Experiências comunitárias: Repensando a clínica psicológica no sus

Abstract

This research aimed to understand how community practical psychologists experiences could contribute to enlarge thepsychological clinics concept in public health. This is a qualitative study that applied the phenomenological method to collect and analyze the data. Six practical psychologists who were hired to work in Campinas health public system took part in this study. They were available to work in the community centers and the income making workshops. It was possibleto conclude that the community centers are places where you can have an enlarged clinics. The activities in the workshops bring several positive aspects in the people's life allowing abilities discovery and relationships lined up by the solidarity and respect of the differences. Regard the community centers potentiality for health care, we can point out the importance of legitimate them in the health public service from other theoretical systematizations that can show the practice richness developed in those places.