SETTING EM OFICINAS ONLINE EM UM CAPS DURANTE O PERÍODO DA COVID-19: um relato de experiência Setting in online workshops in a CAPS during the COVID-19 period: an experience report

Abstract

This article intends to report the experience lived in a Psychology graduation in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic at a university of Minas Gerais. The purpose of the experience is to expose the potential and difficulties of mental health care, performed online for the patiences of a CAPS the offer of a therapeutic music workshop. The therapeutic workshops lasted three months and the result was discussed based on the observations and understandings of the students participating in the project, with the supervising professor, using a theoretical approach in mental health. Through the notes, two relevant themes were established as results: Music as a therapeutic instrument; and Handling of the setting and bond. Therefore, it was possible to conclude that the care, work and the setting needed to pass through transformations during this period, beside realizing that music was an important bonding instrument during the therapeutic workshops. The final analysis of the experience shows that the challenges and potentialities of the online context are present in the practice and invite us to think about different alternatives in the care offered by the mental health services.