Tra formazione e lavoro. Il precariato istituzionalizzato degli psicologi psicoterapeuti. Between training and work: the institutionalized precariousness of psychologists psychotherapist
Busso, SandroORCID: 0000-0003-2739-4559 and Rivetti, PaolaORCID: 0000-0002-1794-0504
(2014)
Tra formazione e lavoro. Il precariato istituzionalizzato degli psicologi psicoterapeuti. Between training and work: the institutionalized precariousness of psychologists psychotherapist.
Sociologia del lavoro, 133
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pp. 84-95.
ISSN 0392-5048
The article focuses on the case of Italian psychologysts in order to examine how internship is connected to
precarity. In this case, unpaid training enjoys strong legitimacy as it is imposed by the law and represents the
prerequisite for the profession. The article investigates the institutionalisation of unpaid training and its consequences
for the development of the psychologysts’ professional profile. It also examines the consequences of this
institutionalisation for the profession, arguing that both top-down and bottom-up incentives for change are absent.
Precarious psychologysts find it very difficult to exert voice or ally for political action, whereas employers enjoy free
labor force while carrying no responsibility for their working conditions or career development. The article concludes
by contributing to the wider debate on training-precarity nexus, which is crucial as the divide between work and
training is more and more blurred.