Yes, I knew an AP who got on to HI training. She had a non-IAPT mental health background, worked briefly (literally a few weeks) as an AP in IAPT, and then was successful in getting a HI training place in the same service. Do some swotting up on how IAPT works in terms of stepped care, outcomes-dri...

Yes, I knew an AP who got on to HI training. She had a non-IAPT mental health background, worked briefly (literally a few weeks) as an AP in IAPT, and then was successful in getting a HI training place in the same service. Do some swotting up on how IAPT works in terms of stepped care, outcomes-driv...

As far as I'm aware, the institution doesn't matter. What does matter is the research to teaching balance, as your psychological research skills are essential for applications. So you definitely want to pick a masters over a PGDip conversion course, make sure a research-heavy dissertation is availab...

My colleague did their HI training at Exeter, and then paid to continue with a dissertation to get the full Masters.

Sorry you are feeling so bad at the moment. I have certainly felt like this at times along the journey too. At times I have pushed through and eventually been pleased I did, but other times I have reduced my commitments or straight out quit things (hard to do when one identifies as 'not a quitter'!)...

I am on the doctorate and still have no publications - or even conference presentations/posters. I don't explicitly know of anyone on my cohort who has. I included public engagement work I have done (e.g. giving talks at local community groups), along with any within-service dissemination of my work...

I am a current trainee, also from a science degree background and a love of playing with numbers and information, although I can't profess to have the same level of skill. I have found that my interest in using data to improve services has not been shared by other trainees, who are much more interes...

I'm sorry you're having such a bad time of it. I am assuming you are fairly new in post, and I think it especially hard to deal with it when you're new in a service. I also have a LTHC, and have generally had good experiences with services (including 2 IAPT services), but it definitely varies betwee...

I am generally a sceptic open to new evidence. My current view is that it's a form of deep relaxation, and its use very much depends on the context and the perspective. For example, for anxiety disorders - a cognitive therapist will tell me it's a safety behaviour that prevents us truly testing out ...

I have found it quite liberating to be called this! I moved from a job with "senior" in the title, where I was expected to be the expert and felt a bit isolated and trapped between management and front line staff. It's quite nice to have a "trainee/non-qualified" title to permit me to be in the lear...

I will respectfully disagree with the PP about the frequency with which the students on the 'research oriented' courses have MSc or PhDs. Whilst some universities cohorts may have a larger number than others of trainees with postgrad qualifications, certainly some of the research oriented courses h...

I would suggest having a look at some universities you are interested in and looking at their short-listing criteria. Realistically with a low 2:1 you will need to demonstrate academic/research potential in another way, and universities will vary based on what they include in this part of their shor...

I went from Senior PWP straight to the doctorate. There are several people on my cohort with IAPT experience - 1 was a HI therapist, but the rest of us were PWPs. Everyone had other experience outside of IAPT - for example, I worked in schools so had experience of a different client group. One uni I...

I did some of my work experience as a pastoral worker in a mainstream secondary school. It's very helpful in terms of experience working with young people and I really valued the people skills I learned. But I didn't get any supervision or psychological training - in fact, with a psychology degree y...

I found it helpful to break things down by 3 areas: academic, clinical and personal. Nothing is essential, but in my experience, you either need to be a good enough all-rounder, or have one particular area where you shine above and beyond other applicants. Often, it's not about getting more experien...