Atendimentos Psicoterapêuticos Online Durante a Pandemia de Covid-19 no Brasil.

This article aims to understand the role of psychologists in Brazil in providing online clinical care during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a literature review, for which a survey of academic publications in Brazil was carried out, in the scientific bases SciELO and Google Scholar, with a time frame from January 2020 to December 2021, as well as Resolutions published by the Federal Council of Psychology, which had as The main focus is on the modality of psychological services provided in the online modality during the COVID-19 pandemic period. In total, four articles, one monograph and five Resolutions published by the Federal Council of Psychology were selected. Content Analysis was used for the evaluation, synthesis and final interpretation of the data. With the analysis, three main categories were reached, namely, I) Broadening horizons and integration of the professional category; II) Characterization of assistance during the pandemic; and III) Professional challenges. It is concluded that need for further research, mainly empirical, to deepen the theme, with regard to the structuring of online care and the psychosocial implications of this modality, as well as the construction of new regulations and legislation that guide a committed praxis and ethics considering the different social contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]