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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 Clinical Psychologist Treatment & Recovery Services Swithland House (CTT East) London Rd Leicester LE2 2PL 0116 225 5600 E-mail: [log in to unmask] -----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 ___________________________________ > COMMUNITYPSYCHUK - The discussion list for community psychology in the UK. > To unsubscribe or to change your details visit the website: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/COMMUNITYPSYCHUK.HTML > For any problems or queries, contact the list moderator Rebekah Pratt on > [log in to unmask] or Grant Jeffrey on [log in to unmask] > > > ___________________________________ COMMUNITYPSYCHUK - The discussion list for community psychology in the UK. To unsubscribe or to change your details visit the website: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/COMMUNITYPSYCHUK.HTML For any problems or queries, contact the list moderator Rebekah Pratt on [log in to unmask] or Grant Jeffrey on [log in to unmask] ___________________________________ COMMUNITYPSYCHUK - The discussion list for community psychology in the UK. To unsubscribe or to change your details visit the website: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/COMMUNITYPSYCHUK.HTML For any problems or queries, contact the list moderator Rebekah Pratt on [log in to unmask] or Grant Jeffrey on [log in to unmask]