Surviving the Doctorate | perfectionism, competitiveness, balance & support *no sugar-coating*

[@bushrafarooq97]

Great to see you back! Thank you for your honesty. Good luck with your third year, you got this :)

[@TheOxfordPsych]

Thank you!! 🥹

[@chung932]

Good to see you back! :)

[@TheOxfordPsych]

Good to be back!!

[@kitkatflash]

Thank you Aika for all of your reminders!🥰 I’ve been been following you before I got onto the doctorate. Thank God it worked out for me this year! I’m now watching this video as a trainee! This is so surreal🥲 And also coming from Hong Kong, I’m so grateful to see someone of a similar background speaking on topics around ClinPsyc🥹 Ga yao, all the best to your third year Aika!♥️

[@TheOxfordPsych]

Omg! This is so heartwarming 🥹 congrats on getting on!!!!!

[@PrashKumaraProductions]

Thank you so much for your insight! I started training this year, and this is a very helpful and honest point of view, very refreshing to hear! :)

[@krishannarobinson6802]

So excited to see you're back! I've missed watching your journey. You are an inspiration. Good luck with everything x

[@youngblckpsych]

This was a brilliant resource Aika and it’s incredibly heartwarming to hear that you’ve been able to make use of the support around you as your embark on the final year of your training. So much of this resonates and I hope to be keeping a lot of what you’ve said in mind as I embark on the Child Psychotherapy training myself. Congrats and thank you for sharing this 🎉

[@TheOxfordPsych]

Thank you Shy!!! You’re already an incred psychotherapist!!!

[@jacquelinep3930]

So great to see you back! I always check your channel to see if there may be a new video. I am aspiring to get into a PhD program this year after teaching psychology at university. I realized that I really want to go the clinical psychology route. Anyhow, thank you for sharing your experience! I have gained some insight as to what awaits me.

[@TheOxfordPsych]

So glad to hear! I'll be posting again now so keep a look out for new content :) good luck on the PhD applications!

[@lolarose5331]

I’ve missed you! You look well and sounding Scottish! 😮 Basically work hard but don’t forget to rest, have fun, see friends and family, go on holiday, say no and ask for help when needed!? 😅

[@TheOxfordPsych]

🥹 hahaha idk why I do cause I’ve never been to Scotland! Yes, spot on!!

[@anitawaris3850]

Thank you for this video 😍😍❤❤

[@TheOxfordPsych]

my pleasure 😇

[@michaelstuart3593]

Fantastic!

[@jason2b29]

I wanna ask some questions about how to study psychology 1. how do you learn and take notes from the course material when you first encounter it(slides, core reading) and make it stick? So, do you make condensed notes or notes with great detail about how those experiments support the theory? 2. How do you revise those content (How do you make flashcards for psychology content)? . If possible can you make a video talk about these things? 唔該晒

[@TheOxfordPsych]

please check out my “how to get a first in your psychology degree” vid, pretty much cover all these points!

[@jason2b29]

@@TheOxfordPsych I have watched that video before but I think it just covers basic ideas of my points. Therefore, I still don't know how to use active recall for psychology content🥲🥲. So, I want more details and practical guidance from you.

[@crazywitch1418]

hello! I'm master clinical Psychology student, but not in UK. it would be very helpful to give me some advice because I really want to apply for PhD but unfortunately I don't know If I'm good enough for that? or if I'm not smart enough? how can i improve my skills? :(

[@TheOxfordPsych]

hey :) not really familiar with routes outside the UK; maybe its best to find someone on linkedin within your region?

[@shivanivasanth8340]

Please may i know where did your masters and how to go about the application process ?

[@TheOxfordPsych]

Hey! Made a video on my journey to the doctorate where I've mentioned this already - check it out

[@shivanivasanth8340]

@@TheOxfordPsych Sure, thank you

[@gothexperiments]

“surviving the doctorate” that’s the point.

[@TheOxfordPsych]

yuppp