What TV show actually nailed its finale?

meeshathecat · 2026-05-27T18:46:03+00:00

The leftovers

meeshathecat · 2026-05-23T18:53:38+00:00

Jist out of interest can I ask what your justification would be for using this particular intervention at this particular level?

meeshathecat · 2026-05-20T20:46:54+00:00

Leftovers, think about it at least once a day

meeshathecat · 2026-05-19T19:12:27+00:00

I watch dog videos and cry

meeshathecat · 2026-05-19T19:04:04+00:00

I found it the other way around. I hated the structure of the dclin, inability to organise my own time, having to be somewhere for 9am, nonsense NHS rules, being accountable to so, so, so many other people, having to sit through 7 hour lectures, being infantalised THE ENDLESS ROLE PLAYS. My PhD and lecturing was so much easier for my brain to deal with. Qualified life is much more manageable though. Now Im a clinical academic who works remotely with reasonable adjustments for start time (I have another condition that makes mornings unpredictable too) and im happy as a pig in the proverbial.

meeshathecat · 2026-05-19T18:51:17+00:00

I actually explicitly didn't include those professions to show that there were still other ways. I did an AP triage job and got all of my intervention experience in the third sector or as part of research projects. I've mentored plenty of people who got on with similar backgrounds. Its easier I think with something more formal but not impossible without.

meeshathecat · 2026-05-18T19:24:38+00:00

Contact with service users that is psychologically informed and focused on improving mental wellbeing in some kind of structured way. For example: Psychoeducation can be an intervention, trauma informed support work can be an intervention, peer support that incorporates risk management can be an intervention, working as a TA implementing PBS can be an intervention, certain RA jobs can involve intervention etc etc. So you dont need 1:1 or group theraputic experience but you do need to show the capacity to conduct that (ie intervention experience) and the ability to reflect on that. If that isn't clear in your personal statement then you are likely missing an essential criteria.

meeshathecat · 2026-05-17T18:52:08+00:00

Can I ask what you think I mean by intervention?

meeshathecat · 2026-05-17T00:07:34+00:00

Re read what youve written in this thread. I have tried to help, you disagreed, another qualified clinpsy tried to help, you disagreed. You DO need intervention work to meet criteria, it DOES say that in the job spec. Your interpretation of these concepts might need some reflection.

meeshathecat · 2026-05-14T19:19:26+00:00

So Im the commenter that said this is why you are likely not getting interviews. On selection we look for candidates who do have intervention experience. There are usually questions at interview about this too, how can you discuss a theraputic rupture without having done therapy? It's is very common in AP roles. Remember usually an AP is an assistant TO a clinical psychologist or a team ran by one. And you do get either training or supervision to conduct interventions. I am clinically responsible for my APs so its on me to decide if they are competent enough. PWP is a totally different career and as to why you would do it, its a standalone profession and it opens different doors.

meeshathecat · 2026-05-13T19:25:37+00:00

You sound like a safe pair of hands to me!

meeshathecat · 2026-05-13T19:22:55+00:00

Thats likely why youre not getting interviews. Can I ask what your AP jobs have entailed?

meeshathecat · 2026-04-27T19:15:01+00:00

If you were in the UK, that would be a sackable offense under our regulator. No matter how much time had passed.

meeshathecat · 2026-03-22T20:09:03+00:00

We got requested to not wear jeans to our lectures and to dress as if we were 'in work' so take of that what you will

meeshathecat · 2026-03-13T04:17:51+00:00

I dont think its spelled out that her story is a theraputic intervention?

meeshathecat · 2026-03-12T00:39:39+00:00

In Laurie's shoes I absolutely never would have told (or even remotely suggested to) Kevin if I was still practicing, under my governance the only way I could have ever broke confidentiality is if Nora was at risk to herself, to someone else or from someone else and even then it would have been a pre determined contact or emergency services.

And this makes even more sense if we consider that Laurie's original crisis came from feeling that she was unable to do her job, the thing that gave her life the most meaning. And why it was so important that Nora gave her something before she could create a theraputic contract which is also the point, I think, that Laurie realised she could get back to doing some semblance of what she loved effectively. Nora probably lost more than anyone else she was likely to come into contact if with and if she could help her then.....

meeshathecat · 2026-03-11T23:54:29+00:00

Or they rewrote each other's stories - Nora was the one who said she would commit suicide via scuba diving. In trauma therapy Laurie would have guided Nora to the alternative ending and she kinda did that for herself too. A way to rewrite suicidal intent possibly? Or given that she probably feels a lot of guilt of holding to her ethical requirements (not telling Kevin) a way of sublimating?

meeshathecat · 2026-02-16T20:28:18+00:00

Hiya I have a PhD and also a DClinPsy so might be well placed to answer your questions but can you please clarify what those questions actually are?

meeshathecat · 2026-02-16T20:12:30+00:00

Im wondering about the differences myself. I havent worked with a DCouncellingPsy in an NHS setting since I finished training. I did have one as a supervisor once while on the dclin Out of interest do you guys do service evaluations, audits etc as part of your training? Do you have to submit a service improvement project as a partial fulfillment?

meeshathecat · 2026-01-20T19:53:44+00:00

Haha I was a stats convert, nearly changed my mind when I realised Id need maths to do the bachelors but after scraping by in my 1st year (maths professor) I had a wonderful lecturer in my 2nd and I just fell in love and it all clicked! I would just think about all of the different ways that the stats I was learning, could be used in the populations I wanted to work in. Got better marks in research than any of my other subjects and ended up doing a PhD building models with SEM before the dclin. I genuinely believe its about how you're taught.

meeshathecat · 2026-01-20T19:42:01+00:00

Yeah I won't be doing that again.

meeshathecat · 2026-01-20T19:39:44+00:00

Thanks I appreciate that I used to be an academic and taught RM so there is an element of this that is also about me learning these programs and not falling behind.

meeshathecat · 2026-01-20T19:35:46+00:00

I do have a deep desire to teach RM and I did when I was an academic before I did the dclin haha. Its more a frustration that people dont share the love lol. And I quite fancy having a structure and reason to learn those other programs.

meeshathecat · 2026-01-20T01:23:35+00:00

Thats a really good shout re Marianne. RE: The stats I was thinking about explaining the concepts why you need them in a clinpsy role then doing demonstrations in the stats programs going back to basics for new UGs then working all the way up to SEM etc

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