Thanks very much I will do that.
Bill
Not sure I can answer your questions directly, bill, but you may find it
> useful to get in touch with miles Thompson who did his clinical
> psychology doctoral research on community psychology (published last
> year in j of comm. and app soc psy, I think, completed the course 2005
> or was it 2006?). he may have helpful 'advice' in terms of issues that
> you might encounter whilst doing this kind of research on a clinpsy
> course. I think a few people on this list will have supported him /
> contributed to his research.
>
> suzanne
>
> Suzanne Elliott
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: The UK Community Psychology Discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of B Smythe
> Sent: 25 October 2007 13:51
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Advice would be nice
>
> Dear all,
>
> Hi, I have been reading the e-mail threads with interest over the past
> couple of months since joining COMMUNITYPSYCHUK. I was hoping for some
> advice if anyone had time to comment? I would appreciate any feedback or
> directions to helpful refs/previous discussion threads.
>
> Basically, I am in my 2nd year of clinical psychology training and
> currently putting together my research proposal. I am planning to do
> look
> at the experiences of clinical psychologists working in the NHS who
> would
> define themselves as 'critical psychologists'. I am interested to find
> out
> about the personal and professional challenges and tensions that are
> raised for people when working within a system which might in many ways
> conflict with personal ideologies. I also was interested in finding out
> how these people have managed these tensions, e.g whats been
> helpful/unhelpful etc.
>
> From what I gather (and please excuse me if I come across as naive here
> -
> still trying to make sense of things here!) It seems psychologists who
> identify themselves as 'critical psychologists' differ in many of their
> ideologies and approaches and also some who seem concerned with similar
> interests would not call themselves critical psychologists at all -
> maybe
> they would affiliate with community psychology?
>
> To get to grips with my proposal, I would be interested to know
>
> 1) in what ways community psychology and critical psychology differ...do
> they?
>
> 2) Would anyone on this forum here describe themselves as a critical
> psychologist and if you do, how would you you define what this stood
> for?
>
> I hope that this makes sense? As you might be able to tell, I am still
> trying to get to grips with all this (and pass the course!) so any words
> of wisdom very much appreciated.
>
> Thanks very much for your time
>
> Bill Smythe
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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