5 things high school psychology students must do now to GET AHEAD

[@drali]

Who are your favorite psychologists and mental health experts on social media?

[@mitikaagarwal9035]

Dr. Ali Mattu & Dr. Ramani

[@zainabadebanjo9554]

Dr. Ali Mattu and Kati Morton

[@sebastianb.2894]

Dr. Tracey Marks makes really good content on youtube too.

[@kritikasharma6846]

Dr. Julie Smith 🤍

[@mylesanthony8672]

Definitely Dr Jordan Peterson - The man was that father that I never had, and who permeated my soul sO DEEP that I am currently pursuing a career in psychology

[@maryofbears6252]

I know you probably won’t see this comment, but I wanted to say that I am SO appreciative of this video and the advice you give! I’m currently in high school and am taking the psychology classes I can, because I really want to be an art therapist, but I’ve been worried about where to go from my current point. This video has been so helpful for gaining resources and opportunities that I can check out, and I just wanted to say thank you!

[@drali]

Well gosh that was such a nice comment to read. Thank you for brightening up my day and reminding me why I make these videos.

[@maryofbears6252]

@@drali thank you for replying! I find your videos so interesting and informative, and I’m so glad I could make your day a little happier, please continue doing what you love! :D

[@riyad8760]

This video is just what I wanted!!

[@drali]

Yay! Glad to hear it!!!

[@flymypg]

One thing I've found useful is to be a "guinea pig" (volunteer or low-cost client at a school) for those learning their profession, be it psychology, medicine, dentistry, physical therapy, massage, etc. While there is a small amount of risk involved (students are expected to make mistakes), the students are always supervised, and their supervisors will ensure anything that goes wrong gets addressed without delay. At the very least, you may well gain some amusing stories, and perhaps some valuable life-lessons. Edit: It's also a great way to gain access to services you may not have otherwise considered using.

[@drali]

100% true about access to services at a reduce cost! I also think you end up getting a good experience because trainees carry a much smaller caseload, think a lot about the work they are doing, and are usually highly survived. Sure, you can see someone who has more experience, at the same time they're likely a bit more burned out and spend less time thinking about your treatment. It's a tradeoff. Experience is great for complex problems but for a lot of issues a trainee can be wonderful! Hope you've been doing well, Bob! Great to see you here again.

[@kaseyworley9982]

I am in middle school but I have always had a fire for psychology and have always found it interesting. I love your videos thank you.

[@sreenidhikartha1781]

Omg I just randomly clicked the vdo and was surprised how u just guessed what I wanted to become 🤣

[@drali]

The algorithm knows us better than we know ourselves

[@LittleDemon_]

ive been intrested in psychology since middle school and luckily now that im in my second year of high school i got to take a psych class, and it really confirmed my love for psychology excitingly i have AP psychology next year and ive been trying to find good sources on how i should go about finding more about psychology and all the inner workings and careers that come with it, this video was very helpful and well explained thank you

[@amalsjoseph3521]

I'm so very grateful to you sir, i feel this is just the video that you have made for to explore myself off limits.. Thank you for all the sources and information you have provided.., I'm a undergraduate psychology student from India going through a lot of confusions on which field of psychology to choose.,you said that go out and get experience and volunteer freely has given me a kick..,I'm surely goin for it.. Your channel which my sister recommend has really turned out very much changing of my perspectives and methods to use to study psychology... Hoping to assist you in the future sir!

[@priyampriya642]

Woah!! I was thinking about to watch a video like this..😂 Glad u posted it 🤗

[@drali]

Hope it helps!!!

[@lavanyaiyer700]

I am currently a high school student and this video helped me a lot!! Thank you for sharing

[@Momin_Azam]

This is what I needed! I am an AP Psych student and have interest in going into pscyh as a field.

[@drali]

Awesome! So glad you were able to find it when you need it.

[@Momin_Azam]

@@drali I love that you are uploading more often. It’s good to see you again after a while 😃!

[@drali]

Thanks! A lot of content is in the pipeline 🙌🏽 Working with a pro editor is what is making this happen.

[@renees1922]

I might do it, and I'm at my last year. In NZ there's not much spaces, but I can go to Aussie. I need to think about it, and I did my research since 2018 on the psych stuff. Maybe I can do a mixture of philosophy, or even math with it. I'll think about it, till around August. But I can always change.

[@drali]

Math, specifically statistics, is super helpful for psychological research. The other thing to consider is double majoring. Check out my video on “should I major in psychology” for more on that.

[@renees1922]

@@drali It's August today, I'm going to apply for more than just 1 major. I ditched psychology to physics because of the jobs and stuff, even I am interested in it I don't think it's for me as a career. Well the good thing is that it's easy to change what you're doing.

[@twinstarssystem2857]

the ctad clinic is a cool channel from what we've seen if you're interested in trauma and dissociation and the mental health master is more general content, with frequent livestreams where you can ask whatever questions, both on yt :)

[@MiaMagnapinna]

This was the content that I was looking for . Thank you so much!!

[@mademoiselle9842]

Thank you so much for this! The tiktok videos are so triggering, thank god for Dr. Inka on tiktok. She always get tagged on those suspicious videos and people ask her if its fact or cap. My results from the university I applied shows tomorrow for AB PSYCHOLOGY here in my country, and my mind is just floating the whole week 😭🤯🍨

[@drali]

Dr. Inka is AMAZING!! Hope you get some good news this week.

