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

Hello everyone and welcome to the next instalment of our blog. Today we learn about Sarah's journey, to becoming a Psychotherapist and lecturer, working in both private practice and the NHS. Sarah's experience shows us again the myriad of opportunities and pathways available in the Psychology field, provided you had determination and commitment to stay the course. She shared having learnt so much about service users, and also herself, and the first seed of inspiration was sown in her undergraduate studies. We hope you will find reading the blog inspirational for your own journey into this field. Sarah Gibson Senior Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist I am a Senior Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist working in the NHS and privately. I work with people from all walks of life to support them to overcome common mental health problems such as depression, stress and trauma. My journey in Psychology and mental health began when I was 17 years old, sadly a close family member beco...

 Hi everyone Welcome to the next installment of the blog. Today we learn about Jun and her journey towards becoming a qualified Educational- and Child Psychologist. Jun has not only had to learn about different systems and models, but had seen a variety of settings and experiences to bring together her wealth of knowledge. We hope you will find Jun's journey as inspirational as we have. Hui Jun Ho Trainee Educational Psychologist  linkedin.com/in/huijunho I am about to qualify as an Educational and Child Psychologist in 5 months. Looking back on my journey, my first steps started when I was a bright-eyed seventeen-year old, where I took my first foray into education as a piano teacher, teaching on Sundays while taking my A- levels. I remember my first ever student was a three-year-old girl, whom I spent hours trying to teach her how to tell her left hand and right hand apart. After my A levels, I bravely became a teaching intern, teaching fine art at an all boys’ secondary sch...

 Hello everyone Here is another installment focusing on the excellent Applied psychology colleagues out there. Today we learn more about Annabel Stenning, trainee Educational Psychologist. She tells a story of perseverance, patience and commitment, all leading her closer to her goal to being a qualified Educational Psychologist.  Trainee Educational Psychologist , University College London Annabel Stenning https://www.linkedin.com/in/annabel-stenning-mbpss-457b43161 My voyage into Psychology actually began with my love of literature; as a teenager I really enjoyed reading and going to the theatre and English was always my favourite lesson. I liked how you could explore the perspectives of different characters, analyse their actions and understand their behaviours, emotions and experiences. I had a fantastic English GCSE teacher who taught us ‘Lord of the Flies’ by William Golding and made links to infamous studies in Psychology such as Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment....

HI there and welcome to our next blog entry. Today we learn from Hana Nasser, Sport and Exercise Psychologist in Training (SEPiT). Hana talks about the process of planning and the extensive time and commitment involved in pursuing this particular career path. She also shares lots of useful advice and suggestions, which may help any aspirant Psychologists out there interested in this field of Psychology. We hope Hana's journey could potentially inspire your own! Hello everyone,  My name is Hana, I’m a Sport and Exercise Psychologist in training. I’m not a blog writer, however, I am excited to be sharing my journey with you, so bear with me and hopefully I'll make some sense. I took Psychology at A-Level, and it was clear after my AS-Levels that it was not the subject I was best at, but I absolutely loved it. All the different elements, the variety of information and I was just fascinated at human Psychology.  Someone once said to me, ‘do what you enjoy, not necessarily what you...

Hello everyone and welcome to our next blog entry. Today we meet Dr Grace Molloy, an Educational and Child Psychologist. Through reading Grace's experience we see the very may choices she had to make to ensure she was on the right pathway to support children and families. it also speaks to her grit and determination to stay the course, despite plenty of setbacks. We hope Grace will inspire your own decision to pursuing a Psychology career.   Dr Grace Molloy, Educational and Child Psychologist This time of year makes me reflect on the (often long!) journey to becoming a Psychologist. That is because for several years, the start of the new year was usually associated with application preparation for the training programmes and the anticipation associated with waiting to hear back from a University. I remember the constant refreshing of my emails and the horrible feeling which would hit my stomach when I received, what felt like, yet another rejection. It always made me wonder ab...

Hello everyone, we are very fortunate to have two trainee journeys shared from the field of Educational Psychology this week (please check out our blog for details). Today we read about Comfort Anwuzia's journey, initially uncertain as to the specific path to choose in her Psychology career, and then the joy and passion in working with children and young people, which firmed up Comfort's decision to pursue Educational Psychology. We hope you find Comfort's entry inspirational and useful for your own career decisions.   In 2014, I commenced my Undergraduate degree at Essex University, with the aspiration of becoming a Clinical Psychologist. I became interested in developmental Psychology during my second year modules there, and fortunately stumbled across a 1-year internship at an international infant school in Madrid. It was incredibly insightful to be a part the children’s language acquisition, and their multi-lingualism. This provided great opportunities to ‘”hold-off” wr...

 Hello everyone and welcome to our next blog entry. All the colleagues who write for the blog share their own personal experiences, in the hope to pursue a career in Psychology. Today we have the pleasure of reading about Charlotte Wastell, a trainee Educational Psychologist. She shares her passion for understanding childhood development and also the need to understand the internal life of a child through in depth training in Psycho-analytic and Psycho-dynamic studies. Charlotte speaks to the need to understand her own internal world through reflection and analysis and the role this plays across her training. We hope you will find Charlotte's experience a rich and informative glimpse into the life of a trainee Educational Psychologist. I completed my Psychology undergraduate at the University of Nottingham in 2018. I lengthened my course to 4 years as I studied at the University of Adelaide for a year. During my time in my undergrad, I volunteered for Nightline, this was highly rec...