Critical Issues in Clinical Practice

This work explores the confusions which postmodernism generates for clinical psychology, identifies contemporary concerns in clinical practice, and seeks to answer questions pertaining to future models of practice and the contribution of pluralist services to societal improvement. `An extremely valuable addition to literature that one cannot help but be informed and educated by. I highly recomend it.′ - British journal of Clinical Psychology With a focus on clinical psychology, this book explores the challenges and confusions generated by postmodernism. Identifying contemporary concerns in clinical practice and seeking responses to current questions, the book asks: Are professionals really self-serving individuals pretending to be altruistic? Are ethics the guarantor of good practice in a post-scientific age? How can we recognize and train the ethical practitioner? What models of practice will be useful in the future? Critical Issues in Clinical Practice sets an agenda for all researchers in clinical practice seeking key topics and themes, an agenda that promises clarity to practitioners bludgeoned by the rapid turnover of ideas that is postmodern culture. It challenges both researchers, practitioners and students to reach beyond the celebration of diversity, to consider how to construct new alliances and purpose.