Memórias em cor, voz e retalhos: tenda do conto e arteterapia como possibilidade de atuação da psicologia em um centro de convivência do idoso.

Abstract

This article reports the experience of a Psychology internship in a Center for Elderly People in a Brazilian Northeast municipality. At the internship, participatory methodologies were developed based on the theoretical methodological contribution of Community Social Psychology, which aimed to provide a space for collective speech and listening to enhance interpersonal relationships, create links, promote social support and promote learning of new forms of self-care. Art therapy and the Tent of Tale were the tools used to carry out the interventions that took place in the weekly workshops between February and September 2016. The workshops made possible the appreciation of life experiences that provided a closer link between the subjects that participated The opportunity to share memories, songs, poetry, paintings and embroidery that revealed potentialities previously unknown by the community of the elderly. Despite the difficulty of not having a psychology professional as a preceptor of the field, the center was a welcoming environment and open to the exercise of instituting practices that involved the team to carry out interprofessional activities in order to promote the welfare of the community by valuing the person Elderly in their culture, values and knowledge.