Supervision Devices

In a world where violence, especially sexual violence, persists as a collective social phenomenon rooted in hierarchies of power, gender, and class, the Los Pisingos Foundation has developed an innovative clinical intervention model. Its purpose is to humanize, respect, and contextualize the support provided to child and adolescent survivors. This approach is not only a response to institutional challenges, but also a challenge for professionals to redefine their practices and build truly transformative interventions.

The urgency of this work lies in the need to design therapeutic devices that recognize structural, social, economic, and cultural differences to guarantee the fundamental rights of children and adolescents. Sexual violence is understood as a manifestation of cultural and social values ​​that perpetuate power dynamics. In response to this, the Los Pisingos Foundation proposes a model that allows professionals to discuss their own beliefs and overcome adult-centric perspectives that often make children’s needs invisible. This model fosters a rights-based perspective that prioritizes the well-being of children and adolescents and recognizes the factors of vulnerability within broader systems—family, community, and institutional frameworks. The objective is to forge an ecological and complex understanding of human dilemmas, especially in the context of multi-problem, multi-assistance families, such as those undergoing rights restoration processes in Colombia.

An essential pillar of this methodology is the ongoing support of professionals, guiding them in the deconstruction and redefinition of their interpretations of social and clinical phenomena, such as child sexual violence. This is realized through supervision and group interventions, which foster a micropolitical positioning oriented toward the transformation of violent practices. Through this reflective exercise, therapists question their own constructions of childhood, adolescence, and family dynamics, identifying how intersubjective power directly influences the therapeutic relationship.

The Los Pisingos Foundation has structured a comprehensive assessment model that guides therapists toward a comprehensive understanding of children and adolescents’ situations. This process unfolds in four interconnected phases: understanding the Macrosystem (broad context and public policies), exploring the Mesosystem (family dynamics and parenting beliefs), focusing on the Microsystem (child and adolescent development and risk factors), and Ecosystem Integration (metacommunicative observation for a comprehensive diagnosis).

Based on this assessment, a treatment plan is designed that incorporates relevant public policies (such as Colombian Laws 1098 of 2006, 1878 of 2018, and 1804 of 2016) and addresses trauma through five main modules. These modules prioritize emotional recognition, identity diversity, and the deconstruction of power and hierarchy practices. Families are actively engaged to mobilize nonviolent practices, challenging pathologizing stances, and expanding socio-affective support networks. The model is multiparadigmatic, allowing professionals to integrate diverse perspectives of clinical psychology based on the client’s needs for change, with an emphasis on a harmonious discharge and the consolidation of a life plan that promotes quality of life and well-being.

Finally, the Los Pisingos Foundation methodology highlights the need for professionals to critically reflect on their own understandings of the social fabric. By constructing mechanisms tailored to each consulting system, the goal is to identify matrices of privilege and oppression that could foster institutional violence. This approach promotes constant renegotiation with the contexts of intervention, facilitating the deconstruction of hegemonic discourses and humanizing professional prejudice, thus preventing institutional violence from its source. This model is a call to action for philanthropy and social media, demonstrating how an intervention centered on respect, deep understanding, and ongoing reflection can generate a transformative and lasting impact on the lives of children and adolescents and on society as a whole, encouraging the support and dissemination of practices that promote nonviolence and human dignity.