Psicologia e Acupuntura: desafios e possibilidades de uma nova prática terapêutica

• Autor(a) principal: Rozenkviat, Raviv
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/15206
• topic: Psychology; Acupuncture; Clinical psychology; Psicologia; Psicologia clínica; Acupuntura; Corpo e mente; Medicina chinesa; CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::PSICOLOGIA::PSICOLOGIA SOCIAL

The present work discusses the 2002 Federal Board of Psychology resolution that allows psychologists to use acupuncture as a complementary resource to their clinical practice. Its goal is to clarify and bring forth important information to psychologists who wish to adopt acupuncture as a therapeutic tool. It speaks about the fundaments of the Traditional Chinese Medicine and the understanding of its psychic aspects. The present work also addresses legal aspects involved in this practice. The author, a clinical psychologist, shares his journey as a student of acupuncture, and the implications of the practice of acupuncture together with psychology, its challenges and possibilities. The present work also sheds a light on both similarities and discrepancies between the Traditional Chinese Medicine and the Occidental psychology. It ponders on the scientific aspects that try to legitimate the use and understanding of the Chinese philosophy involved in the practice of acupuncture. The author utilizes interviews with psychologists-acupuncturists to try to map and better understand this practice which is now in its early stages