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Resistance to the new paradigm from the other? Personal reflections on becoming a disability psychotherapist

Erica E McInnis (Central Community Learning Disability Team (Health), Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK)

ISSN: 2044-1282

Article publication date: 3 May 2016

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

A personal reflective account.

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

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

McInnis, E.E. (2016), "Resistance to the new paradigm from the other? Personal reflections on becoming a disability psychotherapist", Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, Vol. 10 No. 3, pp. 199-206. https://doi.org/10.1108/AMHID-09-2015-0048

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