My Route to Clinical Psychology Training (DClinPsy)

I'm about to start my clinical psychology training (DClinPsy) at Oxford. This is how I got there as a first-time applicant with less than a year's experience.

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:24 1 - What is a clinical psychologist?
1:13 2 - How do you become a clinical psychologist?
1:48 3 - My Journey: Childhood
2:42 4 - A-Levels
3:55 5 - Undergrad (Cambridge)
6:08 6 - Master's (UCL)
7:29 6a - Placements
9:01 7 - Doctorate

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.
Feel free to have a browse of the channel🫶

For enquiries, please go to:

[yooooooooyoooo]

Francis, you are just such a beast, I followed you this year thinking you had like a 150k subs, and everything seemed 'in order' for a yt'ber of that caliber, it just seems like only a matter of time before your unique, chilled out videos will gain a larger audience. As a yr13 student, you have a very calming demeanour which is like therapy its own right, that you for bring such a legend, well done on your successful application

[lackerry]

Just found you through your comment on sharon B trainee doctorate video. You have such a calmness about you. Your youtube audience retention must be through the roof! Thank you for this video it helped clarify my decision on my psych journey and i’m so excited to watch more videos from you. In fact I am actually going to binge watch them all lol

[robert_a]

You are such an inspiration Francis! I am also aspiring to become a clinical psychologist and you’re videos have been of immense use to me. I also identify with you since you went Cambridge and I got an offer for PBS from Jesus College too. Perhaps we can work together one day, but it will be a long time. Keep doing what your doing.

[carapearson]

Thank you for this video, it’s really helpful for an aspiring clinical psychologist, especially as you have experience of my dream unis. I’m currently in year 12 and hoping to apply for PBS at Cambridge next year, and I’d love to see a video with advice on getting onto an undergrad psychology course. It would be particularly helpful if you could share advice on standing out in applications to get into competitive unis as you’re clearly very good at it! I was so pleased to hear you got into Oxford for your doctorate, especially so soon after graduating from your undergrad, congratulations!

[abhapandeyy]

You You're honestly my favourite youtuber Francis, your videos make my day!! I hope you have a great day

[Laura-npur]

Congrats on getting onto the doctorate!! Also applied for the very first time this year with less than a year's experience and just found out I'm on the reserve list for a place at Edinburgh. Looking forward to your future videos :)

[bionasard]

Been following you for a while now, congratulations on starting your doctorate! I just got into an MA for Sociology and would also like to work with youth and adolescents. Thanks for your journey— looking forward to more videos!

[fareenahmed]

This video was super informative and helpful, have been feeling lost in the decision process of what to apply for and what experience I need to get onto the DClinPsy. This cleared up alot of things and was also entertaining to watch! congrats on the doctorates :)

[_hannasdiary]

Thanks for this, my sister found this really useful for her research into how to get into a clinical psychology doctorate also at Oxford :)

[IzzySealey]

Enjoyed the wholesome ice age story time ❤😂

[ImmersiveChinesewithLuyang]

I am binge watching your video, and I'm really into psychology as well. I was surprised to find out you had working experience in China. As Chinese, I'm curious to know your experience in China as well as your thoughts about the development of psychology in China:)

[fceqvxp]

It's always funny to see what the process of becoming a clinical psychologist is like in other countries. Where I live, you just need to have a degree in psychology (from a 5-years graduation) and you can legally act as any kind of psychologist. I don't think that's ideal, especially considering we're dealing with people's lives.

[conniehemmings]

Do you have any advice for applying for the Developmental Psychology and Clinical Practice Masters at UCL?

[TheWorryPeople]

Wowowow congrats - majorly impressive!

[FrancisMadden]

would the ice age baby make a good clinical psychologist

[oatsnwaffles]

just discovered your channel and immediately subscribed! so much useful info from this video and concise! just wondering is the CAMHS placement part of your masters program?

[fresh_view]

Please could you do a video on the masters conversion course in psychology and the pathways ahead after completing the course?

[anleeeee]

Hi Francis, can you tell us a bit more of how did you get to shadow in the hospital in Manchester?

[AyeshaBukhari-mblo]

which one is better for an international student msc health psychology or msc psychology (conversion) and whatt jobs can i go into after msc health and can i opt for dclinpsy after health psych?

[heenaldete]

Hey Francis! Thank you so much for this video!
I am also looking for DPCP in UCL how can i coonect with you for more guidance about it as i am an international student.