{"id":3601,"date":"2020-01-15T13:27:05","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T13:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/discursive\/?p=3601"},"modified":"2020-01-15T13:39:19","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T13:39:19","slug":"reflecting-the-variety-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/discursive\/reflecting-the-variety-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflecting the variety of life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Some of our Clinical Trainees reflect on the experience of difference and diversity in Clinical Psychology Training.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Diversity and representativeness are something that gets talked about quite a bit in NHS professions, not least in our own field of Clinical Psychology. Reflecting the variety of life, and of the people we are there to serve, is not something we are always brilliant at. It\u2019s a great pleasure on this occasion to offer a piece produced by some of our clinical psychology trainees talking about these issues. Actually, all the trainees featured here qualified in September 2019 but, a few months before they left the recorded a discussion about diversity, representativeness and the experience of difference during their training. Race, culture, gender, nationality and disability all formed part of their conversation. So, over to Lauren Bryan, Naomi Fairweather, Gina Harwood and Julian Himmerich.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-soundcloud wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Reflecting the variety of life by Discussions in Tunbridge Wells\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F743820880&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=960&#038;maxwidth=640\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The best way follow the\npodcast is to subscribe to our feed. You can do this by looking up&nbsp;<\/strong><em><strong>Discussions in Tunbridge Wells<\/strong><\/em><strong>&nbsp;in iTunes, SoundCloud or wherever else\nyou get your podcasts from. Or you can paste the following link into your\npodcatcher of choice&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.soundcloud.com\/users\/soundcloud:users:56544633\/sounds.rss\"><strong>http:\/\/feeds.soundcloud.com\/users\/soundcloud:users:56544633\/sounds.rss<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You can follow us on Twitter and Facebook by\nsearching for&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CCCUAppPsy\">@CCCUApppsy<\/a><strong>. You can follow Julian on Twitter&nbsp;<\/strong>@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JulianClinPsy\">JulianClinPsy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Those who are\naware of developments in clinical psychology specifically will be aware that\nissues of race, racism and a difficulty in moving away from an endemic dominance\nof \u201cwhiteness\u201d have recently been a &nbsp;significant focus of attention. You can read\nmore research and opinion about this in a <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.bps.org.uk\/publications\/clinical-psychology-forum-no-323-november-2019.html\">recent\nissue<\/a> of the profession\u2019s journal <em>Clinical Psychology Forum. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Please note The views and\nopinions expressed in this article are those of the contributors and do not\nnecessarily reflect the official policy or position of any of the contributors\nemploying organisations.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Producer: John McGowan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Music:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bensound.com\/\">http:\/\/www.bensound.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of our Clinical Trainees reflect on the experience of difference and diversity in Clinical Psychology Training. 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