O cuidarCOM e a Psicologia Analítica do Esporte em tempos pandêmicos

Abstract

This thesis has as its central theme care in Sport Psychology and the period of the two first COVID-19 global pandemic years (2020 – 2021) as its time frame. The focus is the mental health of those who live different modalities of sports practices. Other studies that demarcate the increase in cases of stress, anxiety and depression in athletes, caused by the requirement of social distance, which meant cancellation of training and competitions, changes in sports calendars and, consequently, direct impacts on the mental health of many were analyzed. The originality of this thesis lies in having Analytical Psychology as a theoretical framework, which proposes that to care, in Sport Psychology, is to careWITH. To careWITH has the person/athlete as its focus, but understands that in the process the therapist's shadow must also be taken into account. The thesis presents three Clinical Situations (jiu-jistu, soccer and beach volleyball), describing the sessions, the therapeutic encounters and the reflective syntheses that served as empirical support for the analyses. The discussion of the results highlights that to careWITH is possible from an Analytical Sport Psychology which, supported by Jung's analytical perspective, can care for and re-signify the personal and professional existence of young athletes.