{"product_id":"configuring-psychology-by-martyn-pickersgill-9781108494250","title":"Configuring Psychology","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eConfiguring Psychology\u003c\/em\u003e offers a vibrant, multimodal sociological analysis of clinical psychology as a profession and practice in the UK. Starting from the widely accepted principle and goal of enhancing access to care, it examines how political, economic, legal, and social dynamics intertwine with clinical norms and expertise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese interactions configure broader healthcare contexts, defining not only entry into therapy but also exclusion from it. Through close attention to policy developments, professional strategies, and psychologists' experiences, Martyn Pickersgill reveals how access reforms shape clinical knowledge, therapeutic practice, and understandings of psychology itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe shows how expanding access has become both a moral imperative and a managerial project, with clinical psychologists balancing competing bureaucratic, ethical, and emotional demands in an increasingly strained NHS. As such, \u003cem\u003eConfiguring Psychology\u003c\/em\u003e provides essential insights for social scientists as well as clinicians and policymakers navigating reform.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47933932896492,"sku":"9781108494250","price":361.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781108494250-configuring-psychology.jpg?v=1783885312","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/configuring-psychology-by-martyn-pickersgill-9781108494250","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}