Introduce yourself...

spinandscribble · 29-12-2007 8:50pm

im an arts student in NUIG studying psychology and classics. will be doing a conversion course next year before moving on to a MA in art therapy *fingers crossed*. this summer im going to work with abandoned children in thailand.

i'd be interested in advice on what to expect and handle these kids, tbh im used to working with regular irish kids not emotional distrubed ones as i have experience as an art teacher for the last few summers. working with kids like these is something i'd eventually like to do fulltime and i'd like to hear from people who work with troubled kids on mass.

conb77 · 14-01-2008 9:27pm

Hi,

Im a secondary school teacher who is thinking of taking the plunge and going back to the books in order to study Educational Psychology.As I have no foundation in psychology Im looking to plan my route through evening courses and then onto the Educational Pscychology itself.It seems quite daunting!!!!!

finny72 · 20-01-2008 8:48pm

I'm going to do a psychology course long distance and won't benefit from being in a class therefore, would be great to meet people who are interested in the same area. I would like to discus different problems people have in their lives etc.

Does anyone know the difference between Psychology and Counselling? As maybe Counselling would suit me more.

DomCom · 31-01-2008 11:17am

I'm interested in CBT and counselling. I've had depression previously, but have been able to manage it so better since subscribing both of these. I am interested in studying psychology in the future. I am especially interested in how people face challenges and how their attitude impacts on this.

finny72 · 01-02-2008 9:51pm

DomCom wrote: »

I'm interested in CBT and counselling. I've had depression previously, but have been able to manage it so better since subscribing both of these. I am interested in studying psychology in the future. I am especially interested in how people face challenges and how their attitude impacts on this.

I had a big problem with depression too but now I'm fine. One thing is to surround yourself with nice people and meet regularly. Then you are also forced to change and improve yourself

bob lee swagger · 11-02-2008 12:25am

hi,

im currently doing a ba hons in psychology with the open university

done a tour of iraq with usmc last year

hope to work in clinical field

marthaclark · 27-02-2008 10:06am

I'm Martha, 2nd Year Applied Psych at UCC.. love psychology, but I'm starting to think I'm not ready for the course.. it's my dream job but this course is way too intense and my head just isn't in the right place.

I know I'm going to regret dropping out.. hopefully go back as a mature student.

I still read independently. I'm just no good with stress right now.

I'm an idiot really. I've resolved to drop out and yet here I am talking about psychology. I spent most of last night in the personal issues section of this board thinking about other peoples problems and trying to be helpful!

Did anyone else have problems with their psychology courses?

jimbobru · 04-06-2008 2:34am

You are who you are,
And what we believe and act on is what we are all doing
I believe in people, the human race as a whole,
We all make mistakes and learn from them,
Humans learn from bad things and we change ourselves accordingly based on what mistakes we make
Soon the human race will dissolve itself to nothing then we are will all be one
One mind and one conscience that works in harmony
We are the rolling stones music, we are ecstasy, and we are Ray Charles, Steve Wonder, the Beatles, Pink Floyd, John Lennon, and Led Zeppelin......LOOKS OUT!!!

We are one mind that is working towards perfection we are the greater good

We are apart of a legacy whether we like it or not
The way we act and carry on; the way we are; if the whole world believes and acts in a certain way...........we can roll forward as one

One great mind that works like ants; all doing a little jobs that makes the overall being survive. We do this on a bigger scale than they do, but still on a tiny insignificant scale that we don’t know about, maybe there’s something much much bigger than us out there; and we are fighting a battle with them that we don’t even know because the government are fighting it for us and not telling us what’s going on, big crazy aliens attacking us;.... about ten times the size of us.......but we wont hold out for long and soon everyone will find out, its just a big conspiracy!!!! But we’re all involved; we all could be that president, that leader, that Prime Minister, that dictator (Mussolini), that Taoiseach (come on Ireland) who knows what any of us could be now....................

DO YOU??????????????????????????????????????....

Wear sun screen, if I could over you one piece of advice.............go home lock the doors it’s a mad world and it ain’t nothing without a woman...............................

