Discovering Community Psychology

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Discovering Community Psychology is a brand new podcast hoping to make community psychology ideas and practice more accessible. In our first mini series we will be having conversations with numerous psychological professionals, activists and community leaders about their work within and alongside communities, highlighting the variety and impact of this collaborative and transformative approach.

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Episode 13 - Jan Bostock

Aug 20 2021 58 mins

Since qualifying as a Clinical Psychologist over 30 years ago, Jan Bostock, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, has worked with adults in primary and secondary care mental health settings, and has used Community Psychology principles to inform her practice in the NHS. In the episode, we hear about the beginnings of Jan’s work with a Community Psychology remit in Nottingham Psycholo

Episode 12 - Rachel McKail, Katy Dawe and Shakira Henry

Jul 30 2021 48 mins

This week we welcome Rachel McKail from MAC-UK and Katy Dawe and Shakira Henry from Art Against Knives (AAK). AAK are a London based organisation that intervene early to help young people to embed creative spaces in London’s most isolated communities, co-designed with young people, that build on their strengths and create opportunity. Rachel is a Clinical Psychologist, who is MAC

Episode 11 - Annie Mitchell and Rachel Purtell

Jun 09 2021 67 mins

Today’s guests are Annie Mitchell & Rachel Purtell. Annie (@annieingarden) is a clinical + community psychologist who when working on the DClin at Exeter used her position to promote service user involvement in research, by engaging people in the shaping of knowledge. Rachel joined the project bringing a radical approach that combined her MA in Disability Studies, looking at

Episode 10 - Deanne Bell

May 25 2021 46 mins

Deanne is a senior lecturer at Nottingham Trent University, previously lecturing in community psychology at the University of East London. Deanne poetically describes her journey into community psychology, entering a doctoral programme that combined community, liberaton and ecopsychology. She remembers being blown away reading Frantz Fanon, a black philosopher and psychoanalyst fro

Episode 9 - Abdullah Mia

May 11 2021 66 mins

In this podcast the Discovering Community Psychology group are joined by Abdullah Mia, a Clinical Psychologist working to incorporate community psychology ideas into his work within a medium secure forensic setting. Abdullah speaks about using community psychology ideas within his work in the NHS, viewing the forensic settings he works in as a microcosm, a small community of their

Episode 7 - Simon Stuart, Masuma Rahim, Nick Hartley, Aayesha Mulla and Will Curvis

Apr 13 2021 66 mins

Today we bring you a collective of Clinical Psychologists driven by community psychology values and brought together through this shared passion and desire for change: Dr Will Curvis a Clinical Psychologist who works part time on the DClinPsy at Lancaster University and part time in neuro-rehabilitation (Twitter: @WillCurvis); Dr Nick Hartley a Clinical Psychologist working in Newc

Episode 6 - Carl Walker

Mar 30 2021 61 mins

A conversation with Carl Walker, a community psychologist who developed the Community Psychology MA at University of Brighton. He is on the BPS Community Psychology Committee, and he is also an active researcher exploring community activism, debt, social inequalities and mental health. Carl talks about his journey to Community Psychology and his dissatisfaction with how we conceptu

Episode 5 - Maria Qureshi

Mar 16 2021 52 mins

A conversation with Dr Maria Qureshi, a Clinical and Community Psychologist in West London and Senior Lecturer at the University of East London and visiting lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire. In this episode, Maria speaks about her use of community psychology approaches both within and outside of the NHS and shares some valuable reflections about the meaning of this work

Episode 4 - Bea Herbert

Mar 02 2021 46 mins

A conversation with Bea Herbert, founder of States of Mind (https://www.statesofmind.org/), a social enterprise working in the schools and colleges across the Newham area of London. Bea shares stories and reflections of her work at States of Mind, the journey that brought her to this point, and her understanding community psychology ideas, values and practice and the importance of

Episode 3 - Nina Browne

Feb 16 2021 63 mins

A conversation with Nina Browne, a clinical and community psychologist who co-founded Owls (https://www.owls.org.uk), a social enterprise that works with communities to develop new solutions to social issues. She also brings these ideas into the NHS with excluded young people in the criminal justice system. She has also researched clinical psychology's role in