大学と協働した臨床心理学的地域援助を行うNPO法人の創設と活動の展開

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This study aimed to describe the activities of the counseling office (non-profit organization)“Kyushudaigaku kokoro to sodachi no sodanshitsu”, and discuss the social significance. This office is established to practice the new clinical psychological community approach, by using the accumulating knowledge from a university. The office is not only providing the services based on clinical psychology for individual profit. Carrying out the training for the professional staff in human service organizations and graduate students of clinical psychology, group approach, psychoeducation, and psychological research, the office continues multiple community approaches. Today, social intersts in clinical psychological approaches are increasing. By noting the office’s establishment and organization processes, and discussing from the community psychological perspective, the clinical psychological services are expected to expand further. When founded, the office provided services that just based on the individual needs and theory. However, as needs from the community were increasing by degrees, various and multifunctional projects are created. And now, this office is providing the practice that organically integrated various projects. In addition, the relationship between the office and the university is changing, as management become stable. We discussed clinical psychological community approach through these practices and management processes.