Introduction - This master´s dissertation intends to analyze, from the Critical
Discourse Analysis (CDA) perspective, the practice known as Integrative Community
Therapy (ICT), a mental health care procedure that helps participants sharing of affection
using the spoken word. It connects traditional science with the appreciation of local
knowledge and cultures and it is used in different parts of the world. Objective – To analyze
Integrative Community Therapy (ICT) as a practice of embracing suffering and strengthen
community ties from the perspective of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). Method - It
consists of a qualitative exploratory method with a critical orientation, based on CDA,
through two video transcriptions. The videos are available on the website
https://www.cursosab.com/videos. The corpus is composed of two videos, two transcripts and
the orientation text of the ICT procedures. The interpretation of the collected material fulfills
the teachings of the CAD by Norman Fairclough (2003). Results - The ICT consists, as a
discourse, in a variety of genres, whereas social, organized by genres, they seek to facilitate
conversation and achieve the objective of embracing participants in an egalitarian way, with
the attenuation of hierarchy. It is, however, possible to observe in the sessions, the
reproduction of incorporated social roles and the manifestation of power in
micro-relationships. As a Complementary Integrative Practice, it faces some challenges in its
performance with regard to the public and space for action. Conclusion - TCI deals with
social issues with a libertarian objective. It can be a space for identifying social problems and
representing production of models of domination, and also their overcoming by the
identification of these models.