Clinical Psychology: An Introductory Series, #19

By Connor Whiteley

Clinical psychology is filled with interesting topics about human behaviour and there is a massive job market in the world for clinical psychologists. This book provides a great introduction to Clinical Psychology whether you're a student or a trained professional.

 

So…

• Do you want to learn about clinical psychology?
• Do you want to learn about models of therapies?
• Do you want to learn about formulation and more?

If the answer to these questions is yes, then this is the book for you. As this book explains a wide range of clinical psychology is an easy to understand way.

 

By the end of this book, you will know:

• What Clinical Psychology is?
• Why it's Important?
• The Difference Models of Therapy and How They're Used?
• What Roles there are in Clinical Psychology?
• And much more…

BUY TODAY TO START LEARNING ABOUT THIS INTERESTING TOPIC!

 

This is the perfect gift for psychologists, psychology students and anyone interested in psychology this christmas!

 

If you like this book, then you will like Abnormal Psychology 2nd Edition as well.

 

Clinical Psychology Content:

Introduction

 

Part 1: Introduction to Clinical Psychology

What is Clinical Psychology?

Key concepts in Clinical Psychology

Influences in Clinical Psychology

Populations and Settings

 

Part 2: Models of Therapy

Models of Therapy

Compassion Focus Therapy

Third Wave of CBT

 

Part 3: Intervention and Assessment

Intervention

Assessment

 

Part 4: Formulation

Introduction to Formulation

Types of Formulation

ABC Technique/ Tool

 

Part 5: Research and Additional Roles

Research in Clinical Psychology

Additional Roles in Clinical psychology

• Language: English
• Publisher: CGD Publishing
• Release date: Sep 1, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393180456

Connor Whiteley

Hello, I'm Connor Whiteley, I am an 18-year-old who loves to write creatively, and I wrote my Brownsea trilogy when I was 14 years old after I went to Brownsea Island on a scout camp. At the camp, I started to think about how all the broken tiles and pottery got there and somehow a trilogy got created.Moreover, I love writing fantasy and sci-fi novels because you’re only limited by your imagination.In addition, I'm was an Explorer Scout and I love camping, sailing and other outdoor activities as well as cooking.Furthermore, I do quite a bit of charity work as well. For example: in early 2018 I was a part of a youth panel which was involved in creating a report with research to try and get government funding for organised youth groups and through this panel. I was invited to Prince Charles’ 70th birthday party and how some of us got in the royal photograph.Finally, I am going to university and I hope to get my doctorate in clinical psychology in a few years.

Book preview

PART ONE:

INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

CHAPTER 1: WHAT IS CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY?

This is a difficult question to answer as I’ll explain in a moment but I love clinical psychology and abnormal psychology. As they both deal with mental conditions and helping people.

Also, clinical and abnormal psychology are the same thing so you can use the terms interchangeably.

But in case you’re wondering; because you read my Abnormal Psychology 2nd Edition first or you have seen this book; why I use two different names. It’s because my Abnormal Psychology 2nd Edition focuses more on mental conditions and mental health difficulties like depression and anxiety disorders as well as treatment.

Whereas this clinical psychology book focuses on the detail of WHAT clinical psychology is and what it involves.

What is Clinical Psychology?

Clinical Psychology is a subfield of psychology that focuses on mental health and research has shown that clinical psychology can aid recovery and alleviate people’s suffering in relation to many difficulties. For example, depression, anxiety, schizophrenia amongst other conditions.

In addition, clinical psychologists apply psychological theory and research so they can understand and alleviate people’s distress.

Whilst, focusing on the key concepts of assessment, formulation, treatment and evaluation. (Jones and Hartley (2015)

We will focus on each of these critical areas in this book as if you want to learn more about Clinical Psychology then you NEED to know about these areas.

The Complexity of Clinical Psychology:

As I’ve previously preluded, clinical psychology isn’t an easy area of psychology to define due to the many complex roles that Clinical Psychology involves.

This is why when you ask a clinical psychologist- what is it?

They tend to give you a vague answer due to the differing and diverse roles that occur in Clinical Psychology, and this is before we consider the wide range of task and settings that people work in!

Yet we might as well consider it now and relook at it later in more depth as Clinical Psychologists work in a wide range of settings. For instance:

Children and adolescents

Learning disabilities

Working aged adults

Health

Forensic

Furthermore, the intention and, to be honest, the entire point of Clinical Psychology is to empower people to feel better by learning to tolerant, accept or manage their distresses differently or by changing how people see themselves and their situation.

The above will be made more clear as we travel through this book.

All you need to know for now is that Clinical Psychology seeks to help people and alleviate their distress.

Nevertheless, it’s all well and good talking about what Clinical Psychology is, but why it is needed in the first place?

Why is clinical psychology needed?

As touched upon earlier, Clinical Psychology seeks to help people with their distress.

I’ve mentioned it again to emphasize the point because stress is apart of everyday life, and stress can have negative impacts on our daily functioning, and we can need support.

Furthermore, in recent years difficulties with mental health have become a growing public health concern with it being estimated that 1 in 6 people in the past week experienced a common mental health problem, with mixed anxiety and depression being the most common mental condition in Britain with 7.8 % of people meeting the criteria for a diagnosis.

In England, 4-10% of will experience depression in their lifetime.

Source: www.mentalhealth.org.uk

Further support for why Clinical Psychology is needed is from Mind; a mental health charity that aims to refocus perception of mental health; and they found that around 1 in 4 people will experience mental health problems this year. Yet the shame and salience can be as bad as the mental health problem itself. Your attitudes to mental health could impact someone’s life.

Note: this is why I rarely use the term mental disorder as I and