Introduce yourself...

snorlax

any special areas of interest in psychology or is there anything else you would like to learn?

Me: im a 3rd Occupational Therapy student in TCD ( i work with all ages of people with both physical and/ or learning disabilities, and those with mental illness).

the subjects iv done in college include; social and personality psychology, developmental psychology, intorduction to psychology and applied psychology, and psychiatry.

i also will be doing health psychology next term.

i'd like to learn more about social psychology as i enjoyed studying it.:)

nesf

I've never studied psychology formally. I am looking forward to learning mroe about the theory though.

I've been in treatment for a number of years, so naturally have some degree of personal interest in it. But mostly I find the theory fascinating.


I am curious as to whether discussing mental illness as a learning disability and/or disadvantage would be on topic here?

Playboy

I completed my arts degree in Psychology and Philosophy. Currently doing a 1 year H. Dip in Psychology so I can gain entry to a phd in clinical psychology (hopefully)

John

I think this forum should take Indy's approach on the Biology forum, if someone wants to discuss a mental illness but not look for diagnosis it should be allowed. So many people think that split personality = schizophrenia for example. We should be dissolving myths and stigmas.

By the way I'm John and I'm in final year of a neuroscience degree in TCD. I've covered a fair bit of psychology both in college and care of my girlfriend (a psychology graduate and currently a special needs assistant for autistic kids).

Cloud

Good advice John2 - sound good snorlax?

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Hi all
I don’t study psychology in college, but I think it is one of the most interesting areas in science. I’m glad to see there is now a psychology form. I would love to learn more and more about this area.

Also

“John2&#8221 wrote:

So many people think that split personality = schizophrenia for example. We should be dissolving myths and stigmas.

I couldn’t agree more.

snorlax

thanks Cloud for the response, the charter is now modified accordingly, i split the thread so to keep this one on topic and to provide a place where people can discuss potential ideas/ directions for this forum as i think informed feedback could be useful for every forum.

monkeyfudge

I haven't studied Psychology... but I've always been interested in some of the characters involved in it's developement.

Wilhelm Reich is a particularly interesting character to me.

I've also been on the receiving end of someone suffering from severe psychosis who tried to murder me.

I think this forum will be of great use as there is far too much wishy washy spiritual crap floating around out there as an excuse for mental illness.

PurpleFistMixer

I did a course in Psychology with CTYI, so I've only a taster of the subject but it's a greatly interesting one. We did general introductions to developmental psychology, social psychology, cognitive psychology, and perspective, as far as I can recall. And I did my project on Dissociative Identity Disorder V. Schizophrenia, so I must agree with that point. So much misuse of terms... *mutters*

Anyways. I'm interesting in learning more about psychology, considering going for it in college, but have not yet decided.

[Jackass]

I have done some social psychology in college as part of a business degree, but very specific and very basic.

I'm fascinated by psychology, and love reading about it, and attempting to interpret it.

I probably won't be a massive poster on this forum, purely because I may not have anything constructive to add, but I certainly will read most threads, and try to learn as much as I can.

Further down the line I may take a course in it as a personal interest, not professional, so I will be keen to see the discussions that follow

DrIndy

I am doctor, currently working in St. James's and have an interest in psychiatry.

BEAT

I have studied Psychology in college and flipped the coin on becoming a psychiatrist/surgeon/nurse...
Surgical Nursing won out though I will have to do my rounds in the psyche ward before completing the program...psyche evaluation and all that. It has alway held my interest but there are some things about it that I dont want to get involved in so I decided since I cant go to Med school at this stage in my life Id like to do surgival nursing so I can atleast assist in surgery.
Maybe at some point when Ive completed college and work more closely with patients I wil decide to go back into it but for now Psychiatry is something Ill keep on the backburner

MrPudding

I have always found Psychology to be an interesting subject. I kind of studied it a few years ago. I studied A- Level Psychology in a tech in the North. It is normally a 2 year course but we did it in 1. Due to circumstances beyond my control I was unable to sit the exams.

I am still very interested and have always said if I won the Lotto I would go back and study it.

