SILVA, Nalisson Emanuel Santos.
Abstract:
In Brazil, Clinical Psychology has contributed little to the investigation of the impacts of racism
on the mental health of black people. National studies point out that theoretical productions
about racial relations are concentrated in Social Psychology. Given this, the present work
intends to contribute to the psychological clinic, more specifically in the field of psychotherapy,
with the objective of identifying principles for clinical actions that consider the specificities and
repercussions of racism in the Brazilian black population. We used an online questionnaire as
a data collection strategy aimed at the sociodemographic characterization of the sample and
answers about the relationship between race, racism and psychotherapy. We got 141 responses
in total. Answers to objective questions were analyzed using simple descriptive statistics,
considering all participants. However, regarding the open questions, the data were interpreted
through Thematic Analysis only of self-declared black people (black and brown). The results
showed that the racial difference between psychotherapist and user influences
psychotherapeutic care. Racial recognition, legitimization of experiences, acceptance, sensitive
listening, understanding, empathy and racial literacy appear as enabling and facilitating
elements for psychotherapeutic care for black people suffering from racism.
