Main description:

* This is a unique source of information on clinical practice, written by health psychologists for health psychologists. (The vast majority of literature on clinical practice in psychology has been written by clinical psychologists).
* Provides guidance for health psychologists on how to provide high-quality, evidence-based, clinical support for patients and utilise relevant therapies.
* Features semi-biographical accounts of the work of some of the most established and experienced clinically working health psychologists in the UK.
* The COVID19 outbreak has seen an unprecedented number of health psychologists contributing to the research and debate and supporting others on the frontline. This volume hammers home the message that health psychologists are a unique and expert group who can make a real difference in healthcare.

Contents:

List of illustrations Acknowledgements List of contributors Introduction 1: Supporting People to Live with and Manage Long-Term Physical Health Conditions 2: Health Psychology in an NHS Pain Management Service 3: The Twists and Turns into Health Psychology 4: Delivering An NHS Health Psychology Service For Patients With Eye Cancer 5: A Spectrum of Applied Health Psychology: Across Public Health and Healthcare Practice. 6: Beating Your Imposter Syndrome to Become a Practitioner Health Psychologist 7: Health Psychology in a Clinical Setting: How It Works for Me 8: Assessment in health psychology clinical practice 9: Formulation in health psychology clinical practice Afterword Index