David Murphy 'I feel I can make a positive contribution at what is a critical time'

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Could you say a little about your career history? Although I've been in Clinical Psychology nearly 30 years, I still feel I'm developing, and I feel very fortunate about that. I trained at the Institute of Psychiatry and fell in love with working in physical health... I also fell in love with my wife Maleha, who was a fellow trainee, but that's another story! My first job was in a spinal injuries unit which was pretty much 'in at the deep end'. It was emotionally tough, but, unusually for a psychologist, I didn't only see the people who were deemed to be 'not coping'. I saw everyone. So I learned how people can find ways to cope with a life-changing injury that they could never have imagined. I think that helped me to always try and look for people's strengths in my work, even when that's a challenge.