Prior to beginning work on this discussion read Hill (2013) “Partnering with a Purpose: Psychologists as Advocates in Organizations,” Cohen, Lee, & McIlwraith (2012) “The Psychology of Advocacy and the Advocacy of Psychology,” Heinowitz, et al. (2012) “Identifying Perceived Personal Barriers to Public Policy Advocacy within Psychology,” Lewis, Ratts, Paladino, & Toporek (2011) “Social Justice Counseling and Advocacy: Developing New Leadership Roles and Competencies,” and Fox (2008) “Advocacy: The Key to the Survival and Growth of Professional Psychology” articles. For this discussion, you will compare the various professional activities common to clinical and counseling psychologists and assume the role of an advocate for a client in one of the case studies from Case Studies in Abnormal Psychology (Gorenstein & Comer, 2015) . Select a case study that has not been covered in this course or in the PSY645 course, and identify systemic barriers, sociopolitical factors, and multicultural issues impacting the client at the micro, meso, exo, and/or macro levels. Develop an action plan that outlines how you might advocate for the client at each appropriate level of the ecological model. Identify two potential partnerships that you would establish in order to support your client and those like him or her outside of the therapeutic environment. ...

1. Prior to beginning work on this discussion read Hill (2013)
“Partnering with a Purpose: Psychologists as Advocates in
Organizations,” Cohen, Lee, & McIlwraith (2012) “The
Psychology of Advocacy and the Advocacy of Psychology,”
Heinowitz, et al. (2012) “Identifying Perceived Personal
Barriers to Public Policy Advocacy within Psychology,” Lewis,
Ratts, Paladino, & Toporek (2011) “Social Justice Counseling
and Advocacy: Developing New Leadership Roles and
Competencies,” and Fox (2008) “Advocacy: The Key to the
Survival and Growth of Professional Psychology” articles.
For this discussion, you will compare the various professional
activities common to clinical and counseling psychologists and
assume the role of an advocate for a client in one of the case
studies from
Case Studies in Abnormal Psychology
(Gorenstein & Comer, 2015)
.
Select a case study that has not been covered in this course or
in the PSY645 course, and identify systemic barriers,
sociopolitical factors, and multicultural issues impacting the
client at the micro, meso, exo, and/or macro levels. Develop an
action plan that outlines how you might advocate for the client
at each appropriate level of the ecological model. Identify two
potential partnerships that you would establish in order to
support your client and those like him or her outside of the
therapeutic environment.