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Volume 10, Issue 3
3 May 2016
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Resistance to the new paradigm from the other? Personal reflections on becoming a disability psychotherapist Available to Purchase

Erica E McInnis
Erica E McInnis
Central Community Learning Disability Team (Health), Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
Erica E. McInnis can be contacted at: ericamcinnis45@gmail.com
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Erica E. McInnis can be contacted at: ericamcinnis45@gmail.com
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2044-1290
Print ISSN: 2044-1282
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2016
Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities (2016) 10 (3): 199–206.
https://doi.org/10.1108/AMHID-09-2015-0048
Purpose

– The purpose of this paper is to reflect on putting a paradigm shift into practice to become a disability psychotherapist (Frankish, 2013a).

Design/methodology/approach

– A personal reflective account.

Findings

– The author suggests seven conditions necessary or advisable for growth of disability psychotherapy (DP) within the workplace.

Originality/value

– Strategies to help implementation of DP have not been published to date.

Keywords:
Learning disability, Intellectual disability, Disability psychotherapy, Emotional disability, Frankish model, Reflections
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2016
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