 | Last login: 34 months agoJohn is a guy from Rhode Island, USA. Who am I? Over thirty years ago, I entered the helping professions as an advocate for the homeless. I soon moved on to clinical practice, obtaining a PhD and to higher education with a hand in research. I have worked for psychiatric hospitals, HMOs clinics, colleges and in private practice.
But wherever I worked and whatever the specific responsibilities I have always combined clinical practice with advocacy in one way or another. I happen to believe that good clinical practice and advocacy can and in fact must go together. I believe that to be helpful one must address someone's private troubles, however every private trouble is also an example of a public issue. Doing one without the other is only half the job.
Over the years I have been both an advocate for my colleagues and consumers exposing abuses of managed care as well abuses by professionals in the mental health field. In short I call it like I see it. |
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