Thank you Annie for the excellent attachment.
I wrote a while ago how I feel a bit like an imposter on this list, not
doing anything that I feel fits with my own concept of community psychology.
Whilst perhaps others in this list might disgree with my following point -
and I would be interested to hear that - I am wondering whether I might in
fact be able to think about myself as slightly working in a community
psychology way, if you take the community as a mental health team (or CMHT).
I am thinking in particular about your statement 'encourage us to act in
solidarity to challenge the silencing and oppression which we can all both
suffer and inflict on others in our diverse communities' - because I think
sometimes that silencing and oppresssion happens in CMHTs, perhaps through
habit or inadvertantly, as the people I work with are wonderful people, and
I couldn't imagine them deliberately wanting to silence and oppress people,
yet this happens. So I guess I sometimes think of myself as trying to oppose
that, and try and encourage people (the silenced and the silencers) to think
about what might be ways of escaping their roles. Not sure if I'm making
sense, but thanks anyway.
Penny
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From: "Annie Mitchell" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 1:07 PM
Subject: Re: [COMMUNITYPSYCHUK] ComPsy summary
> hi Mike,
>
> What is community psychology about? How can it be justified? We might all
> answer a bit differently - but I attach a set of definitions that we
> collected as part of our preparation for the Exeter conference in
> community
> psychology last year.
>
> How is it justified in terms of common human needs and drives, and how do
> we contribute to changing/ challenging vested interests? I'd say a) by
> engaging with one another in kindly way as human beings all on the same
> level of equal value ( and trying not to get lost in technology and
> theory)
> but drawing on what is useful from our discipline of psychology while
> always asking critical questions eg who constructed the theory/ evidence/
> techniques and whose interests did/ do they both serve and neglect and b)
> being active in a collective way with people across all sorts of
> boundaries, and doing what we can to contribute to the sort of
> circumstances where those who are relatively powerless/ disadvantaged can
> have an increased voice, contribution and influence over decisions that
> are made that affect them directly and distantly , and over valued
> resources.
>
> Annie
>
>
>
> --On 13 February 2006 16:23 +0000 MICHAEL SWINDLEHURST
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> As long time NHS mental health service users new to the discussion list,
>> my wife Dawn and I have been contributors to Annie's Service User
>> Advisory Group at Exeter University. As will be obvious, previously in
>> the arts we are none academics but hope we can still be of some use to
>> your common-sense cause.
>>
>> Having seen examples of your exchanges since the list began, in the quest
>> for creative ideas and solutions I am wondering whether a member could
>> summarise what ComPsy is about and how this is justified in terms of
>> common human needs and drives? Put another way, have you found an all
>> humanity desire and needs catalyst that will naturally change us from
>> competing against (abusing) one another and our resources to competing
>> for?
>>
>> If such a catalyst exists, what conflicting root human needs and drives
>> block it and how do you, as psychologists, intend changing those historic
>> in-bred monarchical heads of commerce, industry, society and religions
>> etc who continue to use them at increasing risk to all life on this
>> planet? Forget those books: what does your own experience, observations
>> and heart tell you about root problem causes and solutions? Kindly
>> offered summary anyone?
>>
>> Mike Swindlehurst (ducking back into our social housing and 'mental
>> health guinea-pigs' dungeon of intellectual disability)
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