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40% of family support staff have personal experience of domestic abuse, finds survey

Community Care

However, it also underlined the importance of wellbeing services, including counselling and reflective supervision, for practitioners, said the report, produced by social work academics from the University of Central Lancashire and King’s College London.

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Diversity Spotlight: Dr. Nita Tewari

Society of Clinical Psychology

Diversity Spotlight The current spotlight is on Dr. Nita Tewari whose work focuses on Indian American, South Asian, and Asian American mental health. In 2000, she completed her doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology at Southern Illinois University. 76, Issue 1. Dr. Tewari received a B.A.

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Diversity Spotlight: Beverly Greene, PhD

Society of Clinical Psychology

76, Issue 2 The current spotlight focuses on the specific contributions of Dr. Beverly Greene , board-certified (ABPP) in Clinical Psychology and tenured Professor of psychology at St. in Clinical Psychology from the Derner Institute of Adelphi University in 1977 and 1983, respectively. Available in TCP Vol. John’s University.

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Importance of Addressing Internalized Racism in Clinical Practice (SCP Diversity Committee)

Society of Clinical Psychology

Clinical psychology is one of the few specialties that can directly address internalized racism, but overt racism tends to be the focus in clinical practice. Fisher, PhD is an Assistant Professor and clinical psychologist at Northwestern University. ” The Counseling Psychologist 48.4 About The Author. Derthick, A.

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Microaggressions towards LGBT individuals: what about clinical practice?

Society of Clinical Psychology

When working with minorities, this also means that we must be aware of the social system we navigate and how social norms, stereotypes, and biases may affect us and the person(s) we take care of in the clinical setting. WHAT DO MICROAGGRESSIONS LOOK LIKE IN THE CLINICAL SETTING? Journal of Clinical Psychology.

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Addressing Access in Ethnoracially Diverse Populations: Lessons from a University-Based Community Mental Health Center

Society of Clinical Psychology

Systemic racism in the economy, the healthcare system, and the field of clinical psychology perpetuates the disparities in access, retention, and effectiveness of mental health services. The FSU Psychology Clinic is a training clinic staffed by doctoral students and housed within the university’s clinical psychology PhD program.

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Understanding which mental health professional is right for you

Lawson Psychology

clinical, sports, forensic or organisational psychology). For more information on clinical psychologists in particular check out our blog: What to expect when seeing a clinical psychologist ). Written by Jane Flanagan , Senior Clinical Psychologist. Copyright © 2024 Lawson Clinical Psychology. All Rights Reserved.