The Route to Clinical Psychology?

Dr Kathryn Greenwood

(EIPS Sussex, Sussex University and Institute of Psychiatry)

A Cognitive Behavioural Approach?

• My route into clinical psychology

• Some tips on the way

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What now?

What shall I do?

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What now?

What shall I do?

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Panic

Panic

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What now?

What shall I do?

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Research

Clinical

Behaviour

Mood

Thoughts

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Action

• Clinical Experience as a bank nurse

• Exam focus

• Application for and place obtained for a PhD in a clinically relevant area

(Memory and Attention in Schizophrenia)

Strong Strong academic academic

research profileresearch profile

RationaleRationale

Relevant experienceRelevant experience(clinical and research)(clinical and research)

For self For self

Access to and support Access to and support from clinical psychologistsfrom clinical psychologists

Help!!

What now?

What shall I do?

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Action

Voluntary Experience

• under clinical psychologist on ward medication education programme

• Observation of specialist assessments of children

• Observation of therapy for child depression

• Evaluation of trauma following children’s admission to intensive care

Meaning

• Insight into illness models and relation to intervention and outcome in psychosis

• Value of in depth multi-disciplinary assessment

• Application of adapted CBT for a younger developmental stage, flexibility in models and approaches (imagery)

• Understanding of role of stress and appraisals in evolution of problems

What about the rest of life?

Baby daughter one year into PhD

Learning and Meaning

• Time management, multi-tasking

• Managing role transitions

• Value of mental health and well-being in context of whole life

Important elements

Strong academic profile

Meaning and learning taken from

experiencesAble to communicate &

apply what learntStand out for right reasonsPresentationReferencesMaintain a life

And the outcome

• University of Sussex 1992-1995• PhD and DClinPsy – Institute of Psychiatry 1995-

2002• Daughter 1996, Son 2001 • National Psychosis Unit 2002-2008• Early intervention in psychosis 2008-• Holistic recovery/remission focus in researchFunctional outcome, genetic factors, CBT models

and outcome, service user involvement and challenging stigma

• Clinical Research Fellow 2010-

Keep learning, keep enthusiasm

• Children use stigmatising language early

• Changing schema and core beliefs is hard

• Try to create positive attitudes from the start

• Working with primary

schools

Thank you