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The Future Psychology Initiative | NZCCP NZCCP Search For: Log In Sign up Search HomeWell-nighthe College College Background Who we are Rules and Code of Ethics News NZCCP submissions and printing releases Site Map For Psychologists Joining the NZCCP Student membership Member Benefits Member / Forum / Private Practitioner Registration Member resources NZCCP/MPS membership renewal Support and mentoring for psychologists Publications, Resources & Tools Training courses Awards and Grants Branches Neuropsychology Interest Groups Continuing Competence Programme The Future Psychology Initiative For the public Find a Clinical Psychologist Who How What When should I see a clinical psychologist? Where can I find a clinical psychologist Links Events Conferences Seminars, Workshops and Trainings Past Conferences Event Calendar Vacancies Outside NZ South Island North Island Forum Forum Access Forum Help Contact For Psychologists The Future Psychology Initiative Call to Action! The Future Psychology Initiative aims to ensure that psychology remains a robust, resilient, and relevant profession in the New Zealand health services and potentially other social services. It was started by practising psychologists and teachers in  professional psychology training programmes (participants are shown below) who believe that it is important for psychology to be proactive in positioning itself and evolving how it operates to ensure that it remains strong in the squatter of the inevitable future changes in funding, organisation, work practices, and priorities of the health and social services sector[1]. The Future Psychology Initiative includes members of the NZ Psychological Society (NZPsS) and the NZ College of Clinical Psychologists (NZCCP) and hopes to work closely with these and other organisations. The Initiative started in Auckland but has been attracting interested psychologists from virtually the country to participate in the Action Groups it is establishing.   Action to Date: Mapping a Pathway Forward The Future Psychology Initiative held a workshop for psychologists in Auckland in July 2014 that started exploring issues for psychology in health and social services and began generating strategies to write these issues and maintain/increase our robustness, resilience and relevance[2]. Subsequent workshops and discussions at NZPsS yearly conferences (2014 and 2015) and at the NZCCP yearly priming (2015) ensured that psychologists nationally had input into defining the issues and potential strategies for moving forward. Other workshops to canvas these issues have moreover been held by groups of psychologists virtually the country.Increasinglythan 230 psychologists have participated in workshops to date. Themes emerging from the large- and small-group discussions at these workshops were documented, summarised, and presented to the next workshop to inform and whop the discussion. From the themes identified at these workshops, there emerged five Areas for Action. These are summarised in the pursuit table: Area for Action Brief unravelment Enhancing our Professional Practice and Identity This focuses on how psychologists understand and practise their own professional role. It aims to ensure that psychological practice is evolving so it will remain sought-after and valued by health and social services and by clients. The target regulars for this Area for Action is psychologists and the practice of psychology. Building Advocacy and the Profile of Psychology   This involves increasing knowledge of, and positive attitudes towards, psychologists and the contribution they can/do make. It may moreover involve addressing workforce issues that limit the contribution that psychology makes. Its target regulars is the public and stakeholders such as service users, employers, other health professionals, and government agencies. Psychology’s Response to Cultural Factors   This aims to squire psychological practice and training to increasingly fully reflect an increasingly multicultural Aotearoa New Zealand and to ensure that the psychological models and approaches used by psychologists are as culturally towardly and responsive as possible.  