Being a psychoanalyst today.
What it means to practice this profession in Brazil in 2026 — regulation, fields of practice, the job market, and the path from training to clinical work.
What you need to know
Three truths.
There is no professional board — and what does that mean?
Psychoanalysis in Brazil is not regulated by a professional board. That does not make it ‘illegal’: it is precisely what the psychoanalytic community advocates, to preserve the specificity of listening. What sustains the practice is recognized institutional training (RNTP, AIMS).
Every path is built
Personal analysis, advanced studies, and spaces for critical listening are valuable ethical commitments in the psychoanalyst's career. Each professional builds this journey according to their moment and their choice — and Enlevo supports those who decide to follow it, without turning it into a prerequisite of the training.
An expanding market
The demand for listening is growing — contemporary psychic distress, social media, burnout. Psychoanalysis responds to this from a place that other practices do not occupy.
Fields of practice
Where clinical work happens.
Your own practice
Individual, couple, and family clinical care. It is the most common way of exercising the profession.
Clinics and institutions
Teaching clinics, hospitals, NGOs, social projects — spaces for collective practice and continuing education.
Companies and organizations
Corporate mental health, well-being programs, organizational listening.
Teaching and research
Teaching and publishing. Clinical work also takes shape in writing and in teaching.
Online practice
Your own platforms or through networks. The setting adapts — without losing ethical rigor.
Community projects
Public health, community listening, networked care arrangements.