Psychology, Actually

Show Notes for The Aspiring Psychologist Podcast Episode: On Becoming Boundaried & Seeking Support - Marianne's Summer Soundbites – 7 Thank you for listening to the Aspiring Psychologist Podcast. Welcome to the last of my Marianne’s Summer Sound Bites! This series is slightly shorter, but packed full of important, smaller topics, to help you stay on track over the busy summer period. I hope yo...

Thank you for listening to the Aspiring Psychologist Podcast. Welcome to my new short series – Marianne’s Summer Sound Bites! This series is slightly shorter, but packed full of important, smaller topics, to help you stay on track over the busy summer period. I hope you find this helpful, no matter where you are in your journey in becoming an aspiring psychologist – whatever this may look like for...

One thing I love about being a psychologist is learning from people and learning about myself on our individual paths to becoming a psychologist. In this episode, we speak with Thomas Gourley, a 42-year-old incoming trainee clinical psychologist, who guides us through the waves, currents and riptides of life and explains how he ended up falling in love with the idea of becoming a clinical psycholo...

Show Notes for The Aspiring Psychologist Podcast Episode: Making a difference and having faith - Marianne's Summer Soundbites – 5 Thank you for listening to the Aspiring Psychologist Podcast. Welcome to my new short series – Marianne’s Summer Sound Bites! This series is slightly shorter, but packed full of important, smaller topics, to help you stay on track over the busy summer period. I hope you...

Show Notes for The Aspiring Psychologist Podcast Episode: the importance of embracing resilience & seeking support and mentorship Marianne's Summer Soundbites – 4 Thank you for listening to the Aspiring Psychologist Podcast. Welcome to my new short series – Marianne’s Summer Sound Bites! This series is slightly shorter, but packed full of important, smaller topics, to help you stay on track ov...

Show Notes for The Aspiring Psychologist Podcast Episode 87: Marianne's Summer Soundbites – 3 Thank you for listening to the Aspiring Psychologist Podcast. Welcome to my new short series – Marianne’s Summer Sound Bites! This series is slightly shorter, but packed full of important, smaller topics, to help you stay on track over the busy summer period. I hope you find this helpful, no matter where...

Show Notes for The Aspiring Psychologist Podcast Episode: The importance of curiosity - Marianne’s Summer Sound Bites - 02 Thank you for listening to the Aspiring Psychologist Podcast. Welcome to my new short series – Marianne’s Summer Sound Bites! This series is slightly shorter, but packed full of important, smaller topics, to help you stay on track over the busy summer period. I hope you find t...

Show Notes for The Aspiring Psychologist Podcast Episode: Passion & embracing the journey - Marianne's Summer Soundbites - 1 Thank you for listening to the Aspiring Psychologist Podcast. Welcome to my new short series – Marianne’s Summer Sound Bites! This series is slightly shorter, but packed full of important, smaller topics, to help you stay on track over the busy summer period. I hope you...

Show Notes for The Aspiring Psychologist Podcast Episode: Understanding diabetes, resilience and loss with Mark Turnbull Thank you for listening to the Aspiring Psychologist Podcast. The life experiences behind Incoming trainee clinical psychologists can be incredibly different. In today’s episode Mark Turnbull guides us through the way he sees the world and events such as becoming diabetic and le...

Show Notes for The Aspiring Psychologist Podcast Episode: Trauma informed yoga, other career paths and being an older applicant - with Fiona Jenkins Thank you for listening to the Aspiring Psychologist Podcast. Sometimes people decide that psychology isn’t for them, at least for then, and they go and do something different. This was certainly the case for Fiona Jenkins who took many years away fin...

Show Notes for The Aspiring Psychologist Podcast Episode:  How to thrive spending time alone – with Francesca Specter Thank you for listening to the Aspiring Psychologist Podcast. For a variety of reasons in psychology we might find ourselves needing or choosing to spend large chunks of time by ourselves alone. But this can be frowned upon by others and also conjur up tricky thoughts and feelings...

Show Notes for The Aspiring Psychologist Podcast Episode: Consultancy, Values and Health Challenges with Dr Liz Gregory Thank you for listening to the Aspiring Psychologist Podcast. One of my favourite parts of being a psychologist is learning from my colleagues, many of them whom have had decades of experience. It can be wonderful learning and growing alongside more established staff members and...

