How to start a psychology career in your 30's & beyond - DClinPsy - mature student, grief, being 40

One thing I love about being a psychologist is learning from people and learning about myself on our individual paths to becoming a psychologist. In this episode, we speak with Thomas Gourley, a 42-year-old incoming trainee clinical psychologist, who guides us through the waves, currents and riptides of life and explains how he ended up falling in love with the idea of becoming a clinical psychologist and then gave himself permission to pursue it. We speak about navigating key moments in life, and sometimes grieving them too, which shapes us in our journey to becoming a psychologist. Join us as we explore how both supervision and life shape us and help us grow.
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The Highlights:
• (00:00): Summary
• (01:11): Introduction
• (02:38): Warm welcome to Thomas
• (03:39): the colour of forties
• (06:08): Thomas’ incredible nonconventional journey
• (08:38): The epiphany second term
• (09:33): A brief touch of grief
• (10:48): changing directions of our sail
• (12:50): Life-changing accountability
• (14:04): Looking ahead to the next 40 years
• (15:23): Incredible growth and new beginnings
• (17:19): colourful leadership test
• (19:36): Being “green” on a good day
• (20:34): Values in the “bland”?
• (23:09): plateaus, bumps and troughs
• (24:02): exploring different models through therapy
• (28:50): the doctorate is not the end goal
• (30:56): growth, developing and rewiring our brains
• (34:12): burnt orange and allotments
• (36:14): on being a chronic ruminator
• (38:38): shaping us through supervision
• (42:04): there is no need to rush
• (45:23): the more revs you use, the more petrol you burn.
• (46:45): Thanks to Thomas
• (47:33): summary, Q&A dates and close
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[@jord5151]

Great interview. It's lovely to hear voices of people who have started the path later in life. For anyone watching this who is trying to work out how they could logistically do this, I would just like to recommend the Open University. I decided to do my psych undergrad when I was 25, not necessarily much older but I was living independently so needed to work alongside the course to pay bills and didn't have the relevant A levels for entry. I studied part time with the open uni for 5 years. I genuinely couldn't have done it any other way. My local uni didn't offer part time courses and the open uni didn't require me to have any qualifications to get on the course. It made higher education accessible for me. It is such a fabulous institution for people who need the flexibility and is not viewed as any less of a degree by other universities or employers.

[@DrMarianneTrent]

Thanks so much for your time in watching and for your kind words about the video and also for sharing your advice

[@TheRichardalberto]

Hi! I’m in a similar situation. Just realized I’d like to study psychology, I’m 37yo, and have been hesitant because of my age. Tom’s story is inspiring and courageous. I feel I’m lacking just that, the courage of pursuing a purposeful life ( by serving others, I have a degree in International Relations, and work in sales for a corporation and… in short, I hate it). Like Tom, something happened to me that has made me question what am doing and what my purpose in life is. I’m Italian and live in madrid, and my English isn’t bad, so I’m thinking about signing up in an English online undergrad program and a get a degree to become a therapist. I feel that’s my calling. Do you have any recommendations for online courses? (I’m looking for online course to be able to keep working, probably part -time, so be able to still support myself while I get my degree). Any other recommendation would be hugely appreciated! Thanks ! Great program, good luck to both and keep it up 👍

[@DrMarianneTrent]

Hi, thanks so much for watching and so pleased you found it useful and interesting. I would definitely check out the open university courses - I think it is likely you can do them not based in the U.K. I'd say your English seems pretty good!