This book concerns clinical psychology, but it is most concerned with the world outside the clinic. That worldwhere culture, history, and economy are foundradically impacts the public's mental health. However these worldly considerations often do not feature centrally in the science and practice of clinical psychology, a subfield of psychology seemingly dedicated to mental health. Desai offers a corrective by travelling out of the clinic and into the world, exploring ideas, movements, and thinkers that help broaden our approach to well-being, by situating it within its cultural, historical, and sociopolitical contexts. The book aims to be an intercultural journey itselfencountering Buddhism, phenomenology, Edmund Husserl, Mahatma Gandhi, and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. along the way. Featuring a Foreword by Jeffrey Sachs, the book positions pressing matters such as social justice, racial justice, and environmental justice as integral components of good mental health work. The book will be of interest to readers interested in cultural and community approaches to psychological science and practice.

Award-Winning Finalist in the Health: Psychology/Mental Health category of the 2018 Best Book Awards sponsored by American Book Fest Includes a Foreword by Jeffrey Sachs, economist and leading expert on the fight against poverty Discusses how external factors such as racism, sexism, poverty and climate change impact mental health Proposes a new way of practising clinical psychology through 'travel' and 'movement'

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Miraj Desai is on the faculty at the Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health of the Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, USA. At Yale, he is also a Resident Fellow of Pierson College, a Member of the South Asian Studies Council, and Affiliated Faculty in the Climate Change and Health Initiative.

Inhalt
I. Clinical Psychology, Insularity, and the World outside the Clinic.- II. Travel and Movement in History: Frantz Fanon, Karen Horney, and Erich Fromm.- III. Travel and Movement as Science and Inquiry: Zen and Phenomenology.- IV. Travel and Movement in the World outside the Clinic: Gandhi and King.- V. Travel and Movement Reflections: Where We've Come.- VI. Travel and Movement as Practice: Rhythm, Movement, and Shaking the Foundations.