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Careers in Counselling Psychology

Dr Masrita Ishaq Communications Lead The British Psychological Society Division of Counselling Psychology (DCoP) Secure wards and Independent practice With acknowledgement to Dr Helen Nicholas for her help with this presentation

What is Counselling Psychology?

• Branch of applied psychology
• Influences: humanistic philosophy, human science research,

phenomenology, critical social science, anti-psychiatry, main psychotherapeutic traditions

• Roots: Humanistic, Holistic and Relational

Why counselling psychology

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcDKz5J-90s&t=1s

Dr Maureen McIntosh- Chair of DCoP & Senior Counselling Psychologist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ujMSKSQRxs

Tasim Martin-Berg- Deputy Programme Leader at Glasgow Caledonian University & Independent Practitoner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMI1AtzTu6c

Professor Mick Cooper- University of Roehampton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw5Ng4GuGPs

Dr Mark Bradley- Consultant Counselling Psychologist (CAMHS) & Independent Practitioner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqSUabZl7Qs

Dr Hamilton Fairfax- Professional Lead (Secondary mental health) & Counselling Psychologist, & Research Lead DCoP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br7QkRs4RU4

Nicola Massie- Chair of DCoP Wales

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU1ynRU1Ndk&t=1s

Special acknowledgement and thanks to Dr Daisy Best, past Training Lead for producing these videos

Where do Counselling Psychologists work?

NHS

• IAPT
• Community Mental

Health Teams

• CAMHS
• Older adult services
• Specialist teams
• Family proceedings

Court Independent Practice Voluntary sectors Private Hospitals Charitable Organisations Education Universities Military Forensic Settings

Survey of f Employment Status

Name Percentage Adult services 73.4% Community Mental Health Teams 36.4% Crisis Resolution & Home Treatment services 2.8% Assertive Outreach teams 0.7% Liaison Psychiatry teams 2.8% Early Intervention for Psychosis services 4.9% Rehabilitation and recovery teams 7.7% IAPT – Improving access to Psychological Therapy 25.9% Child & Adolescent Services 16.1% IAPT for children and young people 2.8% Perinatal mental health services 2.1% Forensic services 9.1% Learning Disability services 7.0% Older adult services 6.3% Memory services 0.7% Substance Misuse services 8.4% Physical Health Psychology services 16.1% Sexual Health 4.2% Eating Disorder services 10.5%

Employment of counselling psychologists in NHS provided or NHS commissioned services

In these services 54.2% work full time and a further 39.6% 0.5wte or more. 31.5% have given 10 years or more of service, with a further 21.7% 6-10 years, so retention is good. The percentages of qualified counselling psychologists in public and third (voluntary) sector services have been estimated from a member survey by the BPS Division of Counselling Psychology (June 2016).

Survey of f Employment Status

Name Percentage

Children and schools 24.2% Couple and family 19.4% Adult mental health 71.0% Forensic settings 4.8% Services for particular populations, e.g. women's services, LGBT services, BAME services, veterans, older adults, bereavement 37.1%

Employment of counselling psychologists in voluntary sector mental health provision In these services 30.8% work full time and more work part time which may reflect both portfolio careers and the nature of funding and employment patterns in this sector, with 53.7% working less than 0.5wte. Still, 15.4% have given 10 years or more of service, with a further 16.9% 6-10 years. The percentages of qualified counselling psychologists in public and third (voluntary) sector services have been estimated from a member survey by the BPS Division of Counselling Psychology (June 2016).

What do Counselling Psychologist do?

• Carry out holistic assessments and case formulations
• Work with individual’s unique subjective psychological experience
• Use diverse range of therapeutic knowledge frameworks and models
• Leadership
• Supervising, mentoring
• Consulting
• Training- university or independent practice

Core Principles of f Counselling Psychologists

• Engaging with subjectivity and intersubjectivity- values and beliefs
• Empathic knowing and respecting first-person accounts as valid in their
• wn terms
• Not assuming the automatic superiority of any one way of experiencing
• Recognising social contexts and discrimination; empowering rather than

controlling, demonstrating high standards of anti-discriminatory practice

• Commitment to reflective practitioner model- The therapeutic use of self
• Using a humanistic and relational value base

Research & Academia in Counselling Psychology

• Academia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw5Ng4GuGPs&t=14s

Division of f Counselling Psychology

Values Work ethically and effectively. Be reflective scientist-practitioners. Work creatively, compassionately and collaboratively. Vision Meeting the psychological needs of people. Equality of access to resources, research, education and training. Fairness, equality and social justice. Leading and influencing the design and delivery of innovative policies and services.

Publications

Doctoral training (PsychD)- Accredited Courses 2017

England

University of Surrey University of Roehampton Metanoia Institute New School of Psychotherapy & Counselling Regents University City University London Metropolitan University University of East London

England

University of Wolverhampton University of the West of England University of Manchester Teeside University

Scotland

University of Strathclyde Glasgow Caledonian University

https://beta.bps.org.uk/public/become-psychologist/accredited-courses

In Independent route- BPS Qualification in Counselling Psychology (QCoP)

• More autonomous, self driven
• Identify a willing Coordinating Supervisor (CS)
• AEC- Accreditation of Existing Competence
• Plan training
• Submit
• Approve by Registrar of the QCoP
• Do not result in a doctorate

Both are to Doctoral level

What programmes look for?

• Evidence of academic ability to succeed at doctoral programme
• Graduate Basis for Chartership (GBC), evidence from BPS that verifies

this

• Ability to undertake research at doctoral level-
• Evidence of right kind of relevant clinical experience
• Evidence of interpersonal skills and reflective abilities- examined

more at interview

• Many course require you to have undertaken some kind of formal

training counselling skills training

What to consider when making your choice?

Challenges

• Financial – fees, private therapy; Doctorate loans
• Placement
• Recognition in employment settings
• Uncomfortable fit with medical model of mental illness more so in

some settings. Navigate through it.

Learn through the challenges

References and Helpful resources

How to become a counselling psychologist (2017) by Dr Elaine Kasket Handbook of Counselling Psychology 3rd ed. Edited by Ray Woolfe, Sheelagh Strawbridge, Barbara Douglas and Windy Dryden

Fin ind us on:

@ www.bps.org.uk/dcop @dcopuk https://www.facebook.com/divisionofcounsellingpsychology/ Feel free to email me at dcopcommslead@bps.org.uk