10 Tips for applying to be a Clinical Psychologist (DClinPsy Advice)
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I got onto the DClinPsy first time. Here's every piece of advice I followed to get there.
In preparation for my clinical psychology doctorate application last year (2021 for 2022 intake) I scoured every book, online webinar, TH-cam channel, mailing list and even networked (ew ik) with current trainees, to try and unearth the secrets to success. With less than 1 year's relevant experience, I managed to bag two interviews and one offer, which I still can't really believe tbh.
But on reflection, there were pieces of advice I followed that tipped the odds in my favour:
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:45 1. Be tactical
03:37 2. Tackling the personal statement
08:31 3. Use social media to your advantage
10:26 4. Get feedback, but not too much
11:28 5. No publications? No problem
12:39 6. Gains from training
13:45 7. Have a life
15:00 8. Self-disclosure
15:57 9. References pls
16:54 10. The odds are in your favour
Talking to an actual Clinical Psychologist: • The Truth about being ...
My journey to the DClinPsy: • My Route to Clinical P...
Books:
Surviving Clinical Psychology (James Randall) - amzn.to/3Akx1ye
Formulation in Psychology and Psychotherapy (Lucy Johnstone and Rudi Dallos) - amzn.to/3wtrzrr
Websites:
The Facebook group to change your life: / 2013865015557108
Webinar with incoming/current DClinPsy trainees on 2nd September 2022: / 1389251408254038
Check out previous webinars by heading to @psychologymadesimple3257
Leeds Clearing House: www.leeds.ac.uk/chpccp/
Find the latest BPS Alternative Handbook:
shop.bps.org.uk/search/google...
David Murphy Tribute Section:
Twitter thread summarising Alternative Handbook Data: / 1457354105144360960
Guides for Referees:
Academic: • Writing an academic re...
Experience: • Writing a relevent exp...
TH-cam Channels:
@SharonB @TheWorryPeople
Who am I? 🙋♂️
I'm Francis, a Trainee Clinical Psychologist at Oxford University. I previously did psychology degrees at Cambridge (Undergrad) and UCL (Master's). I upload videos every few weeks about psychology, university life and occasionally self-improvement.
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Thank you so much for this video, I'm applying this year and your video completely helped me remove some of the pressure I feel for writing the personal statement! Great video
Oh my god. Congratulations!!! I am graduating Masters this July and I really wanna apply in Oxford but I'm so scared!!
I love this guy! Informative, interesting and funny. How did he not make it as an actor whilst at Cambridge? Oh well, their loss, our gain. I am actually thinking about becoming a CP after watching his videos. A bit mad if you knew my circumstances, but there you go. Good luck to all of us embarking on this journey and thanks again Francis for these wonderful videos.
Ah that's so kind thank you sm!
Your videos are awesome, great info and really appreciate the humour
Really enjoyed this video - you’re very engaging. Thank you 🙏
6:57 is hilarious and is such a clever way to introduce the sponsor. Thanks for this video, it's super helpful!
your video is amazing and very well explained. i have seen so many other videos and they waffle too much on their personal experiences rather than signposting to helpful hints.
Thank you for sharing your tips, very helpful!
Brilliant video! Really informative....
Great video! 💕
This is really helpful
This recently came up on my feed and I thought you looked familiar. Then I realised you did PBS at Cambridge as well. I distinctly recall seeing you at the library now 😂 think we may have been in the same cohort (minus covid)
Hoping to apply to Oxford next year. Congrats on getting into dclinpsy and good luck on your journey xx
No way hahaha, which library? And thanks sm, good luck to you too!
Double line breaks was the most useful 😂🎉
Not the Liverpool comment looooooool, but seriously thanks for the video 💫
Risked my whole career for that😭
Hey Francis, thanks for this video! I am going to apply for a psychology conversion course at UCL, I’m just wondering if you worked full time/ part time alongside during the conversion? Thanks!
Hi Francis! i am new to your channel, i was wondering if you could make a video sharing what you did in school to beckme a clinical psychologist :). Did you take a Bachelor of Arts for your unfergrad or Bachelor of science? i am a student wanting to do clinicla psychology but feeling a bit unsure on what to take and do ❤
Where'd you get that t-shirt homie? Looks comfy, might get it myself.
Do A-Levels commonly matter when applying for a doctorate in clinpsy? I'm on a steady path with consistent 1sts at uni (hoping the trend continues lol) but my A-Levels were pretty meh at BBC because of COVID and never sitting my papers. Fortunately had an unconditional so never bothered missing a year of education to sit them. I've heard that some shortlists however like Bath's look at A-Levels, not sure if this is common?
Hi Francis love your vids. Kind of off topic of the video but I’m just going into Y13 and will shortly be applying to Cambridge for psychology however like you I didn’t do A level Psychology, in fact I didn’t even do an essay subject. I’m doing maths, further, physics and chemistry. I was wondering whether you had to submit any essays in your application to Cambridge psych as the college I’m currently looking at requires 2 which I will struggle to produce. Any advice around this would be much appreciated. Also do you think Cambridge will look down on my application if apply for deferred placement?
Thanks Ben! I see your dilemma haha, I didn't have to submit any essays to Emmanuel College at the time which is partly why I selected it. And I don't see why they'd look down on an app for deferred entry!
Thanks. I don’t want to go for a college just because they don’t require essays but i might have to at least consider it, we’ll see.
I found this so helpful thank you! I currently am on a conversion masters in Psychology and want to apply for my Doctorate afterwards. I currently have 3 years experience as a health care advisor in a pharmacy and 2 years in the police (my current job) will these be beneficial to mention in my application or do you think I should change careers to get more experience for my portfolio? Thanks again, really helpful video :)
No worries! There are lots of people who do the doctorate with a background in a completely different field, on my course there are at least 5 people who did history undergrad lol. I think it will definitely be beneficial to talk about those jobs bc I imagine you can tie in concepts from clinical psychology! But they're likely to look for additional experience directly in psychology
@@FrancisMadden hello can you please clarify is dclinpsy is post graduate degree or doctorate p.hd?? And I am from Pakistan what minimum qualification I need to get admission in dclinpsy???
''The band 6 salary'' rofl ...Subscribed btw, good content
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Hi sir, how can I enquire you?
Is it possible to do Dclin Psy online
Hi Francis, I am in my first Assistant Psychologist post for 6 months (oddly also in Oxford) but besides volunteering for about 2 years cumulatively and 3 months experience being a mental health administrator, I don't have any other experience. In your view, how much more experience do you think I should get before I start applying? I have seriously considered applying this year provided I get another post soon after this one finishes. Best wishes, Fin.
Hiya, I hope you dont mind me replying :) But I went to a talk at kings college london - and they mentioned that the average amount of experience people have there is about 3 years. They require you to have paid experience in a research related role and in a clinical role. So unfortunately you may need a bit more experience - however, there is no harm in applying, I have heard of people getting in straight after uni and the application process is good to get used to :)
hahaha , i paid for my internships as well and guess it means nothing in their eyes lol
move to liverpool an immediate no
Do u have instagram account ?
No just TH-cam atm!