O lugar da supervisão e orientação nos estágios: implicações na formação e ética do psicólogo

Abstract

Internships are mandatory in undergraduate psychology programs, and despite their late regulation, they are now supported by legislation, rights, and codes of ethics. However, even with this progress, gaps persist in training documents, especially regarding the main instructors: the supervisor and the internship advisor. Therefore, this exploratory study aims to analyze the roles of internship supervisors and advisors and their implications for the professional and ethical training of psychologists. To this end, a literature review was conducted using the descriptors: supervision, students, internship, training, and psychology. The results pointed to unanimity regarding the role of educators and instructors of advisors and supervisors; however, a simultaneous shortcoming in the training, practice, and selection of professionals occupying these positions was also evident. Consequently, this affects not only the professionalization of student-interns but also academic performance, ethics, professional skills and competencies, and mental health; in other words, it interferes, in a plural and negative way, with the future psychologists. In this sense, it is concluded that there is a need for improvements in legislation regarding psychology internships, in any of their modalities, and, similarly, regarding internship supervisors and advisors, since such legal and ethical conflicts also affect users from internship sites. Furthermore, there is a need for more regulatory bodies in these locations to ensure the professional qualification and psychological integrity of students during this constructive period of identity and professional transition.