Chris

Mark J

DubGuy wrote:

I'm fascinated by psychology, and love reading about it, and attempting to interpret it.

I probably won't be a massive poster on this forum, purely because I may not have anything constructive to add, but I certainly will read most threads, and try to learn as much as I can.

Further down the line I may take a course in it as a personal interest, not professional, so I will be keen to see the discussions that follow

^^^what he said^^^:)

solicitous

Hi everyone.. im a newbie here- oh no.. not another one?!
Well im at rock bottom stages of psychology - im doing an adult education
programme in the subject, on completion of this im going to apply to TCD
as a mature student. I would love to get into criminology, its so interesting.
I think i have to wait for the 2nd or third year in before we are allowed to stream into our main areas of interest. Im thinking about doing a night-time law intensive next year also. Has anyone else here applied to college for psychology as a mature student?

junkyard

Hi everybody, I'm in the " DubGuy" and "MarkJ" catagory on this one too. I've read loads about it but wouldn't feel qualified to comment too much. Anyway great to see this new catagory. I own a garage, I'm not involved in psychology as a career.

Kolodny

Another non-student who'll be mostly reading, not posting.

I work in a special needs school as a secretary to the psychology and social work departments and educational psychology is my main area of interest.

belgravy

hi,
yes, I did pretty much the same route as yourself, did a prep course and then applied both directly to universities and through the CAO, I would advise to do some volunteer work in the field e.g. care assistant as it will greatly improve your understanding of the subject and people.

Myksyk

I'm a practising Clinical Psychologist for the last 16 years. I worked in mental health with adults for 10 years and am currently working as a Principal Clinical Psychologist in the disabilities area. I recently finished working on the Psychological Society of Ireland's (PSI) Presidential Advisory Group on the Public Understanding of Psychology and I'm very interested in the forum and how people perceive psychology. There are a lot of myths out there and a lot of misinformation and confusion.

LadyJ

I'm a psychology student and have also studied a little social science. My mother was a Doctor of Psychology and so I've always been surrounded by it and used for research purposes. Teehee.

hippie

Hi all (my first post!)

I work in the area of psychology and am very interested in it. Also interested in psychoanalysis and hoping to do my doctorate in clinical psychology. It's great that this is here, hope to get discussing lots of psychology-related stuff and if anyone has any questions, feel free to ask.

Hippie

solicitous

belgravy wrote:

hi,
yes, I did pretty much the same route as yourself, did a prep course and then applied both directly to universities and through the CAO, I would advise to do some volunteer work in the field e.g. care assistant as it will greatly improve your understanding of the subject and people.

I know what you mean about getting experience.. any other ways i could get it though? my interests like in the darker shades of psychology, and the thought isnt very appealing.

Ickle Magoo

Hello there!

I'm new to this thread & indeed this forum *waves*

I have no formal education in psychology but I love the subject as a whole - it's facinating - and I'd love to do a child psychology degree through OU when my kids are a bit older & I get the time to study!

Eoghan-psych

First post on this forum -
I hold a psych degree from Maynooth, and am currently pretending to be a PhD student in the UK. My main area of interest is behaviour analysis, specifically language and its relation to complex behaviour. My current research area demands a working familiarity with cognitive neuroscience and various psychophys. measures, especially EEG [currently the only person using this dept's swanky EEG lab - what would Chomsky say?].

I have fewer qualms about sticking my oar in than some of the posters above, but I do promise to flag when I'm talking from the outer reaches of my knowledge base. If it appears that I'm vocalising through my rectal passage, I probably am and members should feel more than free to point this out. My P score is high enough that I won't be offended in the least.
Eoghan

Goodshape

Didn't know we had a psycology forum. Interesting.

Sub-added; I'm here to learn (don't gots me no trainings)

toaster

Hello,

I work two jobs: one with developmentally disabled adults and children with autism and my other night job is a behavioral health tech at a mental hospital for paranoid-schizophrenics. Yeah I work in a nuthouse.

Even though my major in college was physical therapy, it wasn't what I really wanted to do: I was more interested in why people do what they do -- curious how the mind worked. In the fall, I'm going for my second degree -- behavioral science.


