Word: psychologist
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...increasing emphasis was placed on practical training in psychology in the fifties, a model of the ideal abnormal personality psychologist evolved. Named after the psychology convention where it won acceptance, the Boulder model places equal value on ability in scholarly research and in clinical work. An abnormal personality psychologist must have a command of both personality theory and methods of therapy evaluation in order not only to be an effective therapist but also to develop and test new treatments. He must be a skilled clinician to be a good researcher...
...Boulder model is unique within the academic world. Bucking the current trend toward separating academic from professional work, it stresses the importance of integrating research in abnormal personality with the practical applications of that research. A good abnormal psychologist, then, is both a good researcher and a good clinician...
Lindzey correctly identifies the conflict at Harvard between pure research and practical application, but this does not invalidate the Boulder model. Despite the problems of combining research and practice at Harvard, it is still vital for a good abnormal personality psychologist to have a solid command of both. Consequently, it is important for an abnormal personality program to offer training in both theory and practice. The clinical psychology program was the victim of a squeeze between research and professional training. The conflicting and arbitrary bureaucratic demands of the University on one side and of the APA and the NIMH...
...minimize the chance of falling into the hands of charlatans, Masters suggests, would-be patients should be sure that any therapist they plan to consult has some professional qualifications-for instance, that he is a reputable physician, psychologist or marriage counselor. The patient should also verify that the clinic has a good reputation, that treatment will be confidential, and that no unrealistic promises of cure are made. He also advises patients to shun clinics advertising in the yellow pages or in cheap magazines. But the only real solution, he points out, is to shut down the street-corner clinics. That...
...Acali's multinational crew was screened by Anne Turner, a psychologist based in Paris. Most of the recruits are married-though not to each other. Women crew members include a navigator and a radio operator, both Americans; two doctors, one Israeli and one Czechoslovak; a French diver, who will be responsible for repairs to the raft; and an Algerian oceanographer. The men include a Greek who will do the cooking and a cameraman who has not yet been chosen, along with a South Vietnamese photographer, a Uruguayan anthropologist and an Angolan priest, all of whom will have little...