Conversation circle on drop out: School psychology in higher education

Abstract

This paper proposes to present a strategy of psychological intervention allied to the research and aimed at university students who considered evading the course in which they were enrolled. It is a conversation circle held with four students from the Federal University of Uberlandia (UFU). This group practice can be divided into six moments: 1) contract; 2) presentation; 3) writing of expressions linked to the academic and personal scope; 4) writing and reading a letter; 5) sharing of ideas; 6) closure. Participants addressed pressures from society, school and family members; expectations, experiences and university dilemmas; symbolic debts; and future professional prospects. In the face of multiple anguish and suffering, Psychology can contribute significantly and the conversation wheels can be an important tool for the psychologist's work in the university, for providing information for institutional actions, providing dialogic space for reception, exchange of experiences, reflection and redetermination.