Problematization of psychological practices: articulations on foucauldian thought

Abstract

The problematization of the practices of intervention in Psychology has been helped by foucauldian concepts such as power, knowledge, and truth regimes. These concepts have altered the questions which have traditionally characterized views of psychological practices. However, such analysis has been accused of focusing only on the condition of visibility of power relations and modes of production of truth regimes, instead of instituting new forms of action or intervention. In this article we aim to produce a space for new links between foucauldian thought and current ways of conceiving the interventions in the psychology field.