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- Wed Jan 20, 2021 11:08 pm
- Forum: Academic/Research
- Topic: Choosing DClinPsy Thesis Topic
- Replies: 5
- Views: 220
Re: Choosing DClinPsy Thesis Topic
I chose the supervisor and the thesis followed from there. I am hugely grateful to have a highly skilled, competent, organised and responsive supervisor. Research supervision always leaves me feeling positive about myself and the project, even when things are tricky. I know that's definitely not the...
- Sun Nov 29, 2020 9:52 am
- Forum: Careers advice
- Topic: Lost and confused
- Replies: 6
- Views: 694
Re: Lost and confused
Firstly, try not to panic! While some people get on to the doctorate shortly after undergrad, for most people it is years not months. I graduated into the last recession and my cohort had a similar experience of everything stalling for a few months. So try to shift your perspective to the bigger pic...
- Wed Nov 25, 2020 5:45 pm
- Forum: Clinical Issues
- Topic: Trainee Psychologist- beating myself up over rookie mistake (breaching confidentiality)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 721
Re: Trainee Psychologist- beating myself up over rookie mistake (breaching confidentiality)
I've also had a confidentiality breach along the journey - I suspect most clinicians have. (In fact, writing this post has made me reflect on a lot of other types of mistakes along the way that have led me to question my suitability for the role... Phoning my service manager at 9pm to admit to losin...
- Fri Nov 13, 2020 9:31 am
- Forum: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies: IAPT
- Topic: PWP NHS application help needed
- Replies: 2
- Views: 315
Re: PWP NHS application help needed
A few years ago many IAPT services employed people without the low intensity PGCert if they had relevant experience or potential, particularly in the third sector. Nowadays I think the qualification is essential for the role after national guidance was released, but you would almost certainly be eli...
- Wed Oct 21, 2020 9:31 am
- Forum: Professional/Employment Issues
- Topic: Part-time training
- Replies: 4
- Views: 865
Re: Part-time training
Thanks for all of your replies, they were really helpful in understanding what my options were and how to go about it. I am in the process of applying to drop to part-time hours. I am hopeful this will be approved, but I am currently managing a return to work on full-time hours, with advice/permissi...
- Wed Oct 21, 2020 8:33 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous: Related to Psychology
- Topic: Alternatives to Jordan Peterson
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4347
Re: Alternatives to Jordan Peterson
I think we're at cross purposes about the point I was trying to make there. I was criticising the logical leaps in his argument and the blurring of evidence and interpretation in his interviews. I didn't share my views on nuclear families, so while yours are interesting and thanks for the references...
- Mon Sep 28, 2020 7:28 pm
- Forum: Applications
- Topic: DClinPsy Application Form Relevant Experience Section
- Replies: 5
- Views: 698
Re: DClinPsy Application Form Relevant Experience Section
I trained a teacher originally and I put that in the proper job list, emphasising the aspects of it that were applicable to clinical psychology in the description of my duties (e.g. being a personal tutor). I also had some much more irrelevant jobs (e.g. customer service temp jobs after uni) that I ...
- Thu Sep 17, 2020 9:48 am
- Forum: Psychology degrees, conversions and postgrad qualifications
- Topic: conversions: psychology in education vs psychology
- Replies: 3
- Views: 376
Re: conversions: psychology in education vs psychology
I have a MEd Psychology of Education and am currently a clinical psychology trainee - I got interviews for 5 of my 8 applications. Try to pick more clinical modules, assignments and research if possible - e.g.. stress, autism, LD, counselling. I have found my knowledge of some areas of clinical is ...
- Wed Sep 16, 2020 9:58 pm
- Forum: Psychology degrees, conversions and postgrad qualifications
- Topic: conversions: psychology in education vs psychology
- Replies: 3
- Views: 376
Re: conversions: psychology in education vs psychology
I have a MEd Psychology of Education and am currently a clinical psychology trainee - I got interviews for 5 of my 8 applications. Try to pick more clinical modules, assignments and research if possible - e.g.. stress, autism, LD, counselling. I have found my knowledge of some areas of clinical is w...
- Sat Aug 22, 2020 8:45 pm
- Forum: Professional/Employment Issues
- Topic: Part-time training
- Replies: 4
- Views: 865
Part-time training
I am looking for some advice about working part-time during and after training. I am a current trainee and have a long-term health condition that can flare up, making working full-time at best tiring, at worst impossible due to symptoms and fatigue. I've coped with the last few months by making prag...
- Tue Aug 18, 2020 9:35 pm
- Forum: Careers advice
- Topic: Can I be a clin psy if I hate behaviour analysis & CBT?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1071
Re: Can I be a clin psy if I hate behaviour analysis & CBT?
Every clinical psychology trainee has to demonstrate competence in 2 areas of therapy, and one of these must be CBT - so you definitely won't get around CBT, but choose your university carefully and you can have a wide choice of second specialism. My experience of CBT in clinical psychology is that ...
- Tue Aug 18, 2020 9:22 pm
- Forum: Clinical Doctorate Courses
- Topic: Research & DClinPsy
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1647
Re: Research & DClinPsy
I would definitely have put myself in this camp before starting the doctorate. Likewise, I always did well in it in my pre-academic life, but never felt 'comfortable' with it. I would recommend doing some reflection on why you don't enjoy it. For example, I have learned that the context really matte...
- Sun Jul 26, 2020 5:46 pm
- Forum: Applications
- Topic: Where am I going wrong?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2779
Re: Where am I going wrong?
The idea of working incredibly hard for years in order to get ahead and overcome anything I lack only to be immediately shot down one day and have my dreams crushed because I scored 115 on an IQ test instead of 130 like some of the other applicants is very scary indeed. Further, I don't know how mu...
- Sun Jul 26, 2020 5:33 pm
- Forum: Careers advice
- Topic: Can anyone explain to me why a large proportion of counselling psychologists work in private practice ?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 802
Re: Can anyone explain to me why a large proportion of counselling psychologists work in private practice ?
I have seen plenty of counselling psychologists working at a high level in the NHS - certainly at 8a and 8b, and in child/adult services where therapy is the main form of intervention. Many jobs now will advertise for counselling or clinical psychologists. Although you are right, there are roles and...
- Tue Jul 14, 2020 11:23 pm
- Forum: Careers advice
- Topic: Learning Support Assistant Positions with Children - Help?!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 348
Re: Learning Support Assistant Positions with Children - Help?!
My work experience was in schools, before moving into psychology and mental health. They are definitely excellent experience in terms of developing your practical human-to-human relational skills, which is ultimately the core of psychology. It's also a very good cross-over between educational and cl...