Home Psychological Care: Report of an Experience

Abstract

This text discusses the psychologist´s practice in clinical aspect, focused on health care at home and other therapeutic settings. It presents the experience of the practice of Psychological Home Care, not linked to an institution, in three neighborhoods of the western region of Belo Horizonte, highlighting the historical and conceptual path of Home Health Care (ADS), the primacy of public institution SUS as a precursor of this work in Brazil, the dimensions and multiplicities of this practice. The process of insertion of psychology in the so-called Family Health Strategy (FHS) calls for other clinical activities beyond the traditional one. In this context, the need to get to know the territory is a priority, going beyond the setting of the private practice and expanding the access of the population. We conclude that psychological home care is a new type of clinical practice, which requires openness on the part of the professionals, still with many challenges.

Keywords

• Atenção domiciliar. Território. Atendimento psicológico. Saúde mental.