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The issue is being able to not sink into the other's pain. Can a psychologist "switch off" from work?
TVI Notícias27 August 2026 at 09:27
In an interview on the occasion of World Psychologist Day, Sofia Jardim da Silva warned about the difficulty professionals in the field have in "switching off" from work and dealing with patients' pain, emphasizing that, although they have more tools than the general population, they are not "superheroes" and need to maintain self-care mechanisms, considered "an act of professional responsibility" to preserve their mental health.