PS I copied and pasted my re-type password

Does anyone think I’m sane?

We all find ourselves in some kind of despair, who are you......better still who is your neighbour, if everyone wants to be someone else where will the circle end?????????????????????????????it might be infinity movies, music, sex, TV, rock and roll....l new old indifferent......its all part of the same thing like your pulse. One beat at the same time for all of us, simultaneously,..

It’s all fcuked up now; what ya gonna do???? There’s always this open window here beside me............

I might even be immortal, I could always pretend

FcuK OFF

But I could help the world, the window is closed now; it all feels so different, what was I saying before......the world, its just normal, everybody is just going about there daily chores outside this window......working 9 – 5 what a way to make a million...........this could be Rotterdam or anywhere........

I feel like no one is listening to me, boy bands are sh1t, sex and the city is sh1t, friends is not too bad, what is ryan tuirdy doing, men should NOT wear pink, women are driving the world into turmoil, they are throwing in too much emotion into the world, homosexuals are weird; what are they thinking, MALE BUM, AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA, freaks...and they call me crazy

THE END IS NEAR; WE ARE CREATING OUR OWN DISTRUCTION.

Are you further out there?

[FONT=&quot]CAN YOU HELP ME?????? PLEASE HELP ME>>>>>>>>>>

it could be worse it could all be real............
[/FONT]

Dave! · 15-07-2008 2:17pm

I'm going into 3rd year studying computer science and history in UCD. I studied a bit of psychology in 1st year (developmental, social, and history of psychology), and in 2nd year I did a module/class called Introduction to Cognitive Science, which gave me a taste for things like perception, locomotion, thought, language, etc.

Since I finished that class (only managed a C -- unfortunately having an interest does not necessarily mean I will actually study

lol), I've been fascinated by all things cognitive sciencey! So I started checking out websites like New Scientist, and subscribed to a blog or 2, and have spent more time looking at videos of talks, debates, etc., on TED.com, YouTube, Edge, and the likes, than any healthy person should do

I've read a few research papers, experiments and the likes, and am (slowly) getting through my first CogSci book -- Steven Pinker's The Blank Slate.

I'm particularly interested -- as I suppose are most people! -- in consciousness, or what we percieve as consciousness. I'd be inclined to think that what we percieve as consciousness is simply the result of having a more complex neural system than other animals, but that ultimately there's nothing special about humans beyond that fact

So I'm intrigued by neuroscience and brain anatomy, and how the different parts of the brain account for different actions, personality traits, emotions, etc. -- and how tinkering with, or damaging, specific areas of the brain will result in specific disorders.

I'm going into my final year in college, and I need to up my grades a bit this year so that I have the option of possibly doing a Masters in Cognitive Science in the future. I certainly won't be going straight into it after my undergrad

, but I'd like to have the option. I'd say the Computer Science degree would be relevent enough to be accepted.

Anywho, that's me!

Roisin89 · 23-08-2008 10:28pm

I would really like to study Psychology next year. I didn't get in this year, so I am doing a PLC course that's related and will hopefully get my points up so I can reapply =]

XXELLEXX · 02-09-2008 8:39pm

I was just wonderin is der anyway of gettin into physcology without havin 2 get 500 points nd up and not havin 2 spend years nd years in college??

p.pete · 03-09-2008 12:29am

XXELLEXX wrote: »

I was just wonderin is der anyway of gettin into physcology without havin 2 get 500 points nd up and not havin 2 spend years nd years in college??

You could read books.

Cinful · 15-11-2008 10:35pm

3rd year psych. 4year degree program UCI. Specialization undecided. B-mod internship ongoing. Interests: CBT (Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy). Learning and practicing with experimental, quasi-experimental, and more natural qualitative-ethnographic research designs.