It should be familiar to me since I've worked with all kinds in the GMH -- general mental health field.

toaster

I've also worked with Federal inmates ... just seeing the criminal mind at work, now THAT was interesting!

wexhun

I'm a Mum, a wife,and I am fascinated with the workings of the human mind.

Odysseus

Hi all

I done a good bit of psychology in college, but my main interest as well as my BA and MA are in psychoanalysis, been working in the addiction field for the past eight years. New to boards but it good to see a psych thread. Cheers.

JuliusCaesar

I work in adult mental health last 20 (b@$%* h*ll, didn't realise it was so long) years. Cognitive behavioural orientation.

Valmont

I'm just finished my first year of Behavioural science and I'll be using this to get tips, advice and the know how! Great to see so many experienced posters!:D

Gibs

Hi there,

I work as a clinical psychologist for the HSE. Great to see a psychology forum on Boards. I hope I can learn a few things and maybe even contribute now and again.;)

bluemoon21

Im a newbie to, i currently study Psychology at A level, in the UK. I find the subject completly fascinating and really enjoyable. I am planning on a future career i psychology depending on my results next year.

The Sheriff 101

Hi also my first post i find psychology fascinating and just wanted to learn more.
I am currently studing computing and would like to change from computing to psychology but not really sure what area to enroll.

"" toaster I've also worked with Federal inmates ... just seeing the criminal mind at work, now THAT was interesting! "":eek: :eek:

Yes i would find that interesting would that be behavioral science .:D

TheBaldyCoot

Layman psychologist to date. Will be starting a course in dorset street this year. I have one year done with the OU and i finished exploring psychology which was an intro to the different perseptives.

social constructionism, cognitive are very interesting for me. I am also very interesting in exploring statistics without maths for psychology through spss on boards so be prepared for some experiments on boards from me and i will publish the pschological statistics associated with them.

This may require a meeting up of the boards psychology board members so i would leave that open to others also to devise or utilise an existing experiement that we could use to gather some quan or qual statistics.

The Baldy Coot

rollie

HI

I am currently studying psychology applied to IT which covers a fair bit, it glosses over the good stuff; neuro-psychology, language and comms, social and organisational, trans-personal, forensic and sports are my areas of interest. my course also covers ergonomics, usability engineering, design and a wee bit of computer languages etc. but i find them boring.

but ethics is where the real debate is!, milgram anyone??

rollie

cooker3

Just another poster who has no experience in the field so therefore likely not going to reply much but I am very interested in how the mind works and trying to figure out why people react as they do so I look forward to some interesting reading.

Gabber

Hi all,

This is my first time to post anywhere on Boards.ie but it seems apt as I came upon the Boards through the psychology forum. I am a practising Clincal Psychologist. I work with children, teenagers and families and have done so for the last 9 years or so. Hopefully I can contribute but I'll probably just listen in for a while until I get the hang of this...

Emoocrap

Hello, my name is Trevor. I am only 15, but would like to look into getting into psychology. I am naturally drawn to it thanks to my previous lack of motivation in life. It was not depression, but i didn't have a goal, so life was overwhelming. I was looking to find the answer to life (which is a different topic that i love :P and choose to immerse myself in, read my thread in the philosophy or cuckoos nest forums) and i found My answer, though i believe it to be The answer. Anyways, i was reading through some of these, and i noticed a guy toward the top said that he likes the theory, What is the theory? i would like to know. I have flipped through my brothers college book on psychology and it seems interesting, but i was unaware that there was a theory. Input would be much appreciated. (post a new thread,to keep this thread on subject make a new one titled something like "the psychology theory" or PM me...)

Thanks, Trevor

Razao

Hello all,

My name's Razao and I'm interested in psychology from a merely amateur point of view. I've never formally studied the subject ( ), which is something I'd quite like to change one day.

I've lately become very interested in hypnosis and suggestion, mostly for therapeutic use. Though, anything psychological is interesting to me.

