Constructing a flexible model of integrated professional practice Part 2 – Process and practice issues

Abstract

This is the second in a series of three papers that addresses the links between theory and professional practice and introduces the Constructionist Model of Informed Reasoned Action (COMOIRA). Part 1 dealt with the application of psychology to professional practice and some complex theoretical and conceptual issues associated with the model. Part 3 will present some specific examples of the model in practice. This paper (Part 2) forms an important bridge between the model as a conceptual framework and the model in practice. It opens with a brief but necessary historical perspective in order to contextualise the development of COMOIRA in relation to other models. It then explores some important process issues arising from the model and begins to address the practical implications of these in preparation for the fieldwork examples to follow in Part 3. It also considers the main functions of each part of the model and some potential advantages for practitioners and service users who choose to use COMOIRA.