Psychological Précipice

CHAPTER ONE

Intellectual Adaptation

People are basically good and capable of sustaining all they aspire to become. The author wishes not to call what the role of a Psychologist sets out to achieve with its patients as solely a facilitating agent for change, but rather Psychologist are often placed in a unique vantage point to offer their patients opportunities to explore new insights about themselves. To explore a patient’s current motivation level for change and beyond this, a great Psychologist allows patients the time and space to examine decisively their current life dilemma if the patient deems it necessary to do so.

Coaxing, manipulating, or encouraging a forced change in patients should never be a misappropriated role of what a professional Psychologist sets out to do with patients. Rather, perhaps perfect in our patients more fully who they already are. Then, the patient fueled with a new perspective on their unique life dilemmas, can then decide to take greater responsibility for the direction of their life.

What we as a society have come to call Modern Day Clinical Psychology Practices is accessible to everyone, yet unfortunately as a society; we continue to associate its benefits as only reserved for the Mentally Ill in North America. Or, the fundamental core benefits of what Psychology has to offer those in society is repackaged under the guise of Self Help and is then utilized by the masses after this repackaging effect has carefully removed all traces of a perceived attached social stigma.

It is this author’s contention that Modern Day Clinical Psychology’s benefits is relevant for everyone if we as professionals in the field of Psychology can take decisive actions towards greater inclusion of research topics within the field. In a time of Modern Psychology where it would appear, all the great discoveries have already occurred, have been intellectually consolidated into other theories or refined, there remains room for a novel discovery.

The focus of this book will offer a new approach to Psychology in making its concepts more accessible, highlighting an individual’s strengths over weaknesses’ which has so largely been the focus in Psychology. The framework for this text will explore not only where Psychology evolved from, but where the focus on a new approach to viewing the benefits of Psychology will bring about the greatest impact for those who elect to learn more about the application of Psychology into daily living. It is the study of an evolving Psychology.

My personal history within the field of Psychology commenced in 1988 and has ultimately brought me to a place presently where it can be stated in all honesty Psychology remains a new frontier open for exploration, expansion, and a platform to advocate for broader research topics which will ultimately be for the betterment of all. Regardless of an individual’s chosen line of work within the broad profession of Mental Health Care and Psychiatric Services, contributing to the debate in one’s field benefits all ultimately.

Lastly, the author will challenge preconceived notions of Psychological Normalcy, and ultimately present a compelling argument as to why the pursuit of quality relationships is crucial to one’s overall Psychological Growth.