Teaching and training

Posted: 07/07/2024 by Michelle

Sharing knowledge is an important part of the Clinical Psychology profession, and is included as part of the British Psychological Society’s guidelines for practicing psychologists. Our clinical training includes at lease six years at university, plus years of additional experience. During this time, we are taught a huge variety of different psychological theories and have work placements in many different settings, before choosing where to focus and specialise. This means that we are well placed to deliver teaching and training. My special interests have always been autism and learning disabilities. I also have strong values in social justice, which led me towards working in homelessness.

I love direct clinical work, but there is something special and rewarding about supporting others to learn, and to empower organisations to deliver excellent care. Last week I taught a workshop on Psychologically Informed Environments, which looked at how attachment difficulties, adverse childhood experiences and trauma impact on homeless clients.

My next exciting project will be offering training on neuroaffirmative work to organisations involved in caring for vulnerable client groups. The training is co-produced and I have a number of experts by experience who co-facilitate the training sessions. These partnerships work well, and allow us to share the psychological theories, and the real authentic experience of being autistic.

I look forward to sharing more about this in the near future!