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...

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...

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...

I am a current trainee, and my experience has been seeing the profession wrestle with these kinds of questions. How much of a clinical psychology role should be individual therapy, vs other kinds of direct clinical work with families and carers, or groups? With many client groups, individual therapy...

I find I do my best reflective thinking when my partner and I are putting the world to rights over a good cup of coffee at the weekend - for me, it's a perfect blend of psychological safety, warmth, relaxation, and mild cognitive stimulation. When/where/with who do you think and reflect at your best...

I did an intro to counselling course while working in education, which the school paid half of in return for me bringing skills back. I ended up diverting into adult mental health and clinical psychology, but that level 2 intro course would have enabled me to go on to the full counselling qualificat...

My cohort is hoping to work together over the last half of our training to address issues of diversity in psychology training at our university. We've had some discussions, with ideas such as mentoring schemes, outreach work, improving the curriculum, and working on relationships and psychological s...

It is certainly the ACT stuff that has appealed to my relative - he has really embraced distancing himself from his thoughts to calm his emotional reaction enough to get on with stuff. I've heard him giving advice to other family on the phone that sounded like it could be coming from a psychologist!...

As a fellow teacher to psychologist, I completely agree and share your frustrations. I found ways round it by picking my university applications carefully, but I appreciate not everyone has that choice. My first choice geographically sadly didn't favour me in short-listing method, so it has meant 3 ...

Welcome to Birmingham! I'm a current trainee, just popping my name here to say please do contact me if your cohort has any questions

Hi! Well done, first of all! Great news for you and reassuring that a short span of time can lead to good progression indeed. I wanted to ask about the trainee CBT role. How did you get onto this? I’m very interested but although I have a teaching background (not SEN) I don’t meet the core professi...

I have withdrawn my offer from Trent (Lincoln-based placement) so there should be some movement on the reserve list! My friend got your place, and they are delighted! Do you mind me asking what number your friend was on the reserve list please? Big congrats to them!! They were first reserve, which ...

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I have withdrawn my offer from Trent (Lincoln-based placement) so there should be some movement on the reserve list!

My friend got your place, and they are delighted!

Thank you very much everybody! This is really helpful. I have started by recommending the blogs - WaitButWhy is my favourite, and I definitely remember coming across drnerdlove during my last phase of dating. I am going to take a look at the books for my own general interest and then leave them lyin...

Definitely have a look at the short-listing procedures of courses you are interested in. For example, I got rejected from 1 course for not meeting the academic threshold with a distinction on a Masters conversion course. Many courses will include things like published research in their academic scor...