Personal Development and Clinical Psychology

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