Atuação em psicologia em uma unidade de terapia intensiva: reflexões de uma estagiária

Abstract

This report aims to present reflections on the experience of a psychology intern working to welcome families in a General Intensive Care Unit (General ICU) of a public teaching hospital in a capital in the Northeast of the country. The reflections are linked to discussions found in the literature on work in psychology in the context of the General ICU. Bearing in mind that listening (a basic tool in psychology) is fundamental to thinking about human beings, their history, choices and decisions, giving a new meaning to living as a way of alleviating their pain and suffering. To this end, a discussion is made about the reception and humanization of users and their families who are under the care of the hospital, showing that psychology is important in the hospital environment to deal with suffering, elaborations on the path of illness, anticipatory grief, goodbyes, and working on communication with users, their families and the multidisciplinary team.