AGENCY IN THE PSYCHOLOGIST-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP: ANALYSIS OF A NARRATIVE ABOUT HARASSMENT IN THE PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC OFFICE

Abstract

This work is an excerpt from an ongoing doctoral research whose objective is to investigate cases of harassment by men to female psychologists within the psychotherapeutic office. The research methodology is qualitative and interpretative in nature; data were generated through oral, individual and online interviews (synchronous remote modality), carried out through the Google Meet platform. The interview was recorded and later transcribed for analysis. The interview was co-constructed between the female researcher and a female psychologist who works in the area of clinical psychology and who understands that she has suffered harassment by a male patient in the office. The consent for the interview analyzed in this excerpt, as well as its recording and transcription, was given by the participant via the Informed Consent Form (ICF). The treatment and analysis of the data were done from narrative and discourse analysis. More specifically, in the data selected for this work, we sought to investigate the agency of the professional in the face of the situation experienced, in order to promote new intelligibility that concerns the theme of harassment in the specific context of this research, thus seeking to bring new pertinent reflections to professionals in this area.