting some elements of SAP, and then focus on the context and consequences of metaphor and the concept of frontier in the identity constitution of counselling psychology in relation to the disciplinary order within the psychology and the IPUSP, turning finally to comments on their liminality, taking the psychological emergency attendance services as an example. Condition of liminality and minority and/or counter-hegemonic political and ideological positions appear as qualities of psychological counselling viewed as a frontier area.(AU)

Cet essai explore la notion de frontière pour analyser des relations du domaine du Soutien Psychologique avec l'ordonnance des disciplines de la Psychologie, à partir de l'expérience du Serviço de Aconselhamento Psicológico (SAP) [Service de Soutien Psychologique] de l'Institut de Psychologie de l'Universidade de São Paulo (IPUSP), au Brésil. L'étude articule des références théoriques du Soutien Psychologique pratiquée sur la base de l'Approche Centrée sur la Personne et du post-colonialisme dans la sphère de la critique littéraire, en particulier Edward Said et Homi Bhabha, ainsi que de l'anthropologie, chez Marc Augè et Vincent Crapanzano, et de l'histoire des sciences, chez Bruno Latour, cherchant à affiner la vision de la formation identitaire du soutien psychologique pratiquée par le SAP. Il part de certains éléments de la fondation du SAP et puis il concentre l'attention sur le contexte et les développements de la métaphore et du concept de frontière dans la constitution identitaire du domaine de soutien psychologique par rapport à l'ordonnance des disciplines au sein de la psychologie et de l'IPUSP. Finalement, il formule des commentaires sur la liminalité, en prenant comme exemple le psychologue de garde. L'état de liminalité et des positions minoritaires et/ou contre-hégémoniques dans le cadre politique et idéologique apparaissent comme des qualités du soutien psychologique vu comme zone de frontière.(AU)

El ensayo hace uso de la noción de frontera para analizar las relaciones del campo de Consejería Psicológica con el orden disciplinario de la Psicología, apoyado en la experiencia del Serviço de Aconselhamento Psicológico (SAP) [Servicio de Consejería Psicológica] del Instituto de Psicología de la Universidad de São Paulo (IPUSP), BrasilArticula referencias teóricas de Consejería Psicológica practicadas con base en el abordaje centrado en la persona y del llamado postcolonialismo en el ámbito de la crítica literaria, en particular Edward Said y Homi Bhabha, así como de la antropología, con Marc Augè y Vincent Crapanzano, y de la historia de las ciencias, con Bruno Latour, buscando mejorar la visión de la formación identitaria de la Consejería Psicológica practicada por el SAP. El análisis parte de algunos elementos de la fundación del SAP para, después, poner atención al contexto y a las consecuencias de la metáfora y del concepto de frontera en la constitución identitaria del campo de consejería psicológica en relación con el orden disciplinario en el interior de la psicología y del IPUSP, tejiendo, por fin, comentarios sobre su liminalidad y tomando como ejemplo la guardia psicológica. La condición de liminalidad y posiciones minoritarias y/o contra hegemónicas en el plano político e ideológico aparecen como cualidades de la consejería psicológica vista como una región fronteriza.(AU)