ABSTRACT
Psychological duty is a modality of clinical attention in psychology that makes available immediate appointments without restriction of requests. In addition, the specialized work offered by the psychologist is able to identify the personal resources of the client in order to deal with their request, and to promote their health without the need for intensive care. For the balance of the other cases, referral reports and guidance enable the activation of other appropriate services. This work aimed to identify and to understand the interventions employed by a psychologist on duty. Starting from the content cnalysis of records of six cases attended by the psychological duty schedule performed in a school-clinic, and by the use of the humanistic-phenomenological approach in psychology, three categories were identified and discussed regarding the interventions employed, namely reflections, care, and explanation. Thus, it was possible to relate the actions to a facilitator of the therapeutic process and help the attended person, leading them to a more personal and aware position. There is a setting of an empathic environment, and of unconditional positive regard in which the affections could be received by the psychologist on duty from a coherent and sensible posture. Added to this, it was possible to develop a proximity relationship between the attended person and their life experiences, favoring resignifications and a greater awareness of their ways of being in the world, so, a more autonomous and authentic condition of existence. Finally, some contributions were presented, and some core topics problematised in order to embody and give movement to the research about the psychological duty.
Keywords:
Psychological duty; humanistic psychology; phenomenological psychology