Clinical Psychologists - you must become 'Activist-Practitioners' - CommunityPsychologyUK2024-03-29T05:18:48Zhttp://communitypsychologyuk.ning.com/forum/topics/clinical-psychologists-you-must-become-activist-practitioners?commentId=6537133%3AComment%3A2684&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHi Kristen,
I would love to h…tag:communitypsychologyuk.ning.com,2014-02-17:6537133:Comment:26842014-02-17T13:02:46.004ZAisling Kellyhttp://communitypsychologyuk.ning.com/profile/AislingKelly
<p>Hi Kristen,</p>
<p>I would love to hear more about the 'counsellor advocate' role and the model it is based upon within the context of the torture trauma services. I am currently working with refugee families and it would be helpful to hear about how the principles of community psychology are applied to your work in Australia. Any information would be helpful.</p>
<p>And Sally I think the idea of being 'activist-practitioners' is a great way of explicitly adding community psychology values…</p>
<p>Hi Kristen,</p>
<p>I would love to hear more about the 'counsellor advocate' role and the model it is based upon within the context of the torture trauma services. I am currently working with refugee families and it would be helpful to hear about how the principles of community psychology are applied to your work in Australia. Any information would be helpful.</p>
<p>And Sally I think the idea of being 'activist-practitioners' is a great way of explicitly adding community psychology values to the clinical psychology profession.</p>
<p>Best wishes</p>
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<p>Aisling </p>
<p></p> Hi Sally,
Lovely to see your…tag:communitypsychologyuk.ning.com,2014-02-16:6537133:Comment:28802014-02-16T22:54:28.425ZKristen Proudhttp://communitypsychologyuk.ning.com/profile/KristenProud
<p>Hi Sally,</p>
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<p>Lovely to see your post! Here in Australia the torture trauma services (working with people from refugee backgrounds) counselling roles are called 'counsellor advocate' and work to address some of the societal issues you mention above. I believe that a clinical psychologist called Ida Kaplan was the one who initiated the role, and developed a model called the 'recovery model' to go with it. There are approximately eight torture and trauma services across the country,…</p>
<p>Hi Sally,</p>
<p></p>
<p>Lovely to see your post! Here in Australia the torture trauma services (working with people from refugee backgrounds) counselling roles are called 'counsellor advocate' and work to address some of the societal issues you mention above. I believe that a clinical psychologist called Ida Kaplan was the one who initiated the role, and developed a model called the 'recovery model' to go with it. There are approximately eight torture and trauma services across the country, all of whom employ counsellor advocates and have done so for at least ten years. </p>
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<p>If you are interested in more information I can try and put you in touch with Ida and send you what I have on the recovery model. From my past experience working in torture trauma services practitioners (psychologists and social workers) all have the capacity to be counsellor advocates, but sometimes they need extra training and support to understand why their role should include broader advocacy when they have been trained to work solely with the individual.</p>
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<p>Warmly,</p>
<p>Kristen </p> Hi Sally,
Was good to hear y…tag:communitypsychologyuk.ning.com,2013-12-16:6537133:Comment:22082013-12-16T21:45:10.614ZShreena Ghttp://communitypsychologyuk.ning.com/profile/ShreenaGhelani
Hi Sally,<br />
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Was good to hear you speak today (thanks for the party poppers!). I agree with what you've stated above aside from one technicality... The social inequalities may affect professionals too, in personal and professional capacities, (I worry about the 'us and them' mentality that seems to be rife throughout MH services) which is all the more reason to redress them.<br />
<br />
I'm looking forward to discussions on this forum and hope that they will ground me throughout my training.
Hi Sally,<br />
<br />
Was good to hear you speak today (thanks for the party poppers!). I agree with what you've stated above aside from one technicality... The social inequalities may affect professionals too, in personal and professional capacities, (I worry about the 'us and them' mentality that seems to be rife throughout MH services) which is all the more reason to redress them.<br />
<br />
I'm looking forward to discussions on this forum and hope that they will ground me throughout my training.