Personal Development and Clinical Psychology

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Personal Development and Clinical Psychology is a vital reference text for all those involved in clinical psychology and related professions. This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the methods, approaches, theories and issues surrounding personal development, incorporating a number of different views from both those practising and training in the field, and includes service usersâ?? perspectives. The importance of personal development is considered and chapters are devoted to presenting a model of the different processes, examining issues of power and identity, and assessing how training courses currently approach and encourage personal development and how it might be evaluated. The book culminates in summarising the major themes, and offers suggestions for future developments.
  • In line with BPS accreditation criteria which identifies personal development as a core learning objective
  • Offers an historical overview of the clinical psychology profession
  • Includes the voices of service users and carers
  • Considers how personal development can be assessed
  • Also of interest to counselors, psychotherapists, and nurse therapists as well as clinical psychologists and related professions outside the UK

Notes on Contributors vii

Acknowledgements xiii

1 Personal Development and Clinical Psychology 1
Jan Hughes and Sheila Youngson

2 Personal Development in Clinical Psychology: The Context 8
Sheila Youngson

3 What is Personal Development and Why is it Important? 24
Jan Hughes

4 A Model of Personal Development Processes 46
Sheila Youngson and Jan Hughes

5 ‘If They Don’t Know Themselves, They Can’t Help You Find Yourself, Can They Really?’ Service User Perspectives on Personal Development of Clinical Psychologists 62
Sheila Youngson, Rebecca Hames and Tracey Holley in collaboration with Charmaine Riley, Geoff, Judy and Margaret

6 Power and Identity: Considerations for Personal and Professional Development 75
Sarah Davidson and Nimisha Patel 75

7 Supervision and Personal Development 89
Joyce Scaife

8 Therapy and Personal Development 108
Caroline Rake

9 Personal Development in a Group Setting 124
Fiona Smith, Sheila Youngson and Garry Brownbridge

10 Evaluating Personal Development in Clinical Psychology Training 147
Sheila Youngson with David Green

11 Personal Development in Clinical Psychology Training – ‘The Story So Far . . .’ 168
Clea Horner, Sheila Youngson and Jan Hughes

12 Processes in Personal Development in Training: The Trainee’s Experience 188
Jan Hughes and Sheila Youngson (with contributions from Kevin Baker, Steven Coles, Kathryn Dykes, Simon Platts, Nick Shelley, Stephanie Sneider, Vicky Tozer)

13 The Present and the Future 202
Sheila Youngson with Jan Hughes

Index 214

Trainers, trainees and practitioners of Clinical Psychology.
Jan Hughes is Director of Clinical Practice on the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology training programme at the University of Sheffield. Jan has had an interest in personal development throughout her career, particularly during and beyond training. For many years she was also a Consultant Clinical Psychologist in the NHS.

Sheila Youngson is Deputy Clinical Director on the Clinical Psychology training programme at the University of Leeds. She has had responsibility for the Personal and Professional Development Core Theme at Leeds for over a decade. Sheila has been a clinical psychologist in the NHS since 1981, and is currently a Consultant Clinical Psychologist in Child Health and Clinical Supervision in the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.