Well, I'm going to intervene because this is my forum, and it doesn't exist so that people can perpetuate prejudice and ignorance. These aren't "radical views" these are well-established facts. None of us have any time for this poor disadvantaged white men nonsense. Outside of gamergate and MRA for...

I would go with:

I hold a (insert class) degree in (insert degree title) that confers eligibility for GBC.

Bear in mind the reason they ask for high grades for the doctorate - you will be doing doctoral level assignments and research. Deadlines come thick and fast, and you will be juggling multiple things at once. If the academic side of things does not come easy to you, it will be a hard 3 years. My exp...

I've had a good experience in IAPT in the past. We were an IAPT+ NHS partnership service which gave us a bit more freedom. Rather than putting all of our efforts into screening people out of the service and fighting with secondary care, we instead introduced new pathways to meet the needs of the are...

I'm really sorry to hear you've been through this. I also feel disappointed in the profession if this is really a true reflection of their views. I talked about personal and lived experiences with physical and mental health and life in my own interview, and felt it was valued, as it has been in many...

My current placement use this one - https://www.reqol.org.uk/p/overview.html Yes I have been considering this one! How is it used - do they do the full version during the first and the last session and the short one in between? It's fairly new to the service, but generally the 20-Q version is used ...

My current placement use this one - https://www.reqol.org.uk/p/overview.html

I worked with a young teenager from a similar background who also used to embellish. It was a secondary school setting, rather than a therapy setting. I never directly challenged him - I went with a behavioural approach and tried to think in terms of reinforcement. His lies were generally about fake...

I did a psychology conversion course, and like others would also recommend it above a BSc. Quicker, cheaper, teaches you a higher level of academic skill, more mature peer group. If you have a choice, go for one with a greater emphasis on research, and definitely pick a masters over a PGDip. The onl...

Also just thinking about time scales - the doctorate would require you to have at least 1 year work experience, if not more realistically 2-3+. Most people are in their mid to late twenties by the time they start. Add on 3 years for the doctorate itself and you are looking at a long journey to achie...

Sounds like a lovely and very achievable ambition! The doctorate, as it stands, would qualify you to do CBT and one other type of therapy (which would depend on the uni). It would also give you lots of other skills in research and leadership. So the short answer is yes. However if you only want to d...

I've posted about this a couple of times - have a look back through my posts and have a read of the relevant threads. If you avoid interviews though, the fear will get worse not better! I only improved after I stopped avoiding them - particularly the more subtle avoidance behaviours that sabotaged m...

It sounds like the young people will be asking you questions. Depending on how involved they've been in the process, they may have written the questions themselves, or they may have been given questions by the service. Either way, your answers need to make them feel like you would be a good person t...

I have a long-term health condition that means there are some environmental things that make a huge difference to me. Lighting is the thing that makes the biggest difference to me, so I always ask for that to be considered. While there are other smaller things, I agree with previous posters that too...

Thank you both. I will definitely check out that study when it's published, esuma. I was really hoping that someone had done the audit/research you suggest, lingua, but it seems not. Future research I'd love to do!