This looks like a great board, and it's nice to meet you all.
Regards,
Razao

Fast_Mover

Hey all..
First time wandering in here to be honest.
Never had a reason to until this year when I had to study Developmental Psychology(Piaget, Vysotsky, Information Processing etc), Educational Psychology and Moral Development(Gilligan, Kohlberg) as part of my course.(2nd year B.Ed student)
Have 2more semesters of the above subjects..as then i'll be finished/have my B.Ed degree.

Philemon86

Im a Psychology student in AMCD Going into third year, hoping to get into clinical eventualy

cianlee

i'm also new here... Hope we can exchange different thoughts here!

nedser

Hi, my name is Sinead. I'm graduate with a first class honours degree in Psychology. I graduated in 2005 and shortly afterwards headed overseas. I spent 18 months in New Zealand and whilst there gained experience working in community Mental Health Services. I have recently returned home and currently seeking employment in mental health, neuropsychology or some sort of community support role. I've spent a lot of time on the inteternet looking for relevant jobs but am having no luck. Don't really know how these sites work but I'm hoping that someone in the forum might have suggestions on the employment front. Cheers :-)

LilKitty

Well I've had an active interest in psychology since I was a teenager and did 3 years of the subject in high school(they offered it in year 10 that I took it). I however am not the type of person whom would have been able to handle such a profession, I am far too much of a sensitive person for that if you know what I mean, I'd be too likely to take other people's problems home with me.
I occasionally use the net(not always the most accurate source but still helpful) to study various areas of the subject but am nowhere near an expert.
In additon I've been diagnoised with a few mental problems including:
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Social Phobia
OCD
and while I may not have currently been officially diagnosed for the moment very well believe I am suffering from depression, not the first time in my life either.
I've also had 2 breakdowns in my life.
I've seen many different people in the mental health profession and it's got to the point where I have been able to work out their various styles to a certain degree.
One question I will ask, when someone asks about various things is it ok for a person such as myself with no qualifications in any mental health areas to answer in any way at all?

Anyway hi out there to you all.:)

dexter123

Hi there,

This is dexter.. nice to meet you all and its my pleasure to be here with you all in this forum.....i will be in touch with you all...


Cheers

Dexter

cathy01

hi, am just thinking about studying it, 3 kids, no time .
Maybe someday.In the interm, I am educating myslef along the way.
I cant spell, but I dont let that stop me.Thanks to F7
anyways,
Areas that interst me,
ADD/ADHD
ASD.AS
and the parenting issues.The way your mind has to work to focus on different things, at the same time.On different levels.
Your reaction to dangers, your view of dangers , what you see that others cant.Why cant they, why can you.
Communication , reading people, not in a psychic way but , just knowing by their voice, stance, look, what they feel, and they trying to find out why and fix it.
I am a fixer.
Cathy

Ava Grace

Hey
I'm a newbie to Boards and joined cause of this forum, it's such a good idea.
I have a degree in psychology and am currently working as a research assistant, with the aim of going for a Ph.D in the future. I'm really interested in positive, abnormal and health psychology.

Nimi85

Hey.. Im just going into the final year of my Degree in Psychology. Let the stress begin :eek: Im startin to freak out a bit.. mainly because i have NO IDEA what Im gonna do for my Thesis.. anyone got any interestin ideas? Throw anything my direction, Im sure itll make for interestin reading

witchofagnesi

Hi all,
I'm new to boards.ie and am happy I've finally found an Irish psychology forum that is actually used. I'm currently entering the 4th year of a BSc in psychology in the UK and would like to return to Ireland to work after graduating with the aim of eventually doing a PhD in clinical psych. Although at times I've also considered running away to a nice hot country to study non-human primates all day and leaving "humanity" behind
Anyhow I'm looking forward to talking to you all!

chezdee

Hi all

I've been in and out of this psych board but haven't introduced myself until now. I finished my BA in psych this year and will be starting a MSC in Counselling & Psychotherapy in DCU at the end of the month. This is another step towards eventually doing a PhD in Clinical Psychology which seems like light years away.

I'd be interested in hearing from any clinical psychologists out there about what paths they took to get their PhD and any advice they might have.

Chez Dee