Dear all,
I have just joined the list so this is to introduce myself.
I teach on the Doctorate in Clinical and Community
Psychology at the University of Exeter, and have
responsibility for organising the trainees' placements - so
am keen to share ideas with others about promoting
community psychology practice within clinical psychology
training.
My particular research/teaching interests are user
involvement in research and in professional training. I
hold a research programe grant (until March 04) called
Folk.us - the Forum for User and Carer Involvement in
Research, whose purpose is to try to shift the research
culture locally to make it more meaningfully
controlled/influenced by lay people. And I am interested
in promoting and developing ways in which service
users/carers can actively influence and contribute to
professional training.
One of my current pre-occupations is dealing with
the paradox that in some ways, given the government's
modernisation agenda, the sort of doors we have been
pushing on for decades re empowerment and putting people at
the heart of
service provision have been suddenly flung open - but in a
context of increasing managerialism such that there isn't
time to think or breathe for endlessly working on processes
whereby our work is centrally monitored and controlled.
Another preoccupation is about how to promote
multi-professional teaching/ learning in a way that isn't
dominated by the vested interest of the professional groups
involved.
Locally we have recently started a south west community
psychology network - a place where like minded people can
share ideas and nourish/cherish ourselves every couple of
months.
Thanks for starting up the list; look forward to maybe
building new links and connections.
Annie
Annie Mitchell
Lecturer in Psychology,
Clinical Director, Doctorate in Clinical and Community Psychology,
School of Psychology,
Washington Singer Building,
University of Exeter,
Exeter,
EX4 4QG
Phone 01392 264621 or
Liz Mears, Programme Administrator 01392 403184
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