Banca de DEFESA: DANUSA TEIXEIRA MORAES

Uma banca de DEFESA de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : DANUSA TEIXEIRA MORAES
DATE: 18/11/2020
TIME: 10:00
LOCAL: Sala Virtual
TITLE:

Reflections on animal-assisted interventions in psychology from the perspective of phenomenology

KEY WORDS:

Animal Assisted Interventions; Phenomenology; Psychotherapy. Husserl.

PAGES: 57
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Psicologia
SUBÁREA: Psicologia do Desenvolvimento Humano
SPECIALTY: Processos Perceptuais e Cognitivos; Desenvolvimento
SUMMARY:

The present work was motivated by the search for knowledge of the factors responsible for the success of animal assisted interventions applied to psychology. The justification is that, in a pilot study, it was found that there are few studies published on the topic with theoretical basis, and the knowledge of these factors, and the psychotherapeutic process itself, can contribute to the improvement of interventions. The work aimed to reflect on the animal assisted interventions in psychology, more specifically in psychotherapies, under the optimum of phenomenology. The study was carried out in two stages. In the first, a bibliographic survey was carried out using online platforms, with the following search criteria: 1) conducted in Brazil; 2) published between 2010 and 2019; 3) presents ways of using animals in interventions aimed at psychological development and human well-being; and 4) has an analysis of the psychotherapeutic process from the perspective of phenomenology. With these criteria, only 5 papers were found, all from the same research group, from Universidade Federal do Maranhão. This result, added to the results of the pilot project, showed that, although many published works on animal assisted interventions show the success of the practice, few carry out an in-depth theoretical psychological analysis of the interventions. The second stage consisted of performing a qualitative and phenomenological analysis of the data collected from the selected works, aiming to identify elements in the practice of animal assisted interventions correlated with the practice of phenomenological psychotherapy, based on Husserl's concepts, seeking to better understand the success of animal assisted interventions. The reflections clearly showed that, from a phenomenological point of view, the success of psychotherapy in animal assisted interventions is due to the link established in the relationship between human and non-human, that is, a procedure or a technical script cannot be created in the interventions, as each being (human and non-human animal) is unique, and the bond established, the empathic experience, are also unique. Success is in the bond and not in the technique, or in the practical procedure. Additionally, the reflections showed that phenomenological psychotherapy, which places the person, and not the functioning of the psyche as the center of therapeutic activity, has much to gain if performed with animal assisted interventions. The phenomenological perspective aims to make sense of the meaning, seeks the essence of the phenomena, through a series of psychotherapeutic actions, which can be facilitated with the animal assisted interventions. Phenomenology sees man as an integral being and how he shows himself and relates to the world, and animal assisted interventions can provide psychotherapists with direct observation of phenomena, of being-in-the-world.

BANKING MEMBERS:
Presidente - 755.841.587-04 - VALERIA MARQUES DE OLIVEIRA - UFRRJ
Externa ao Programa - 2006252 - ANNA PAULA BALESDENT BARREIRA DE SA PACHECO
Externo à Instituição - JEAN MARLOS PINHEIRO BORBA
Externa à Instituição - PRISCILA PIRES ALVES - UFF