Celebrating our staff this psychological professions week – 11 to 15 November

It is psychological professions week, and it’s a fantastic chance to celebrate over 400 staff who work across our services!

Psychological professions cover psychologists, associate and assistant roles, psychological therapists and psychological practitioners.

Staff from across our teams and services have been sharing their experiences of their roles, what they do day-to-day and how they got into the psychological profession.

Have a look at videos from our staff below, or take a moment to grab a cuppa and read a few blogs…

Videos

• Leading as chief psychological professions officer – Tracey’s story
• Training to be a clinical psychologist – Beth’s story 
• Working as a child and adolescent psychotherapist – Emily’s story
• Principal counselling psychologist in maternal mental health – Dr Estelle Verdi’s story 
• What being an assistant psychologist involves – Heena’s story
• What’s involved in being a trainee cognitive behavioural therapist – Jess’s story
• What it’s like to work as a psychological wellbeing practitioner – Josh’s story
• Becoming a consultant clinical psychologist – Manreesh’s story
• What it’s like to work as a counsellor – Marjina’s story
• What working as a family psychotherapist is all about – Mark’s story
• Working as an assistant psychologist – Matteo’s story
• Training to become a psychological wellbeing practitioner – Valeeya’s story

Blogs

• “Each and every psychological professional makes a significant contribution to the lives of the people we work with”
• “It is fantastic to be able to join a Trust that recognises the value of psychological professions”
• “My favourite part of this job is meeting new people…”
• “As a clinical psychologist there are different parts to my job, and this is one of the reasons that I like what I do”