The Library
Enhancing reflective practice among clinical psychologists and trainees
Tools
Wigg, Rowan Sarah (2009) Enhancing reflective practice among clinical psychologists and trainees. DClinPsych thesis, University of Warwick.
PDF
WRAP_THESIS_Wigg_2009.pdf - Requires a PDF viewer. Download (3572Kb) |
Official URL: http://webcat.warwick.ac.uk/record=b2334215~S15
Abstract
The role of the Clinical Psychologist has developed to incorporate that
of the reflective practitioner. This thesis aims to consider how reflective
practice is incorporated into personal and professional development by
clinical psychologists and trainees, and what impact it may have upon
clinical practice.
The first chapter of the thesis reviews the relevant literature from the past 10
years relating to the use of personal therapy among therapists and the links
to reflective practice. The findings suggest that a number of studies
demonstrate some benefits of personal therapy for therapists. However, the
literature lacks a unified theoretical explanation of the processes that occur
during personal therapy and of their influence on the development of
reflective practice. This chapter offers a critique of the literature and
proposes a potential model for understanding the development of reflexivity
through personal therapy.
Chapter Two is an exploratory study of clinical psychologists’ experiences of
personal development groups whilst in training. The study adopts an
interpretive phenomenological approach to the analysis and results are
presented through four super-ordinate themes. The results suggest that
personal development groups are seen as an effective method of developing
reflective practice by participants. The processes which encourage and
hinder this are also explored. The research suggests that engaging in
reflective practice may become a luxury after training in some cases and this
may result in an increased strain on the therapist. The clinical and research
implications of the study are discussed.
Chapter Three provides a reflective account of the author’s experience of the
research process including; choosing the research topic, developing the
research question, relationship to the research and personal experiences of
personal development groups. The paper comments on the presence of bias
within the research, the impact of conducting the study on the researcher
and reflections on themes arising from the empirical paper.
Item Type: | Thesis (DClinPsych) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Clinical psychologists -- Training of -- Great Britain, Critical thinking -- Great Britain, Professional education -- Great Britain, Mental health personnel | ||||
Official Date: | May 2009 | ||||
Dates: |
|
||||
Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Theses Department: | Department of Psychology | ||||
Thesis Type: | DClinPsych | ||||
Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
Supervisor(s)/Advisor: | Cushway, Delia ; Neal, Adrian | ||||
Description: | Completed in conjunction with Coventry University. School of Health and Social Sciences. |
||||
Format of File: | |||||
Extent: | 148 leaves : charts | ||||
Language: | eng |
Request changes or add full text files to a record
Repository staff actions (login required)
View Item |
Downloads
Downloads per month over past year