ABSTRACT
The article addresses the role of the psychologist in the Unified Health System (SUS), from the perspective of professionals inserted in the contexts of primary health care and medium complexity. The objective was to investigate psychological practices carried out, discussing possibilities and challenges. The research used the qualitative method, seeking the construction of information and reflections based on the narratives of ten psychologists working in four municipalities in the Agreste Pernambucano. After approval of the research project by the Research Ethics Committee, individual and semi-structured interviews were conducted, which were later transcribed and categorized according to the Content Analysis techniques. It was found that the psychologist’s performance in the SUS has been reflected by the professionals, who point out the need to review proposals in university courses, since they arrive unprepared to perform on the SUS. The result shows the expansion of possibilities of action, with multidisciplinary experiments and articulations, at the same time that it is revealed that these psychologists do not dialogue with each other, in a collective construction of their daily activities. Finally, it is argued that a technical, instrumentalized, and recognized professional performance is as necessary as a task that opens itself up to the becoming of a Psychology practice with SUS.
KEYWORDS
Psychology; Professional practice location; Unified Health System