Thanks, all. I'm trying to rise to the challenge of being more spontaneous and just blurting out thoughts as they appear. As a writer, I've always been very interested in story and narrative, and how they are structured. Thinking about it, I suspect that it is this that gets in the way here, and not...

I'm doing a course on psychoanalytic/dynamic approaches to child mental health at the moment and I decided to have a weekly session of psychodynamic therapy myself, as the course tutors recommend it. (They also recommend psychoanalysis if you have the means, but that's expensive, not to mention far ...

1.) I have a really great bunch of MSc students this year. I look forward to our seminars because I know I'm certain to learn something interesting myself, and I'm excited about reading my supervisees' dissertations - they have come up with fascinating ideas, and one is considering developing hers i...

You seem very keen to kick start your career in mental health, and possibly even a bit anxious about it. In your 'beginning the journey' thread you said that you are just beginning your degree, and that you have no relevant experience yet. The advice people gave you there is still the best, most use...

I know. I'm so excited. :D 1.) I'm less happy about the friend of a friend who asked for a second date, seemed very keen in conversation, and then ignored the subsequent messages in which I tried to confirm a day and time. If you are not interested any longer, just say. I will not be offended. I wil...

Would this be your thinking if recruiting an Assistant Psychologist though? If so, it is a bit disheartening. I've just finished my degree and although I have several years of experience in different areas relevant to psychology, I have never worked directly under the supervision of a psychologist....

During my undergraduate degree (English and linguistics) I volunteered with a theatre company for people with learning disabilities. It was just a couple of hours per week on a Saturday morning. I had no idea what I wanted to do after graduating, and I got involved in the volunteering purely because...

1.) I've heard back from my editor and my manuscript is out for peer review. She says it should take two or three months. I don't know if this is in real time or in Academic Prevarication Time. I still haven't forgotten the journal reviewers who took two years to review a 7,000 word article, so I wi...

This is a question for any cat lovers or armchair animal behaviourists here. I'm thinking of getting a second cat. This is (mostly :lol: ) for the benefit of my existing cat, who is very sociable and affectionate and appears to like other cats - I found her trying to get through the windowpane in or...

Ian, I'm puzzled here - in an earlier post you say you don't have any privileged insight about changes to doctoral funding, yet by asking questions such as, "Can we work with the employers to develop 'in-service' options that cover salary and contribute to course costs?" you're talking as though cha...

The DClin is now almost the only pre-HCPC registration programme that is funded in this way; everyone else (including nurses, physics, OTs, Speech Therapists etc) have to fund their own pre-reg training. I think we're going to move quite quickly to a much more flexible, modular route to training. T...

I seem to remember you posting about a really distressing interview experience you had once that left you in tears. If it was another poster, please disregard this bit, but if it was you, I think there is a possibility that past negative experiences may be intruding and creating extra anxiety for yo...

I doubt there will be anything much out there, because studies focus on the efficacy of very specific interventions, and clinical psychology is made up of such a wide patchwork of skills and approaches that it would be quite challenging to assess the effectiveness of the role itself. It would be lik...

1.) Next term I will be supervising some Master's dissertations for the first time. :D Finally a chance to indulge my inclinations for power and domination. Or at least my inclinations for coherently structured analysis and a good solid methods section. 2.) Term ended on a sad note at my second job....

Anxious demanding parent, you should be proud that your child is doing so well academically, given how very unwell they've been. So be proud, and stop bombarding me with aggressive emails criticising how I do things and trying to get me to push the child harder. I know you are anxious, but you need ...