Xander82 · 20-11-2008 3:20pm

Practising Sport & Performance Psychologist based in Dublin. Just recently started my own consultancy business but have been working with athletes and business people for the past 2 years since completing my MSC.

dublinpd · 14-12-2008 1:31am

Ok, let me introduce myself. IT Technologist graduated since 2003, 27 years-old.
My behaviour was the main thing I became interested in psychology. Understanding myself is getting harder than I can imagine. I don't know is the right place to ask for but some advice would be helpful from anyone interested in give me a hand in getting some stuff in grounds to understand myself.

Thanks...

Doghouse · 18-12-2008 1:06am

Just thought I should introduce myself seeing as I've posted here a few times now. I'm currently doing a masters, having just finished my Hdip in Psychology last year. I'm hoping to be accepted on to the clinical doctorate sometime in this lifetime(!) and I would like to specialise in neuropsychology as I've worked quite a bit in that area.

epictetus2009 · 26-12-2008 6:58pm

Hi there,

I have a cert in psychology from dorset street college by night.
Currently in second year of a Psychology Degree in DBS.
Preping for Social Psychology, Freudian Case History and SPSS exams.

Primary Interest overall: Technology and Psychology in Unison.

General Info on Areas of Interest:

Current Project 1: Wrote a paper with a colleague on tech&Psy mapping to wider community, developed product to idea creation stage and part production. Was accepted into ISBE.org.uk conference in Belfast this year to present. Couldnt make it due to work commitments.

Current Project 2: Phobias.
Current Project 3: Developing own forum & website for Psychology

sambuka41 · 02-01-2009 8:13pm

Hi have my hons Psychology degree from DBS in 2006,been working full time in social care, mainly in field of addiction. Hoping to start a masters in Sept just a matter of finding the right one!!

I put huge emphasis on the individual and on the value of human experience and feel job of psychologist is to respect this while trying to understand it. Think that can get lost in some cases of research in our attempt to be taken seriously by the hard sciences!!

woollysocks · 05-01-2009 1:25am

hey
i graduated from tcd psych in 2004.
travelled for a year and worked for the past 3 years in a totally different field
now looking to get back into psych. long term aim (from my current perspective) is to get into a d.clin course. as a gateway i'm hoping to get into the msc in health psych in nuig this year.

ClipClop · 29-01-2009 11:26am

I'm new here and just thought I'd introduce myself. I'm currently completing a masters degree by research. Have a BA in Psychology and am hoping to "do the clinical thing" as we like to call it

beautyqueen1979 · 22-03-2009 10:12pm

Hey all! My first post.....may as well be my introduction!

I got my Psychology BSc. in 2007, graduated from QUB. Since then I've been working with several areas of SEN across primary and post-primary settings. Currently working with pre-schoolers, and am a volunteer children's counsellor.

Aiming to do my Doctorate in Educational Psychology at some point in the future, if I don't get on this year to QUB, I'll just keep on applying!

Hope I'll be able to post something useful and contribute to this forum! I certainly have already learned a lot just by lurking

nismat · 15-04-2009 1:31pm

hello all i want to do child physcology im doin a child care and development course at moment to lauch me into this i know i can work as a peadritric nurses aid or work along side social workers with this 2 year qualification, but i really want to work one to one or group with children to elevate some of the strains they deal with, can you please help with what ill need to do or qualifictions i need thanks so much

ThomondBull · 24-04-2009 8:28pm

elevate some of the strains they deal with

That would get you fired

nismat · 26-04-2009 10:57am

spelling mistake Alleviate meant, so any help with the rest of it or is correction your thing

ThomondBull · 26-04-2009 1:35pm

Sorry, didnt mean to be a dickhead. Just thought it was funny.

Call me Socket · 15-05-2009 3:42am

Hi folks,
I have a certificate in psychology, counselling & therapy, dropped out halfway through diploma year when funds were tight (yes, I all too willingly latched onto that as an excuse!)
The huge area of psychology interests me a great deal... I had a browse around this forum and thought I should introduce myself since I intend to revisit and post. I'm a First Responder with EMT exams coming up soon, big passion for animals, musician, and married with 3 kids- one of whom has Asberger's Syndrome.

I look forward to chatting with you all.

