Training abroad as a Psychologist and reducing perfectionism - with Michaela Thomas

The Aspiring Psychologist Podcast

Show Notes for The Aspiring Psychologist Podcast Episode: 61: Training

abroad and reducing perfectionism with Michaela Thomas

Thank you for listening to the Aspiring Psychologist Podcast. There are a variety of different routes to working as a qualified psychologist in the U.K. Some of those include doing your formal training in a different country. Our guest, Michaela Thomas explains her journey as a Clinical Psychologist having grown up and trained in Sweden.

Perfectionism is also rife in psychology and Michaela compassionately guides us through how to navigate this. We hope you find it useful. I’d of course love any feedback you might have!

The Highlights:

• 00:28: Welcome and reasons people may have doctorates…. Or not!
• 01:51: How Michaela and Marianne met
• 02:52: What is an actual psychologist?
• 04:25: Michaela’s Swedish training and background
• 09:13: Moving to the U.K.
• 13:12: professional registration in the U.K.
• 14:42: Why was the U.K. an appeal?
• 16:51: How perfectionism can show up in psychology
• 21:04: Perfectionism sounds great but it’s flirting with burnout
• 25:36: Things which help perfectionism to ease
• 27:35: The learning curves we find ourselves in
• 29:54: Reducing the self-pressure
• 30:58: Perfectionism in relationships
• 34:25: Continuing your learning on perfectionism with Michaela’s podcast
• 35:51: Top tip for reducing burnout in psychology
• 37:38: Connecting with Michaela
• 39:42: Summary and connecting with Marianne and leaving a testimonial audio testimonial

Links:

• Connect with Michaela and download her free calm the overwhelm resource: www.Thomasconnection.co.UK/calm
• Check out her book the lasting connection here: https://amzn.to/3X81g4J
• https://www.instagram.com/the_thomas_connection/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaela-thomas/
• Get $40 off a remarkable tablet here: remarkable.com/referral/4LJU-DJD8
• Grab your copy of the new book: The Aspiring Psychologist Collective: https://amzn.to/3CP2N97
• 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 upcoming Aspiring Psychologist Book and The Aspiring Psychologist Membership on her Link tree: https://linktr.ee/drmariannetrent
• To check out The Clinical Psychologist Collective Book: https://amzn.to/3jOplx0
• Come and discuss this episode in the free Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/aspiringpsychologistcommunity

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