Stress in Clinical Psychology Trainees (CPTs) is based on looking at past research articles by reputable psychologists and suggesting and implementing future training that will provide “self-care” for CPTs’. The article written by Kenneth I Pakenham and Jeanie Stafford-Brown shares current concerns on stress, stress management, burnout, and clinical practices with a need for developing more improved methods that will provide self care practices for native Australian CPTs. “Overall, the discussions in this article targets different aspects of psychology training and finding new developing and enhancing learning experiences that will be favorably welcomed amongst the CPTs in Australia”, as implicated in the Editorial piece of this article written by the Australian Psychological Society publication (doi:10.1111/j.1742-9544.2012.00070.x). According to this article, there has been some inadequate studies on stress surrounding the areas of subjected vulnerability to elevated stress; “incorporated self-care strategies in psychology training”; and ““third-wave” cognitive behavior therapy stress management intervention” and the need for this type of training “is of high priority” (Pakenham & Stafford-Brown, 2012). This is not a research article, per say, but an article that points out the current status of literature provided, due to previous research of reputable psychologists, related to developing stress in CPTs without new self care training implemented in their studies, particularly those of the Australian environment, and suggests more research and investigation relative to stress in CPTs and ways to enhance their self-care. The following are some of the most common psychological areas of concern, which I found interesting and wanted to share, provided through some quoted literature in this article relating to the CPTs.
“I will begin with Stress Management