Socket:)

SNiB · 01-09-2009 12:43am

I'm just about to start Psychology in TCD, not quite sure what area of psychology I'm interested in the most or would like to work in further down the line, but I'm sure I'll figure it out... I think neuropsychology sounds pretty interesting, my mam used to work and lecture in neurosurgical nursing and worked with neuropsychologists, so she's given me a bit of an insight - going to wait for some firsthand information and experience before I make any decisions! Has anyone on this thread studied Psychology in TCD?

D.R cowboy · 05-09-2009 2:44pm

Starting a degree in psychology , also neuropsychology sounds pretty interesting to me too and is an unknown profession plus you become a D.r which is nice:D

D.R cowboy · 05-09-2009 2:56pm

nismat wrote: »

spelling mistake Alleviate meant, so any help with the rest of it or is correction your thing

I think you should give up know and leave it to the professionals
Like a good little girl:rolleyes:

Yve · 09-10-2009 10:19am

My Name is Yvonne.

I have a BA (Hons) in Humanities which I did a couple of years ago in St Pat's, Carlow. The Predominant subjects were Philosophy (4 years), Theology (4 years) and Psychology (3 years) aswell as arts subjects like English, World Religions etc. In Psychology we studied Developmental , Cognitive and Abnormal.

I am currently doing the Higher Diploma In Psychoanalytic Studies in DBS.

Am three weeks into the course now and I am loving it

Am hoping to study more in the field by progressing into the Masters programme

Mendoza · 18-10-2009 3:35am

Hey I'm a plebe when it comes to psychology. Recently started reading Evolutionary Psychology : The New Science of The Mind. Was just wondering does anyone know any good reads in that general area?

no surrender · 02-11-2009 2:51am

hi i am a first year psychology student .
hello every one

fay25 · 08-04-2010 9:21pm

ola,
see this thread's been dead for a while but thought i'd post anyway!

I graduated with my psych degree in 04. (NUIG) Since then I've completed a higher dip in professional counselling, a professional diploma in practitioner skills for eating disorders and am fighting my way through an Applied Psych research Msc.
I'm happy counselling for the moment and am establishing my own practise, in conjunction with the Eating Disorders Resource Centre of Ireland.
My approach is person centered, and CBT based.
My initial ambition was the clinical psych doctorate, now I'm not so sure. Things are moving along nicely, and I have my eye on a dramatherapy MA next!

mollymascara · 09-04-2010 12:14pm

Howdie yall

I have a huge interest in human behaviour/psychology. Ive only done a bit of study in the area, but have been accepted into a college in september to do a degree. Any tips/pointers on what to expect with the course would be greatly appreciated as Ive not done the whole college thing before and its been many moons since leaving school (gulp!)

Cinful · 14-05-2010 2:57pm

Reintroduction. After a long time away.

Finished UCI psychology. Stanford psych fall. Free ride. CBT emphasis. No dissertation topic yet. No hurry. 2 years to decide while taking classes. Stacking up hours as clinical aide. Should help licensing after Stanford. Plan to publish while grad student. Hope to ride faculty coattails for pubs and grants. They always need research gofers. Don't mind being second or third author.

Hi to ya'all!

Dave! · 15-05-2010 2:28am

Mendoza wrote: »

Hey I'm a plebe when it comes to psychology. Recently started reading Evolutionary Psychology : The New Science of The Mind. Was just wondering does anyone know any good reads in that general area?

Anything by Steven Pinker should do ya! I'm reading his book How the Mind Works, and it covers everything from an evolutionary psychology perspective. Fire his name into YouTube, he has dozens of interviews and lectures all over the internet and they discuss EP as well as the influence of our genes on our psychology/personality.

le_chevalier · 16-06-2010 2:18pm

Hi I'm Italian but I currently live in Dublin. I'm a computer programmer but I'm interested in literature and psychology.

albeit · 24-06-2010 9:23am

Hi!

