Abstract

SILVA, Erick Pereira da  and  VAGOSTELLO, Lucilena. Psychological intervention in rape victim in the city of São Paulo. Arq. bras. psicol. [online]. 2017, vol.69, n.3, pp. 183-198. ISSN 1809-5267.

Psychological intervention in rape victim is essential to woman's health and reorganization. This study aimed to analyze the specificity of the therapeutic intervention process in female rape victims through psychologists' professional experience. Semi-structured interviews have been carried out by five psychologists who work in the health service - hospitals and centers for attention to women victims of sexual violence - in the city of São Paulo. Results were analyzed through content analysis. Victims come to the health service with anguish, sadness, shame, fear, and guilt. Some professionals use specific procedures as hypnosis, inventories, and projective techniques. Altogether, the therapeutic work, being focal or not, aims to create conditions so that the victims can overcome the traumatic event and resume their lives routine.

Keywords : Violence against woman; Sexual assaults; Treatment; Mental health; Psychologist's work.

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