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- Thu Sep 01, 2016 9:41 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous: Related to Psychology
- Topic: Advice on starting a blog?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9198
Re: Advice on starting a blog?
I write a fashion and beauty blog when I'm not bogged down with DClinPsy stuff! I find IFTTT.com an amazing tool (it stands for If This Then This). You create "recipes" such as "If I publish a post, then share it on my facebook page/twitter" and loads of other things. It has hel...
- Thu Aug 25, 2016 3:41 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous: Related to Psychology
- Topic: Advice on starting a blog?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9198
Re: Advice on starting a blog?
Great to hear Tyrus, well done! To expand on miriam's points about blogging thoughts you want to organise - it can help to link a blog with a twitter account, not just for advertising your content but also for those thoughts that aren't quite in depth enough for a blog post but still on your central...
- Thu Aug 25, 2016 10:17 am
- Forum: Professional/Employment Issues
- Topic: Help Please, HR Nightmare
- Replies: 26
- Views: 12983
Re: Help Please, HR Nightmare
That is of course your choice if you don't want to pursue it any more, or feel you now couldn't work for that trust anyway. I think if this was me I'd feel even more determined to pursue it, given that they've clearly made a mistake! Even if what you suspect is true about an internal candidate, it's...
- Tue Aug 23, 2016 11:54 am
- Forum: Psychology degrees, conversions and postgrad qualifications
- Topic: Recommendations for clinical / biology heavy MSc conversion?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2350
Re: Recommendations for clinical / biology heavy MSc convers
Hi MaryLee, I'm interested to know why that's what you're looking for?
- Thu Aug 11, 2016 10:12 am
- Forum: Applications
- Topic: Professional Program in Neuropsychological Assessment
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3583
Re: Professional Program in Neuropsychological Assessment
Maybe I've misunderstood but it looks like those courses are for post-registration professionals - does this apply to you?
The topic is certainly relevant academically, but I don't know how much clinical experience you would get on a course like this, which only the education provider can tell you.
The topic is certainly relevant academically, but I don't know how much clinical experience you would get on a course like this, which only the education provider can tell you.
- Thu Aug 11, 2016 10:08 am
- Forum: Careers advice
- Topic: Have you done Level A psychometric testing training?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2850
Re: Have you done Level A psychometric testing training?
Who are they targeted at? My doctoral training incorporated level A in psychometric testing and it was my understanding that other training courses were the same.
- Tue Aug 09, 2016 9:45 am
- Forum: Psychology degrees, conversions and postgrad qualifications
- Topic: How does an American become a UK psychologist/psychiatrist?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8512
Re: How does an American become a UK psychologist/psychiatri
With the educational background I do have, ie. a US Bachelor's Degree in Physics, the advice I've gotten, specifically from my father who's himself a doctor, is that it's probably more practical and more feasible for me to go down the medical path. I mean, I can even admit myself, I don't have much...
- Mon Aug 08, 2016 9:40 am
- Forum: Psychology degrees, conversions and postgrad qualifications
- Topic: How does an American become a UK psychologist/psychiatrist?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8512
Re: How does an American become a UK psychologist/psychiatri
If psychotherapy is your dream, you don't actually need to train in psychiatry OR psychology. There are plenty of alternative routes to being a therapist - counselling training, psychotherapy training, model-specific like CBT and ones you can add on post-qualification to a basic psychotherapeutic ce...
- Thu Aug 04, 2016 9:57 am
- Forum: Professional/Employment Issues
- Topic: Help Please, HR Nightmare
- Replies: 26
- Views: 12983
Re: Help Please, HR Nightmare
I would definitely follow up as it may well be an error on their part, if it was me I wouldn't want to let that prevent me from getting a job let alone a dream job! I'd also repeat the advice about contacting a member of the interview panel - they may not fully know what has been going on and may ev...
- Thu Jul 28, 2016 11:04 am
- Forum: Academic/Research
- Topic: 5-8 min survey for qualified, assistants or other MH workers
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3506
Re: 5-8 min survey for qualified, assistants or other MH wor
quick question, why have you excluded people who have 'undertaken self harming behaviour' before, and are you also excluding people on this same spectrum who may have had thoughts or urges about self harm or suicide? Can you also clarify that in this post you say you're excluding people who've ever ...
- Tue Jun 28, 2016 9:37 am
- Forum: Professional/Employment Issues
- Topic: Does Politics Conflict with a Career in Clinical Psychology?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5706
Re: Does Politics Conflict with a Career in Clinical Psychol
Take a look at some stuff about community psychology, if you haven't come across it already, which is basically what secret squirrel is referring too. From that stance, politics is very compatible with a career in CP as it highlights our responsibility to alleviate distress, and extends this to the ...
- Thu Jun 23, 2016 5:06 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous: Off-topic
- Topic: Poll: EU In or Out?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 14308
Re: Poll: EU In or Out?
Yup. Rural Leicestershire the same - Leave posters everywhere, yet compared to Leicester City, overwhelmingly white british.
- Thu Jun 23, 2016 12:09 pm
- Forum: Professional/Employment Issues
- Topic: Any success for tax refund while training?
- Replies: 210
- Views: 152351
Re: Any sucess for tax refund while training?
Well I know at least two people who work at HMRC and my refund came through, so I definitely think it's about who you know and who looks at your form before you submit it. If you don't know any tax inspectors, I suggest writing to HMRC and asking if you can shadow. This process definitely isn't a l...
- Mon Jun 13, 2016 12:08 pm
- Forum: Clinical Doctorate Application Process
- Topic: Advice for mature applicant / parent starting out
- Replies: 32
- Views: 12718
Re: Advice for mature applicant / parent starting out
I've PM'd you, because I can't help myself and get a perverse enjoyment from feeling awful about my sub-standard parenting 

- Mon Jun 13, 2016 11:57 am
- Forum: Clinical Doctorate Application Process
- Topic: Advice for mature applicant / parent starting out
- Replies: 32
- Views: 12718
Re: Advice for mature applicant / parent starting out
Position statement ( :lol: ): I am a parent now but wasn't when training, and in all honesty I didn't think I could do both at the same time. But then I had the luxury of age and opportunity on my side, having decided early on what I wanted to do and getting there at a reasonable pace*, so I was abl...