Trainees answer assumptions about Clinical Psychology

In this video, we asked people to send in their assumptions about clinical psychology and clinical psychologists and had an informal chat about whether we agreed with it or not. Totally not factually based or authoritative in any way, just something lighthearted and fun whilst we have our Saturday morning coffee. So grab your cup of tea and enjoy!

☆ Timestamps ☆
0:00 Intro
1:51 Guest intro
2:31 Topic set-up
3:00 They don't like Psychatrists
6:17 They know every clinical presentation
7:06 You are all perfectionsits
8:19 Psychologists are broke
10:12 You have very intense imposter syndrome
11:24 They look at counselling psychologists as different from themselves
13:24 You have to be incredibily intelligent to be a clinical psychologist
15:20 Clinical psychologists can be cold, dry, and too serious
17:47 They are all superhuman workaholics
19:23 Those drawn to clinical psychology have struggled with mental health themselves
21:27 You are all really good at stats
22:27 Psychologists are overthinkers
23:53 Psychologists sit in an office along drinking coffee
24:41 General updates about the doctorate and TheOxfordPsych

☆ About Me ☆
My name's Aika, I'm 23, Hong Kong Chinese & I'm a Trainee Clinical Psychologist at Oxford. I am starting my first year of the doctorate degree and hoping to document this 3 (+) year journey. I hope to de-mystify the clinical psychology route in the UK, increase the representation of diversity in the field and make Clinical Psychology and Oxbridge feel just a little bit more accessible and human if I can.

☆ Disclaimer ☆
Views and opinions are our own and do not represent the views of the University of Oxford or Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. My videos are for informational and educational purposes only.

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[qianziying]

I'm in undergraduate psychology now and very interested in clinical psychology, hope that one day I can be a clinical psychologist. Btw, you're a huge inspiration to me. I'll be sure to follow your whole journey in this program 😘

[tobes]

Loved this! Love the mixture of casual and professional on this channel. Really refreshing!

[TheWorryPeople]

COURSE I'M WATCHING PAL NEED YOU ASK - honored to have provided some inspo for this video!!! ...and welcome back ;)

[charlottewillis]

Not you overthinking overthinking! Loved this video, thank you for sharing!

[elenit]

Hello Aika, I'm not sure if I should be posting this here or in Instagram or in a message, but I would be very interested to see a video about career paths one can follow with a psychology degree, other than clinical, forensic, educational psychology etc. For example social work. I think it may be interesting for other people too to find ways out of this super competitive field!

[pc]

Another great video. 加油！Question from a fellow Oxford dweller. My wife is super interested in pursuing a career in clinical psychology but is worried because English is not her first language (She is Chinese). She feels she will not be able to compete with all the native speakers when it comes to both job and doctorate course applications. Can you tell us are there many psychologists on your doctorate or in the places that you've worked whose English is very good but not perfect like a native speaker?

[itsrebeccaconte]

Thank you for the video! I hope you guys make another video after one year or 6 months later. I am curious what you would think or feel about similar questions.

[PakistaniinGermany]

My study background is a bachelor's in Computer science and now I am studying a master's in cognitive science with a specialization in cognitive psychology and neuroscience. I took some technical classes too but I enjoyed these two majors so much and in the future, I want to work as a clinical psychologist. My next plan is to do PhD as well from any German university. But every time I discuss this with any senior I get the same reply that I cannot be a clinical psychologist. Would you guide me on what should i do or any other field I should search about if I can't be a clinical psychologist.?I just want a bright future i struggled a lot in finding my interest. And now I need help from seniors.

[PsychologyCast]

Thank you for sharing this, I will pass it on!

[shreyasialapati]

Liked your explanation on intelligence :)

[yasharora]

Hey aika!
My self yash Arora and i am from india, currently about to complete my undergrad in accounting and finance but the love of psychology has taken over me .. haha 😂 and i am planning to do a conversion course mostly from 🇬🇧 uk! I am currently going through all your videos just to get an idea about what it takes and how it feels like to be a clinical psychologist! I have few more questions though, i am confuse where should i put them.. should i drop down here or shall i dm you on Instagram!
Btw loving your content so far 😉

[osarumee]

I think it's funny because you kinda both started overthinking about the overthinking q

[Manalftma]

@23:11 😂 cue the most over thought response to an assumption

[fatgeisha]

"all psychologists are good at stats->false" IM ALL IN, BABY!