Abstract

ARAUJO, José Newton Garcia de et al. Technology and the psychologists' role in COVID-19 times: challenges and notes. Psicol. rev. (Belo Horizonte) [online]. 2020, vol.26, n.3, pp.1101-1120. ISSN 1677-1168.  https://doi.org/10.5752/P.1678-9563.2020v26n3p1101-1120.

This article discusses, in the context marked by the Covid-19 pandemic, the relationship between the work of psychologists and technology. Based on the analysis of the double role of Psychology as science and profession, historically constructed and reproduced, the text proposes a critical analysis of the intensified use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT), especially regarding the activity of individual clinical care as a kind of service in clear expansion in the current context, due to the restrictions imposed because of the pandemic. As a preliminary result, it is observed an unprecedented growth of registration numbers of psychologists interested in providing online care, as much as the actions of the professional councils aiming to inspect such practices and prevent the misuse of technology. In this scenario, we stress the risks of the uberization of the psychologist's work, and a shrinking of the professional field.

Keywords : Covid-19; Clinical approaches to work; Activity; Information and communication technologies (ICT).; Psychologist’s work uberization.

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