The scientific writing about the therapeutic accompaniment in Brazil from 1960 to 2003: critical analysis.

Abstract

This is a bibliographic research that analyses the scientific writing about the theme therapeutic accompaniment from 1960 until 2003. The objective of this study to identify the emerging themes in this writing and establish what the therapeutic accompaniment means for the agents of such practice. Five thematic categories have been selected: objectives, functions and definitions of therapeutic accompaniment, at whom the therapeutic accompaniment is aimed, the therapeutic accompanist characteristics as a professional, the characteristics and ways the therapeutic accompaniment clinic is undergone and the theoretical background for the therapeutic accompaniment. It has been verified that the therapeutic accompaniment is markedby setting larger and may be related to different theoretical perspectives.