The Aspiring Psychologist Podcast - Why making a difference in psychology feels so good - DClinPsy - Clinical Psychology - Clinical Psychologist

Episode Date: August 21, 2023

Show Notes for The Aspiring Psychologist Podcast Episode: Making a difference and having faith - Marianne's Summer Soundbites – 5Thank you for listening to the Aspiring Psychologist Podcast. Welcome to my new short series – Marianne’s Summer Sound Bites! This series is slightly shorter, but packed full of important, smaller topics, to help you stay on track over the busy summer period. I hope you find this helpful, no matter where you are in your journey in becoming an aspiring psychologist – whatever this may look like for you! Today’s short episode focusses on another 2 key steps when thinking about being an aspiring qualified psychologist: making a difference in bettering the lives of others, and having faith in yourself and your abilities. It also touches on self-compassion, an important keystone in your journey in becoming an aspiring psychologist. I hope you find this helpful. I’d love any feedback you might have, and I’d love to know what your offers are and to be connected with you on socials so I can help you to celebrate your wins! The Highlights:(00:00): Introduction(00:54): Making a difference(01:28): shaping ourselves and growing (01:49): bettering the lives of those around us and easing distress(02:13): giving people like a roadmap to understand life(02:37): everything will serve you and your clients well in the future (02:56): The Grief Collective – stories of life, loss and learning to heal(03:45): Reflections on the first half of the summer soundbites (04:11): Have faith in yourself and your abilities(04:45): You've got everything you need(05:16): Strengthen those self-compassionate muscles (05:44): Your commitment, passion and determination are admirable(06:13): Summary and close Links:🫶 To support me by donating to help cover my costs for the free resources I provide click here: https://the-aspiring-psychologist.captivate.fm/support📚 To check out The Clinical Psychologist Collective Book: https://amzn.to/3jOplx0 📖 To check out The Aspiring Psychologist Collective Book: https://amzn.to/3CP2N97 💡 To check out or join the aspiring psychologist membership for just £30 per month head to: https://www.goodthinkingpsychology.co.uk/membership-interested✍️ Get your Supervision Shaping Tool now: https://www.goodthinkingpsychology.co.uk/supervision📱Connect socially with Marianne and check out ways to work with her, including the Aspiring Psychologist Book, Clinical Psychologist book and The Aspiring Psychologist Membership on her Link tree: https://linktr.ee/drmariannetrent💬 To join my free Facebook group and discuss your thoughts on this episode and more: https://www.facebook.com/groups/aspiringpsychologistcommunityLike, Comment, Subscribe & get involved:If you enjoy the podcast, please do subscribe and rate and review episodes. If you'd like to learn how to record and submit your own audio testimonial to be included in future shows head to:

Hi there, it's Marianne here. Before we dive into today's episode, I want to quickly let you know about something exciting that's happening right now. If you've ever wondered how to create income that works for you, rather than constantly trading your time for money, then you'll love the Race to Recurring Revenue Challenge with my business mentor, Lisa Johnson. This challenge is designed to help you build sustainable income streams. And whether you're an aspiring psychologist, a mental health professional, or in a completely different field,

the principles can work for you. There are also wonderful prizes to be won directly by Lisa herself. And if you join the challenge by my link, you can be in with a chance of winning a one-to-one hours coaching with me, Dr. Marianne Trent. Do you want to know more? Of course you do. Head to my link tree, Dr. Marianne Trent, or check out my social media channels, or send me a quick DM and I'll get you all the details. Right, let's get on with today's episode. Coming up in today's episode of the Aspiring Psychologist podcast, I am guiding you through two important steps that can help you think about weathering the storm on your journey

to becoming whatever type of aspiring psychologist you fancy being. If you're looking to become a psychologist Then let this be your guide With this podcast at your side You'll be on your way to being qualified It's the Aspiring Psychologist Podcast With Dr. Marianne Trent Hi, welcome along to the Aspiring Psychologist podcast. I'm Dr. Marianne Trent and I'm a qualified clinical psychologist. Let's have a look what's in the locker for today's Marianne's Summer Soundbites. The first is something to remember and to bear in mind and that is that you are making a difference.

No matter what stage of your career you're at and whether you're working with the clients you want to serve or whether you're working in some relevant experience role or maybe even if you are still studying at undergraduate I'm confident you're making a difference the way you've been shaped the way you shape yourself the way you've grown the way you reflect the way you communicate I'm confident that it's making a difference it might be that you're doing it through advocacy through raising self-awareness in those that you work with, or even among your friends. You might be supporting those in your immediate circle. I genuinely believe that your actions are bettering the lives of those around you, and hopefully of yourself too. And honestly,

you know, some people might say, why do you do what you do? How do you do what you do? How can you begin to do what you do? It's just lovely to be able to help make people's lives better and to ease distress giving people like a roadmap to understand life and the way that their brain works, the way that they interact with those around them and de-shaming the process can be really, really powerful. So, yeah, well done. You are making a difference and everything you're learning about right now, even maybe some of the things we've said in the Summer Sandbites, are going to continue to serve you and your clients well in future. Let's take a moment to enjoy this little jingle and I'll be back along very soon. Thank you. The Grief Collective Written by people who get a feel Ah, just love those jingles. I do feel like perhaps we ought to have done a Summer Sound Bites jingle, but, you know, make your own up and come back to me if you've come up with a good one. I hope you found the first half useful and thought-provoking.

What did it evoke for you? Do come and let me know in my free Facebook group, The Aspiring Psychologist Community. So, at risk of going all American with this episode, the second of my musings for today, you've got to believe in yourself. You've got to have faith in yourself and your abilities. You know, I think there's a lot to be said in taking away the I can't to the I can's. Make it I can. Thinking about what excuses we might be setting for ourselves about why we're struggling to do something. And thinking about how we can indeed do some of the things that might be on our goal list. Give yourself permission to apply for that job, to ask the questions in supervision, to put your hand up and ask a question in the MDT, maybe even lead or host an MDT meeting yourself,

so that you can cultivate those skills. You've got to trust in your capacity to learn, to adapt, and to make that meaningful difference in the lives of others. Believe in yourself. You've got everything you need. Now you just need to optimize it. Strengthen those muscles. And some of those muscles might be your self-compassionate muscles. They might need thickening. And that is something we do do very well in the Aspiring Psychologist membership too. You might need to remind yourself of all of these things, all of the things we've covered about self-worth in the summer series, especially if you're having moments of self-doubt or self-criticism. I really hope that this journey of yours to becoming a qualified psychologist or even for that matter just working in mental health it's feeling fulfilling, it's feeling worthwhile. You and your commitment and your passion and determination are incredible and admirable, especially in this current culture of overstretched services and increased demand for mental health services and mental health professionals.

Good job, you. So I hope you found this episode of Marianne's Summer Soundbites useful. I will look forward to catching up with you for another episode of the aspiring psychologist podcast from monday at six a.m take care if you're looking to become a psychologist then let this be your guide. With this podcast, you'll be on your way to being qualified. It's the Aspiring a trainee psychological wellbeing practitioner. I read the Clinical Psychologist Collective book.

I found it really interesting about all the different stories and how people got to become a clinical psychologist. It just amazed me how many different routes there are to get there and there's no perfect way to become one and this kind of filled me with confidence that no I'm not doing it wrong and put less pressure on myself. So if you're feeling a bit uneasy about becoming a clinical psychologist I'd definitely recommend this just to put yourself at ease and everything will be okay. But trust me you will not put the book down once you start.