Clinical Psych- Part 1

• Clinical Psychology


  The field that integrates science, theory, and practice to understand, predict, and alleviate maladjustment, disability, and discomfort as well to promote human adaptation, adjustment, and personal development
• Goal of clinical psychology

  To promote well-being and personal development of the person with a mental health condition
• Dr. Lightner Witmer


  Known as the father of clinical psychology, first to use the label in 1908 and first to put up a clinic, Psychological Clinic, dedicated to treating children with learning disability in 1896 at the University of Pennsylvania
• Dr. Witmer: 'There is no valid distinction between a pure science and an applied science. ... What fosters one ... fosters the other. The progress of psychology, as of every other science, will be determined by the amount of its contribution to the advancement of the human race.'
• Systems Thinking: The Cognitive Function of the 21st Century
• Humans are either able to cope up or gasping for breath as they keep up
• Your role as future Clinical Psychologist, Psychometrician or practitioner in general is to aid ANYONE, EVERYONE, SOMEONE, EVERYBODY IN NEED
• Help them understand that the challenge is but a challenge, still they can
• Clinical Psychology is not limited to clinical cases rather the practice is beyond
• In the service of what humans need – a stable mental health
• Fields affiliated with Clinical Psychology


  • Abnormal Psychology
  • Mental Health
  • Religion/Spirituality
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Positive Psychology
• Professionals Clinical Psychologists work with


  • Counseling Psychologist
  • School Psychologist
  • Social Worker
  • Cognitive Psychologist
  • Biological Psychologist
  • Positive Psychologist/Therapist
  • Psychiatrist
  • Neurologist
  • Community Counselor
• What Clinical Psychologists do


  • Treatment (not cure, rather alleviate)
  • Teaching
  • Consultation
  • Administration
• Work Settings of Clinical Psychologists


  • College and University Psychology Departments
  • Law School
  • Public and Private Mental Health Clinics
  • Community Mental Health Centers
  • Student Health and Counseling Centers
  • Medical Schools
  • The Military
  • University Psychological Clinics
  • Child Treatment Centers
  • Public and Private Schools
  • Institutions for the Intellectually Disabled
  • The Police Department
  • Prisons
  • Juvenile Offender Facilities
  • Business and Industrial Firms
  • Probation Department
  • Rehabilitation Centers for the Handicapped
  • Nursing Homes and other Geriatric Facilities
  • Orphanages
  • Alcoholism Centers
  • Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO)
• The Psychological Association of the Philippines (PAP) has a statement on non-discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and expression
• The statement's goals include opposing all public and private discrimination based on these factors and repealing discriminatory laws and policies
• Diversity among practitioners and clients


  Different identities in race and culture shape individuals' worldviews, and in turn, their psychology. It's also beneficial for individuals within the field of psychology to be representative of the population. Diversity causes learning something new to both the client and the practitioner.
• The code of ethics for Philippine psychologists includes RESPECTING the diversity among peoples and persons, including those from indigenous communities. It also includes respecting the customs and beliefs of cultures.
• In the 21st century, the focus of psychology moved into the cognitive realm, where instead of strictly depending on empirical studies, there was also an increased acceptance of rational thinking and other mechanisms of acquiring information and knowledge, including reasoning, memory, attention, and language
• Dr. Albert Bandura


  Most cited psychologist of the 21st Century, created and developed Social-Cognitive Theory and his famous research on Self-Efficacy (coined by him, core feature of motivation and behavior change) and Modeling
• 5 Key Facts About Psychology in the 21st Century


  • The mind – brain gap continues to close
  • Practical neuro - psychology is on the rise
  • Psychology continues to fragment – organizational management, consumer marketing, advertising, entrepreneurship and the development of AI
  • Evolutionary psychology comes to its own
  • Positive Psychology by Dr. Martin Seligman
• Law and Ethics


  Governance of the Practice of Psychology in the Philippines
• Every practitioner needs to understand and place in her memory the ethics
• Philippines mental health act
• Any violation with republic act 11036 will impact the licencing of the practitioner
• 1. 2 years suspension depends on the grievance
• Code of ethics


  Foundation for appropriate attitude and appraisal of the practitioner in any educ, clinical or industrial setting
• Law and ethics will be the basis of the problem
• If no violation of code of ethics, don't run away, you need to submit yourself, but if there is a mistake made because you took a risk to save a life, submit yourself anyway, never run away to defend yourself
• Psychopharmacotherapy


  Also known as Psychopharmacology, use of medication to treat individuals with mental health condition, for psychiatry
• Psychotherapy


  Shared by psychologists and psychotherapies, talking therapy, number of psychotherapy available that is already developed
• The limitation of psychotherapy is if the client is heavily withdrawn or their depression is severe, if already beyond the client's resilience or experiencing severe hallucinations, as the client may not respond to the therapy procedure and it becomes challenging for the practitioner, especially for schizophrenic clients
• Depression is one of the symptoms of individuals with schizophrenia
• Cognitive-behavioral approach


  Focuses on how a client's feelings, behaviors, and thoughts interact, often focuses on changing thoughts and behaviors that contribute to psychological distress, used with behavioral problems, targets the mental processing of the individual to restructure the behavior, changing thoughts then you change the behavior follows
• Psychodynamic approach


  Focuses on the client's unconscious thoughts and uses methods like free association, psychoanalysis of Freud, going back to the past of the individual which may connect to the major instability of the client, clinician guides the person to understand and forgive their past then behavior will be restructured as well
• Humanistic approach


  Focuses on a person's self-efficacy and self-actualization, helping individual to know their self-actualization
• Family Systems


  Part of psychotherapy to help the practitioner with his condition, family is now involved because family is the most powerful social support
• Vipassana


  Based on Buddhist belief, very close to introspection and meditation, understanding the self and everything happening around, spiritual in nature, strength for the person emotionally disturbed but if heavily withdrawn it may not be able to handle
• Transcendental meditation


  Helping individual move forward in her current situation in life
• Group therapy


  Used in Alcoholics Anonymous, talking therapy, round table position, free association type, free to share their thoughts