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Presentation by Dr Kathryn Greenwood at University of Sussex (updated April 2013)
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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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Help!!
What now?
What shall I do?
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Help!!
What now?
What shall I do?
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Panic
Panic
Help!!
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