Provocações interseccionais à abordagem centrada na pessoa

Abstract

This research proposes an intersectional dialog with the Person-Centered Approach (PCA), whose main exponent is Carl Rogers (1902-1987). The research is based on the idea of confluence, proposed by Bispo dos Santos (2023), with a view to generating something from the proposed dialog. The author starts from the understanding that the notion of “person” constructed by Rogers, although revolutionary in its historical context, has limitations when it is uncritically transposed to other socio-cultural realities. The work is a theoretical study inspired by the field of research, the community of Marrocos, in Fortaleza-CE. The general objective is to understand how intersectionality questions the notion of the person in the ACP. The specific objectives are: 1. to locate the context of the development of the notion of person within PCA; 2. to characterize the notion of person in the person-centred approach; 3. to elucidate the contributions of intersectional thinking as an analytical sensibility for understanding what it is to be a person in a Brazilian PCA practice. The methodological path is based on theoretical immersion in the works of Carl Rogers, critical reading of commentators on the PCA, use of the Version of Meaning as a tool and dialogues with intersectional studies. The main contribution is the construction of four dialogues based on intersectional provocations: 1. human nature and social class, 2. becoming what gender and sexuality are, 3. authenticity and the discussion on race and 4. freedom and territory. The results point to the inclusion of the intersectional perspective as a critical lens for ACP in Brazil. Also noteworthy is the role of the Northeast in proposing critical and disruptive shifts in Brazilian PCA.