Abstract
The present days concerning Public Social Assistance Policy are revealed by Institutional Psychology, which leads to a specific point of view from Psychology to the Social Assistance Policy. The aim of this research was to investigate the views of psychologists on the policy and practices that they themselves develop. The testimonies of eleven psychologists working in the policy and Workers Forum, investigated by the Oral History, presented the psychology practices in social assistance and the issue of power highlights, intermixed with biopolitics strategies of control and resistance, which sometimes reproduce policies, sometimes produce escape from reality. Also stressed the perspective of Expanded Clinic with the possibilities of transformation of individuals and society, from a clinical and critical view of Psychology and Social Assistance Policy.
Keywords:
Psychology; Social Service/SUAS; Expanded Clinic