There is great confusion about the three professions that are closely linked to the psi field. Many people don’t know the difference about how psychologists, psychoanalysts and psychiatrists work, much less about what college or course is needed to pursue each of these professions. Thus, it is very common for patients to ask me for psychiatric medications. But I, Felipe ...

When I entered the faculty of psychology, a new world opened up for me. In addition to meeting new people and taking fantastic classes, I realized that the professional possibilities were even broader than I had imagined, before the entrance exam. I took the Enem 2001 test and the test score was already used to compose the total score and ...

Anthropocentrism breaks with the domination of Theocentrism in society, which leads man to produce, live, think, conceive the arts in a different way and inaugurates a new phase in history. The term “Renaissance” was taken as a historiographical category from the point of view of Jacob Burckhardt, in the 19th century. When publishing the work The culture of the Renaissance ...

Hello friends! One of the concepts that stood out to me the most while studying behavioral psychology in college was the concept of learned helplessness. I remember that the example used was that of the street child, who, throughout his history, ends up learning that no matter what he does, he will not manage to have the intended result, or ...

We received several requests to talk more about forensic psychology. Although we have already published the text “Forensic Psychology“, there are differences and, here in Brazil, we talk about legal psychology and use very little the term forensic psychology. See also – Criminal psychology: do psychology to investigate crimes? Forensic psychology is a specialization that psychologists can do in two ...

Hello friends! I’m laughing right now because of a slightly odd situation. My internet connection is not working at the moment (I write this text in LibreOffice Writer). The problem is that, according to the company responsible, failures are happening in the city that sends the signal to São Lourenço, in this case, Três Corações. But what makes me laugh ...

Dear readers, It is with great pleasure that I write on this blog by my dear friend Felipe, explaining one of the main concepts of Analytical Psychology by our master Carl Gustav Jung. But what is SHADOW anyway? The shadow is formed from childhood when we are learning what is good and what is evil. When evil appears, we have ...

Hello friends! I have received a lot of feedback from the text on the Job Market in Psychology and from the text I wrote about why study psychology at university. I see that there is a lot of interest, from people of all ages and backgrounds, about college and about the profession. There are many techniques that help us to ...

Clinical psychology is the field of psychology that deals with the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of mental illness. Lightner Witmer, disciple of Willhelm Wundt, was the first psychologist to use the term clinical psychology, in 1907. He defined clinical psychology as follows: “the study of individuals, by observation or experience, with the intention of promoting changes”. Nowadays, clinical psychology is ...

Hello friends! A very common doubt about the Faculty of Psychology is the definition of the area of ​​knowledge in which it fits. After all, is the faculty of psychology a faculty in the area of ​​humanities or biological sciences? In this text, I try to answer this question, with my personal opinion, bearing in mind the history of psychology ...