I am interested in finding out more about PTSD. I think a lot of psychological disorders can be confused with PTSD and that many patients with PTSD are given wrong diagnosis such as ADHD and borderline disorder.

steddyeddy · 01-07-2010 1:54am

Hey Im am primaraly a zoologist with a major in primatology, I am interested in further studies in evolutionary psychology.

bohemian2010 · 12-07-2010 7:40pm

going into final year medical school
completed psychiatry rotation in jan-feb of this year and found it very interesting. Am contemplating going into psychiatry once i graduate

drnmalone · 13-07-2010 10:55am

hi my name is darren new on here been lookin round and already finding forum v helpful.
just sayin hello....:)

Old Perry · 13-09-2010 2:52pm

Hi new to this forum, in my first of psychology in wit, finding some of threads and topics very interesting.

taztastic · 13-09-2010 9:27pm

How rude of me, in all the time I've been on this forum I don't think I ever introduced myself.

I'm an educational psychologist, did my undergrad in Maynooth and then did my doctorate in Queen's Belfast.

kateof · 17-10-2010 10:42pm

Hi all,
I'm a Psychotherapist in private practice for the past 2/3 years, I continue to be fascinated by my clients and the whole area of mental health. I'm delighted to have found this forum.

elfan · 23-10-2010 10:45am

Hi all,
I use to find this board really useful a few years ago for finding out things. I'm just back from a year in England doing my MSc in Forensic Psychology. It's a tough area to get into from here so if anyone wants any advice or anything just ask.

Odysseus · 24-10-2010 11:53pm

elfan wrote: »

Hi all,
I use to find this board really useful a few years ago for finding out things. I'm just back from a year in England doing my MSc in Forensic Psychology. It's a tough area to get into from here so if anyone wants any advice or anything just ask.

Welcome back Elfan, I may take you up on that down the road. I currently engaged in another MSc but I'm interested in doing the OU Forensic Psych and Criminology Msc when I finish. I'm a psychoanalyst by training, but my work within the HSE Addiction Services brings me into contact with the full range of offenders.

I may pick your mind for a few core texts when I'm finished reading the ones I have.

As I said welcome back.

elfan · 25-10-2010 7:37pm

Thanks for the welcome Odysseus I’m familiar with a lot of the very good advice you have given out on the forum. When I finished my psychology degree I went and got practical experience for a couple of years. After that when I first applied for a forensic psychology course I was told that the experience I had was very good but was not “in a forensic setting” (which practically equates to a prison- a real catch 22 situation in Ireland). Anyway as a result I did an MA in Criminology in DIT that helped me get on to the MSc in Forensic Psychology afterwards. So if there is anything you want to know about either area I would be more than happy to help!

Good reasonably priced intro texts that you can’t go wrong with for now: Criminology:
The Oxford Handbook of Criminology (4th Ed) (Maguire, Morgan & Reiner).
Forensic Psychology:
Forensic Psychology (Eds Towl & Crighton) BPS Blackwell. Great book!!
The Cambridge Handbook of Forensic Psychology (Brown & Campbell)- this gives a brief overview of so many topics and is a useful place to first start your reading before branching out into the more specialised journals.

Hope that’s of some help, when you’re deeper into the course if you want specific info on a given topic let me know. It is tough meeting people involved in forensic psychology in this country hopefully one day we will come into line with the UK and so many people will not feel the need to leave the country in order to pursue it.

hadas · 01-11-2010 6:59pm

Yes - go for it - you will have a blast!

The Black Oil · 13-11-2010 4:44pm

OT: 3 mods on here now?

Forum's ticking over alright.

Odysseus · 14-11-2010 4:53pm

The Black Oil wrote: »

OT: 3 mods on here now? Forum's ticking over alright.

Sure we go OT here all the time, it generally does add to the topic. The other Mods are very busy at the moment between study and work, so I was just asked to help out, and as this forum is made up of mostly regular posters who always respect the forum and other users it was a pleasure to accept. I keep on making a parapraxis though; I keep on pressing the edit button when I mean to just quote the post.

Plus I get access to the sex and sexuality forum:o

Edit: Plus I got to edit the mis-spelling of the word counsellor in this thread title, it was bugging me for weeks

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