[@irinacrearina6307]

you have a great channel.i wish you more subscribers. your videos have useful information.thank you

[@subakdori]

Thank you so much doctor mattu! I am Korean high school student interested in psychology. Even though environment in korea differs a lot with America, your video helped me !

[@themagreen7141]

Thank you for making this video!! I recently found your channel and subscribed about 2 days ago so as a prospective psych major, this is the perfect video for me, thank you!!! 😄 My concentration will be in human factors and applied cognition, so is there any advice that you have for human factors psychology?

[@drali]

Thanks, great to have you here! See if you can find a human factors lab to volunteer at. I did a year internship at a human factors lab at NASA during college. If there’s nothing like that around you, look into cognitive psychology labs.

[@shubhamgupta-wp4tr]

I am a high school student in India we have psychology course in 11th and 12th (high school) but to improve my knowledge about it, I'm attending lots of psychological webinars and conferences and doing courses on Alison, Coursera edx etc, but finding internships which gives hands-on counselling experience is hard and it requires for us to be 18, but still I contact psychologists to gain knowledge

[@reaganvestal315]

This was extremely helpful and informational, thanks so much bro!

[@bhanukaamarasinghe4808]

Please do a video on BPS membership and how to get accreditation and whether is important or not. etc. Thank you

[@shreya1551]

Thanks for this!❤

[@veronikachrkava8095]

Hi Ali! Firstly, thanks for the amazing content you put out. Secondly, this is not high school related, but I'm 3rd year undergrad on clinical stream, but I find myself to be very enthusiastic about forensic psychology. The thing is, many people who actually studied this and finished their doctorates in forensic psychology, say it's completely useless and they went to do something else. What is your view on forensic psychology major?

[@alexr2347]

Now I wonder... Could you please make a review / tier list of the most popular psychology channels on YT?

[@drali]

I *could*. It’s a request I get a lot. But it’s not something I’ll do. Many of us are colleagues doing the best we can to share information about psychology and mental health. I love getting feedback from colleagues but reaction videos like that might get into drama territory.

[@alexr2347]

@@drali I understand and respect this approach. The one thing that bothers me is existence of many "pop-psych" YT channels that are not... Thorough in their fact-checking.

[@drali]

💯 agree with you on that

[@zaheerm3294]

Hey doc. I'm wondering if you could recommend some "psychology for non psychologists" type reading, viewing, or listening. To separate truth from fiction as to psychiatric disorders commonly mentioned in popular culture (e.g. schizophrenia in A Beautiful Mind, dissociative identity disorder in Doom Patrol, PTSD in The Punisher). Any ideas?

[@suleimandaniel1613]

Hi I'm graduating high school this year and am going to University for an honours in Psychology. Any advice?

[@drali]

Congrats on graduating this year! Same advice I mention in the video. See if you find some hands on experience over the summer. Or check out one of the books I mention. Good luck!

[@Nilacat_VA]

*Sees video" Oh hey I'm a person in high school interested in psychology.

[@nloggg]

Hi! You probably won't see this comment Dr because it's been a long time since the video came out but I just wanted to say I love this video so much because I've been interested in psychology for a while now. In the future I really want to have a respected job so I can make my parents proud. Is being a psychologist or psychiatrist as respected as other healthcare proffesions? Because I've seen a lot of stuff that says psychology isn't a science and that a psychology degree is not worth it (which I think is not true!).

[@sheenamaesantos3748]

Facebook is only my social media app :

[@roro-li6mc]

Dr. Ali I’m really interested in clinical neuropsychology what are of psychology would it fit in and what books would you recommend if you have any thank you!!!

[@hansnicolai5207]

Hi is Peter Gray's textbook 5th edition still a great book to start learning psychology? Im just worried if im reading and learning old resource in today's standards, it was recommended by Mr.Paul Bloom in YALE free psychology course, and I was able to get my hands with it with the power of interneg and I've been reading it in a long run now.

[@nellieken6949]

Is this what the freshman’s learn? Does this help the freshman’s?

[@lukeye1365]

i wanted to know which subjects to choose in highschool that is necessary for phsycopogy if someone can help please leave a comment

[@yurisducos8873]

Me, a 2nd year psych student watching this

[@zayan016]

What's the main difference between a Psychologist and a Psychiatrist?

[@hanaheraki9684]

Psychologists give therapy, psychiatrists are able to prescribe you medication.

[@connorxavier821]

Psychiatrists also have some sort of med school background, and can prescribe medication Psychologists most likely don't have a med school background and focus on a therapy based approach

[@zayan016]

@@connorxavier821 thankssss

[@zayan016]

@@hanaheraki9684 tysm

[@ananyamani4295]

Hi Dr. Mattu! Great stuff, so helpful! I’m a second year Psych major (in the UK so I graduate in a year). Any advice on pursuing a career in research for psych?

[@drali]

Get as some research experience you can by volunteering in labs related to the graduate work you want to do. Ask the professors if you can do a thesis with them. Go to conferences and connect with other faculty you want to work with in grad school. Join associations that represent the field you want to go into and connect with grad students who are doing what you want to do. Good luck!

[@ananyamani4295]

@@drali thank you that’s so helpful! It’s been very hard finding experience in this pandemic but fingers crossed!

[@WhatsTherapy]

nah high schoolers just become a youtuber

[@drali]

I mean...it's totally an option