Personal Development and Clinical Psychology

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