The training of the apprentice psychotherapist in a psychoanalytic clinic in Brazilian universities

Abstract

Psychoanalytic psychotherapy is one of the modalities of clinical care in psychology teach-ing clinics. From Freud to nowadays, psychoanalysis has conquered space in the universi-ties. Our objective was to theoretically discuss the academic training of the apprentice psychotherapist in internships in clinic with a psychoanalytic approach in the psychology teaching clinics of Brazil. We observed that the training of the psychologist has extended to a heterogeneity of fields, encompassing the different modalities of care, enabling re-searches in psychoanalysis and extensions related to theoretical and methodological as-pects. We concluded that clinical practice occupies a space in the academic field. However, much remains to be questioned since the vicissitudes of working with the unconscious, in their potentiality, encompass possibilities and limitations. The constant reflection about ethical dimension that permeates the practice in psychology teaching clinics should be pre-sent, guiding debates on the theme of training from the apprentice psychotherapist in psy-choanalytical clinic.