A tecnologia e a atividade dos psicólogos e psicólogas em tempos da pandemia de COVID-19: desafios e apontamentos

Abstract

This article discusses the relationship between the work of psychologists and technology, in the context marked by the covid-19 pandemic. Based on the analysis of the double condition of Psychology, as a science and profession, historically constructed and reproduced, the text proposes a critical analysis of the intensification of the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), with emphasis on the activity of individual clinical care, for it is a service modality in flagrant expansion in the current context, due to the contingencies imposed by the pandemic. As preliminary results, there is evidence of an unprecedented growth in the number of registrations of psychologists interested in providing online care, and actions taken by the profession's regulatory bodies that aim to supervise such practices and prevent the misuse of technology are observed. In this scenario, the risks of “uberization” of the psychologist's work and of a retraction of the field of Psychology as a profession are highlighted.