How to become a Clinical Psychologist | The BASICS

Hello everyone! In this video I talk about how to become a Clinical Psychologist in the UK. The video is split into two parts - (1) The essential criteria and (2) Tips that I wish I knew earlier.

Timestamps if you would like to skip ahead:
0:00 Introduction
1. 1:55 Undergraduate degree in Psychology
2. 2:40 Conversion course/Master's degree
3. 4:37 Clinical experience
4. 5:47 Types of clinical experience - Support worker/HCA/AP/PWP
5. 8:45 Research experience
6. 11:22 Tip 1 - Managing your expectations of 'getting on'
7. 12:36 Tip 2 - Focus on the journey more than the destination
8. 13:45 Tip 3 - Keep a reflective journal
9. 14:53 Tip 4 - Strengthen your connections

I decided to start a Youtube channel simply because there just isn't enough content around psychology, making it a very mysterious/inaccurately highbrow career to be in. I love watching YouTube so finally bit the bullet to try to de-mystify the process myself.

If you're interested in more information about psychology, mental health, application processes, follow me on instagram.com/theoxfordpsych/ :-)