Pathways to Psychology, a journey with many possibilities at your fingertips

 Hi everyone and welcome to our next blog instalment. Today we learn from a Counselling Psychologist in training, April Haesler. April shares her inspiration and perspiration to reach the final year on the Doctorate. She speaks of her passion for research and working with clients who have experienced trauma, alongside future plans to work in private practice. We hope you will find April's entry stimulating! You can follow me on LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/april-haesler-41b98ab0/ Visit  my Counselling  Directory profile here:  https://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/counsellors/april-haesler Visit my website here: www.aprilhaeslertherapy.com As a third-year doctoral student studying Counselling Psychology, I am keen to raise awareness about it as a career path. C linical Psychology was foregrounded as a career path during my undergraduate studies . C ounselling P sychology was a n enigma by comparison . I struggled to understand what it was and was confused by th

Hello everyone and welcome to our next installment of the Pathways to Psychology blog. Today we have the pleasure of learning from a colleague based in the field of Sport Psychology, Dr Elanor Cormack.  Dr Elanor Cormack DPsych, CPsychol Sport & Exercise Psychologist (HCPC Registered) Cormack Psychology Web: cormackpsychology.com Tel: 07737 075617 Social: @cormackpsych I am a Sport & Exercise Psychologist and work across a range of Universities and in private practice. I took a slightly unorthodox route to get here as this is not my first career. I actually worked in sports development / management for a decade and find that this has helped me in my current career, as I have an excellent understanding of the structures and pressures on national governing bodies, which I can draw on when I work with them in my new role.  My starting point was an Undergraduate degree in Psychology at University of Glasgow. I didn’t do that because I wanted to be a Psychologist though. I wasn’t su