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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