The Village That Helped Me Face Fear: Reflections on the Training and Early Career Experiences of the 2014 Donald O. Hebb Award Recipient

The Village That Helped Me Face Fear: Reflections on the Training and Early Career Experiences of the 2014 Donald O. Hebb Award Recipient

In June 2014 I had the honour and privilege of receiving the Donald O. Hebb Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Science from the Canadian Psychological Association. Although I was the individual upon whom this award was bestowed, my career contributions to the science of psychol...

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Published in:Canadian psychology = Psychologie canadienne 2015-02, Vol.56 (1), p.29-34
Main Author: ASMUNDSON, GORDON J. G.
Format: Article
Language:eng
Subjects:
Awards & honors
Awards (Merit)
Career Development
Chronic Pain
Fear
Fear & phobias
Future
Human
Life Experiences
Male
Mentor
Pain
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Psychology
Scientists
Towns
Training
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Summary:In June 2014 I had the honour and privilege of receiving the Donald O. Hebb Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Science from the Canadian Psychological Association. Although I was the individual upon whom this award was bestowed, my career contributions to the science of psychology have required the labours of many. In this article I pay homage to the "village" that helped me tackle the complexities of various forms of fear and eventually shape current understanding of chronic and disabling pain and its associations with posttraumatic stress disorder. In the spirit of paying forward some of the wisdom graciously imparted on me by that village, and with hopes that this may in some small way benefit others venturing down the career path of Canadian academic psychology, I reflect on some of the most important learning experiences from childhood and throughout my training and early career. To conclude, I briefly comment on what I perceive to be a bright future for Canadian psychology. En juin 2014, j'ai eu l'honneur et le privilège de recevoir, de la Société canadienne de psychologie, le prix Donald-O.-Hebb pour contributions remarquables à la psychologie en tant que science. Si je suis la personne à qui on a remis ce prix, mes contributions à la science de la psychologie au fil de ma carrière résultent du travail de bien des gens. Dans cet article, je rends hommage au « village » qui m'a aidé à explorer la complexité des diverses formes de peur et, ultérieurement, à comprendre la douleur chronique et débilitante ainsi que ses liens avec le trouble de stress post-traumatique. Dans le but de transmettre une part de la sagesse qui m'a été généreusement communiquée par ce village, et dans l'espoir que mes propos pourront aider, même un peu, d'autres personnes qui ont choisi de faire carrière dans le domaine de la recherche en psychologie au Canada, je décris certaines des plus précieuses leçons que j'ai apprises pendant mon enfance ainsi qu'au cours de ma formation et au début de ma carrière. Je conclus par quelques remarques sur l'avenir prometteur que je perçois pour la psychologie au Canada.
ISSN:0708-5591
1878-7304