[Commpsych] FW: [SCRA-L] GJCPP - New Issue on the Australia Community Psychology Experience (Vol 3 Issue 2)

[Lauren Breen]

Please see below (and attached). It is great to see international recognition of the work that went into advocating for community psychology in Australia - well done to Lynne, Julie, Heather, Rebecca, Ken, Emma, Anne, and Colleen!

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Subject: [SCRA-L] GJCPP - New Issue on the Australia Community Psychology Experience (Vol 3 Issue 2)

Many of us followed the battle for survival of community psychology in
Australia when official bodies decide to eliminate community
psychology as an endorsed field of psychology, knowing that we all
face some version of this saga in our own countries. Australian
community psychologists mobilized, organized and fought back and
emerged victorious! The GJCPP is honored to have a group of Australian
community psychologists tell their story in the lead article in this
issue: “Lobbying for Endorsement of Community Psychology in Australia”
by Lynne Cohen, Julie Dean, Heather Gridley, Rebecca Hogea, Ken
Robinson, Emma Sampson, Anne Sibbel, and Colleen Turner.

In reading their story it seemed to us that many of the underlying
themes in the struggle have international implications. So we asked a
group of prestigious community psychologists from around the globe to
comment on the Australian experience. Our questions:

 - Could this struggle also happen in your country?
 - What does it say about whether or not community psychology has to
be connected to organized psychology – advantages, disadvantages?
 - How does the invisibility of community psychology can work to our
disadvantage?

The responses from our international colleagues were absolutely
fascinating and well beyond our hopes for depth and thoughtfulness.
This indeed emerged as a profound discussion about the future of
community psychology around the world. Please enjoy reading the
article, and the commentaries from: Maritza Montero (Venezuela),
Wolfgang Stark (Germany), Neville Robinson (New Zealand), Donata
Francescato (Italy), Francine Lavoie (Quebec) , Sylvie Taylor & Gregor
Sarkisian (USA), Jim Cook (USA), Caterina Arcidiacono (Italy).

Some of the issues raised were echoing the experience of our
Australian colleagues, but others were quite unique and equally
challenging. We will learn from Maritza Montero that the experience of
community psychology across Latin America varied greatly with
individuals, not being based on broader programs. We learn from our
colleagues in Quebec that formal recognition is a two-edged sword, in
that it can raise quality, but then reduce the number of programs and
diversity in training experience for students. Similarly in Europe, we
see that the opportunities for making a difference (the need of
communities) is increasing, but the training opportunities are
decreasing relative to programs and positions open for other types of
psychologists. In the USA, the challenges faced are significant, but
have more to do with competencies taught and with increasing the
visibility of community psychology relative to other disciplines (such
as public health). In New Zealand, the challenges of hegemony, of the
competing roles of clinical/mental health, and relatively low
visibility predominate.

There is a lot to be learned from our colleagues across the globe. We
hope you will value this issue of the Global Journal.

Tom Wolff
Senior Associate Editor

Vince Francisco
Editor

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Editor, Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice
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Greensboro, NC 27402-6170
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