In this episode, Candice speaks to Rob Parker (member of the course team on the Clinical Psychology DClinPsy training course at Lancaster University) and Dr Pieter Nel (Programme Director, The University of Hertfordshire) about Lancaster's journey and experiences of developing a new part-time training pathway. Lancaster now offer 6 funded part-time training places. In this episode you will also hear Pieter share his own experiences of clinical training on a part-time course in South Africa, and you will hear Pieter ask Rob some of the questions that we have had over the last few years.. what a ..read more

Keith spoke to us during his second year of training and shared reflections on how his role of 'Dad' had impacted his identity of 'trainee'. He shared really valuable parts of his experiences that relate to how he has managed to navigated training in a pandemic, whilst spinning many plates as a single Dad. He reflected on the importance of asking for help when needed, taking a year out as a result of personal circumstances and the value of knowing what you need in order to achieve academically, such as staying connected with others ..read more

Dr Mandie George, Clinical Psychologist, met with us last month to share her own experiences of starting DClinPsy training with a young baby and also shares her findings from her Thesis; a qualitative IPA study that explored how being a parent can impact trainee’s experience of a CAMHS placement. She shares her findings (that having children and not having children) both play a really important role in participants’ experiences of CAMHS placements. Mandie also reflects on the importance of trainees knowing their own position and knowing their vulnerabilities. She highlights the importance of f ..read more

In this episode we share our experiencing of starting our second year of the DClin Doctorate. We reflect on what it has been like to carry on parenting during pandemic and how that feels now that we have in Year 2. We talk about the importance of the wider contexts surrounding training and we catch up about how the kids are getting on, and share tips on how we manage situations where we want to get on with work but our kids just want to play! We talk about what helps us to shift from 'work mode' to 'mum mode'? We share how we have learnt to accept that with kids and training, we can’t be in co ..read more

In this episode we invite Zoe, a qualified Clinical Psychologist and Lucy, Trainee Clinical Psychologist to have a conversation with each other about their experiences of taking maternity leave during DClin training ..read more

We reflect on what it has been like for us to finish our first year of training as Trainee Clinical Psychologists whilst navigating parenting during the pandemic ..read more

Hello and welcome to the first episode of our podcast!  We are Sarah and Candice, two first-year Clinical Psychologists in Training. We started studying the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology in September 2019. We are also both parents. We hope to share some of our experiences of DClin training so far. Importantly, we hope to build a virtual community of trainees and aspiring psychologists who are parents/caregivers, so that we can support each other through this challenging journey!  This first episode is a rough and ready trial-run of what may come in the future! First we introduce o ..read more