Its target regulars is psychologists and the practice of psychology. Increasing Leadership by Psychologists   This aims to increase the involvement of psychologists in clinical and organisational leadership by enhancing their level of skill and attitudinal readiness to undertake such activities. It moreover aims to increase the opportunities and support for psychologists to take on and sustain leadership roles and activities. Its target regulars is psychologists and others who may enable or woodcut leadership by psychologists. Improving Training and ProfessionalMinutiae  This involves ensuring that both pre- and post-qualification training enables psychology to remain strong (robust and resilient) and relevant to clients and employers. It moreover involves ensuring the training supports wellbeing and sustainability for psychologists. Its target regulars is the training institutions and staff within them, and funders and providers of other professional minutiae opportunities. Moving Ahead: Walking the Talk A workshop in June 2015 began to pinpoint short and longer-term strategies within each of these Areas for Action, and started to recruit people to work within small Action Groups to unzip the strategies that were identified. We are asking for your participation with these Action Groups. We are asking for psychologists from virtually the country, who are interested and prepared to put energy into improving the future of psychology, to volunteer to join the Action Groups for the variegated Areas of Action outlined above. It is envisaged that these Action Groups will act relatively autonomously. As the groups are likely to include people in variegated parts of the country, they will mostly use electronic ways of liaison (e.g., Skype and email). A Coordinating Group, which at present consists of the current members of the Future Psychology Initiative, will provide support, encouragement, and coordination between the various Action Groups. Generally, at least one member of the Coordinating  Group will be an zippy member of each Action Group.  Interested? Next Steps If you may be interested in participating in one of the Action Groups, please: Look at the table whilom and decide which Area for Action you are most interested in participating in a small group to help bring well-nigh change. Email the contact person for the group that you are most interested in stuff involved with Enhancing Professional  Practice and identity Trish Du Villier: trishdv@adhb.govt.nz Building Advocacy and Profile of Psychology Tina Earl: tina.earl@tepou.co.nz Psychology’s Response to Cultural Factors Epenesa Olo-Whaanga:                                           epenesa.olo-whaanga@waitematadhb.govt.nz Increasing Leadership by Psychologists Mike Butcher: mbutcher@adhb.govt.nz Training & ProfessionalMinutiaeFiona Howard: f.howard@auckland.ac.nz                         What Will Happen Then This person will then contact you and requite you increasingly information well-nigh the minutiae of the group for that Area for Action. The people who have signed up for the same Area for Action as you will then finalise the strategies and how you as a group (or subgroups for variegated strategies) want to tackle them. A Call to Action!  Psychology in health and social services in Aotearoa New Zealand faces many possibilities and challenges into the future.  It will be important for psychologists to be urgently involved if we wish to have a future in which psychology remains robust, resilient and relevant as a profession and as a significant freelancer to the wellbeing of society. The Future Psychology Initiative aims to be an spare resource that, withal with the professional organisations, can help to make this happen. We would very much value your involvement and energy in making this happen.  Future Psychology Initiative Coordinating Group Anita Bellamy, Epenesa  Olo-Whaanga, Fiona Howard, Helen Lenihan, Ingo Lambrecht, Iris Fontanilla, Jackie Feather,  Julian Reeves, Kerry Gibson, Malcolm Stewart, Marleen Verhoeven, Mike Butcher, Mimoza Soldatovic, Nigel George, Tina Earl, Trish Du Villier, Willem Louw, [1] Some of these possibilities and challenges were outlined in the 2014 wares “Evidence and wisdom: The role and value of psychologists in healthcare” by Malcolm Stewart, John Bushnell, Jennifer Hauraki, and Margaret Roberts: Journal of the New Zealand College of Clinical Psychologists, 24(1), 3-14, and  “Psychology in Aotearoa – where are we going?” by Anita Bellamy, Jackie Feather, Kerry Gibson, Fiona Howard, and Ingo Lambrecht: Psychology Aotearoa, 6(1), 15-18. [2] Other updates on the work of the Future Psychology Initiative have been published in the NZCCP ShrinkRap and the NZPsS Psychology Aotearoa.       For Psychologists Joining the NZCCP Student membership Member Benefits Member / Forum / Private Practitioner Registration Member resources NZCCP/MPS membership renewal Support and Mentoring for College Members Publications, Resources & Tools Training courses Awards and Grants Branches Neuropsychology Interest Groups Continuing Competence Programme The Future Psychology Initiative Building Advocacy and Profile of Psychology Quick Links Become a Member Renew your Membership Find a Clinical Psychologist Login to the Website ProfessionalMinutiaeContact the Office Login Email Password Remember Me I forgot my password © 2018 All Rights Reserved NZCCP Log In Sign up Contact