Professional Issues in Clinical Psychology

Professional Issues in Clinical Psychology: Developing a Professional Identity through Training and Beyond offers insights from a range of trainee, recently qualified and experienced clinical psychologists as they reflect on the development of their professional identity through the experiences of their training.

Will Curvis is a clinical psychologist in the NHS, working mainly in acute inpatient physical health and neuropsychology services with people with long-term physical health problems, pain problems or neurological conditions. He also works as a clinical tutor for the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology programme at Lancaster University.

Table of Contents Preface - Dr Will Curvis (Clinical Psychologist & Clinical Tutor) Foreword: Introduction to Professional Issues in Clinical Psychology - Dr Richard Slinger (Clinical Psychologist & Clinical Tutor) Part One: Challenges in learning to deliver psychological therapy through clinical psychology training. - Managing and Using Countertransference Emotions Within Therapy - Dr Roisin Turner (Clinical Psychologist) - The Power of Touch: Considering touch and physical contact within a therapeutic relationship - Dr Melanie Hugill (Clinical Psychologist) - Working in Secure Settings: How has this influenced the development of a professional identity? - Dr Laura Cramond (Clinical Psychologist), Dr Ailsa Lord (Clinical Psychologist) - Prescribed Endings in Therapy During Clinical Psychology Training - Dr Sarah Savekar (Clinical Psychologist) Part Two: Understanding the broader role of clinical psychology; Professional issues across areas of practice. - The Identity and Contribution of Clinical Psychology in CAMHS - Dr Graham Simpson-Adkins (Clinical Psychologist) - Thinking About Risk: Developing my identity as a clinical psychologist through experiences of risk assessment and management - Dr Bethan Roberts (Clinical Psychologist) - Professional Issues in Neuropsychological Assessment - Lindsay Prescott (Trainee Clinical Psychologist), John Timney (Trainee Clinical Psychologist), Thomas Rozwaha (Trainee Clinical Psychologist) - Clinical Psychologists and the Welfare Benefits System - Dr Rebecca Hutton (Clinical Psychologist) - Supervision: The professional and ethical issues facing trainee clinical psychologists - Dr Nicola Edwards (Clinical Psychologist), Helena Coleman (Trainee Clinical Psychologist), Javier Malda-Castillo (Trainee Clinical Psychologist) - Should Clinical Psychologists be Political? - Dr Masuma Rahim (Clinical Psychologist), Dr Anne Cooke (Clinical Psychologist) Part Three: Developing a professional identity as a clinical psychologist; Integrating the personal and professional. - A Trainee's Evolving Experience of Working Collaboratively - Dr Helen Walls (Clinical Psychologist) - Self-disclosure as a Therapeutic Tool: Ethical and practical considerations - Dr Sarah Davidson (Clinical Psychologist) - Through the Looking Glass: Reflections on the transition from a trainee to a qualified clinical psychologist - Dr Liam Gilligan (Clinical Psychologist) and Dr Denise Herron (Consultant Clinical Psychologist) - Professional and Personal Identities as Clinical Psychologists: Being human - Dr Hayley Higson (Clinical Psychologist), Sophie Allan (Trainee Clinical Psychologist)