THE MYTH OF NEUTRALITY: EPISTEMOLOGICAL LIMITS AND IMPLICATIONS OF SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVITY IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Authors

  • Amanda Cristina Oliveira Naves Centro Universitário de Mineiros - UNIFIMES
  • Marília Gabriela Costa Rezende

Keywords:

Epistemology, Scientific neutrality, Critical psychology, Subjectivity

Abstract

This work proposes a critical analysis of the discourse of neutrality in clinical psychology, seeking to understand how it contributes to the legitimation and reproduction of psychic suffering in a way that is detached from political and social reality. The problem lies in the critical suspension of the contexts that permeate the subject's experience, consequently framing them within an implicitly imposed model of subjectivity, which hinders their emancipation. Based on a narrative literature review, the study seeks to discuss how this perspective sustains a conception of scientific knowledge that disregards the historical, social, and political mediations that permeate the production of knowledge. Therefore, it argues for the need for a clinical practice that recognizes its historical, social, and political character, committed to the complexity of human experience.

Author Biography

  • Marília Gabriela Costa Rezende

    Possui graduação em Psicologia pelo Centro Universitário de Mineiros (2021) e graduação em Licenciatura em Psicologia pelo Centro Universitário de Mineiros (2021), com mestrado em andamento em Psicologia na Universidade Federal de Jataí. Professora da faculdade Morgana Potrich e psicóloga do Centro de Equoterapia Passo Livre. É coordenadora do Núcleo de Estudos em Psicologia (NEP), atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: psicologia, subjetividade, equoterapia, identidade.

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Published

2026-09-09

Issue

X Colóquio Estadual de Pesquisa Multidisciplinar, VIII Congresso Nacional de Pesquisa Multidisciplinar, VII Prêmio Unifimes de Inovação e Empreendedorismo

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