O DISCURSO DO SUJEITO COLETIVO: UMA ABORDAGEM QUALIQUANTITATIVA PARA A PESQUISA SOCIAL

Abstract

This article describes the contribution of the Discourse of Collective Subject (DCS) methodology for Social Research by means of he results obtained in the thesis of the author. The objective was to know the social representation of creativity in the context of psychotherapeutic practice in public, social and private sectors, especially in state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The DCS methodology carries out quantitative and qualitative social research, maintaining strong links with the socio-historical aspects that is also located in the Theory of Social Representations (TSR). Articulated to the theoretical framework of the thesis, this work constituted a procedural and analytical tool to understand how professionals build awareness of creativity applied to psychotherapy. The social representation that has been redeemed through the DCS made it possible to share and give visibility to the contribution that creativity has for the process, for the client and for the therapist.