Show Notes for The Aspiring Psychologist Podcast Episode: How to Nail your psychology viva Thank you for listening to the Aspiring Psychologist Podcast. It’s getting to that time of year where Vivas are about. But what is one and how can you nail it? Let me guide you through my 12 top tips. There’s also a bloopers reel you might enjoy on YouTube too! I hope you find it a useful listen. I’d of cour...

Show Notes for The Aspiring Psychologist Podcast Episode: How to become a trainee clinical psychologist in record time! Thank you for listening to the Aspiring Psychologist Podcast. I often get asked how people can speed up the process to getting onto clinical training and usually my answer is – you can’t really – you have to earn your stripes! But today’s guest, Nikita, turns all of that advice u...

Show Notes for The Aspiring Psychologist Podcast Episode: Sport Psychology and performance coaching with Dr Josephine Perry Thank you for listening to the Aspiring Psychologist Podcast. Another branch of qualified psychology I’ve not yet covered on the podcast is Sport and exercise Psychology. Today I am joined by Dr Josephine Perry, A qualified sport and exercise psychologist. She guides us throu...

Thank you for listening to the Aspiring Psychologist Podcast. It’s that exquisitely painful time of year where people often find themselves on reserve lists for training courses. How can we try and take some control and bide out this tricky phase? Here’s my top tips! I’d of course love any feedback you might have, and I’d love to know what your offers are and to be connected with you on socials so...

Thank you for listening to the Aspiring Psychologist Podcast. Money and conversations around it can sometimes seem uncomfortable and even remind you and your clients of earlier traumatic times. I wish I had known more about finances and money when I was as aspiring psychologist and so I have invited a qualified independent financial advisor along to talk about making the most of your wealth, inves...

Show Notes for The Aspiring Psychologist Podcast Episode: How to choose between one or more job or course offers Thank you for listening to the Aspiring Psychologist Podcast. You or someone you know may find themselves in the position of being offered multiple offers for jobs or courses. Here’s my guidance on how to choose between them. I’d of course love any feedback you might have, and I’d love...

Show Notes for The Aspiring Psychologist Podcast Episode: Should you still go to psychology interviews when you have job offers? Thank you for listening to the Aspiring Psychologist Podcast. You or someone you know may find themselves in the position of being offered multiple interviews for roles and courses. Other people will always have opinions about what is right or wrong and fair and not. Her...

Show Notes for The Aspiring Psychologist Podcast Episode: 73: How to become a Clinical Psychologist Thank you for listening to the Aspiring Psychologist Podcast. I thought now might be a good time to dial it right back and talk about how people can learn more about the steps involved for becoming a U.K. clinical psychologist. I hope you find it useful. I’d of course love any feedback you might hav...

Show Notes for The Aspiring Psychologist Podcast Episode: 72: Outdoor Therapy with Dr Abi Tarran-Jones Thank you for listening to the Aspiring Psychologist Podcast. Getting in touch with nature and the importance of it was something we discussed in our green prescribing episode recently. But how can we begin to bring nature into evidence-based therapy approaches too? I am joined by my guest, The O...

Show Notes for The Aspiring Psychologist Podcast Episode: 71: But are you alive? Existential Psychotherapy with Eloise Skinner Thank you for listening to the Aspiring Psychologist Podcast. One of my favourite things about the podcast is being able to introduce you to areas of psychology you may not have heard of before or may not know much about. Today is exactly that! I am joined by my guest, Elo...

Thank you for listening to the Aspiring Psychologist Podcast. It’s the easter break for interview season and I’ve had a week off too. Do you take your annual leave and feel good when you do? I hope you find it useful. I’d of course love any feedback you might have! The Highlights: (00:28): Hi and celebrating 70 episodes (01:26): Join my mailing list & I’ve had a week off! (02:26): The Easter i...

Show Notes for The Aspiring Psychologist Podcast Episode: 69: Green Prescribing and Nature benefits for Mental Health – with Dan Loveard Thank you for listening to the Aspiring Psychologist Podcast. The pandemic created new and different opportunities for us to fill our time and created challenges about being inside with people. As a result, many of us turned to nature and found surprising benefit...

Show Notes for The Aspiring Psychologist Podcast Episode: 68: You’re not allowed to be disappointed in psychology! Thank you for listening to the Aspiring Psychologist Podcast. It’s that time of year when people start to hear back from clinical psychology interviews. Your news feeds may be abuzz with it and this can create different thoughts and feelings – good, bad and mixed! I’d love your though...