Inserção e trabalho de psicólogas/os em contextos rurais: interpelações à Psicologia

Abstract

This study aimed to identify forms of approximation, insertion, and practice of psychologists in the rural context. Participants were six psychologists who work in two Centres of Reference in Social Assistance (CRSA), three itinerant teams from the CRSA and one from the Family Health Support Centre (FHSC), located in three small cities in Piauí. The instruments were participant observation, informal conversations, field diary, semi-structured interviews, which were analysed through thematic content analysis. It was identified that rural, as a theoretical category and form of representation, was invisible in participants’ speech. Furthermore, the difficulties reported regarding professional insertion were more related to work conditions in social policies than to the rural environment. It was also possible to verify, a lack of planning and interventions for the specificities of this context. It is concluded that psychologists’ operation in the rural environment requires many debate, and this is a challenging field for the profession.