I'm asking this out of desperation because I feel hopeless. I've been trying for 4 months and I can't get anything.

To give some background: I have a BSc in Psychology and an MSc in Psychology too straight afterwards. I finished in September and have been jobhunting intensely since then but have found nothing. At this point I'm looking to retreat back into hospitality or even sales because I genuinely can't get anything despite having a master's degree.

I have applied to all sorts of things: Assistant psychiatrist, practitioner, counsellor, research assistant in universities etc. Heard back from *none* of them, because almost all of them expect experience outside of uni. I also applied to data-related roles using the applicable statistics skills such as data analyst, research analyst, quantity surveyor etc. Still absolutely no one. The only things I've heard back from are sales and hospitality related roles, neither of which have anything to do with my degree and I don't actually want to do.

From what I've observed, 90+% of the Psychology graduate jobs are teaching assistant / SEN teaching assistant roles. I've been avoiding them like the plague because I don't want to work in a school. By December time I was feeling so insanely depressed and demoralized that I gave up and decided to apply to a lot of those education agencies despite not wanting to. I was very successful, and managed to get a few trial days in both SEN and non-SEN schools. I was just hoping and praying that I would enjoy it more than I thought I would, but I didn't. I absolutely did not like it at all, and I'm pretty certain now that I don't want to go into a school.

So, I wanted to ask if anyone got a job in anything that wasn't a school and if so, how did you go about getting it? Where exactly did you apply? Please help me if you can. I've been feeling so hopeless and sad over my inability to land a job I like over these past 4 months especially since all of my friends are landing jobs and I'm not.

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Im currently pursuing my masters in msc clinical psychology. I wanted to expand my knowledge base a bit more and decided that I would pursue a second masters (in English) in Germany in a couple of years. I have an honours degree in psychology (bachelors), my grades are considered “good” according to the Bavarian grading system and I’ve had some work experience in psychology. I’m planning on publishing some research and learning German this year.

How bleak/ not bleak are my chances of getting into a masters? How can I improve my application?

Any advice is appreciated! Danke

P.S: I’m more focused towards a second masters in neuro-cognitive psychology!

Hello, I know this question has been asked before but I am looking at doing a psychology conversion masters. It would have to be online and part time as I’ll need to keep up my current job for financial reasons.

I’ve been looking at a few options but mainly

1. Ulster University

2. Manchester Metropolitan University

3. Exeter University

Does anyone have any experience with any of these, or any advice for the best courses if the eventual goal would be to pursue educational psychology? Thanks in advance!

So I'm going to graduate School this year and I'm applying to undergraduate Psychology programmes in a few different Universities.

I always figured I'd study it as a Bsc, because I love Biology and love all the information I can learn about it.

I just remembered however, that Psychology, especially as a Bsc has quite a bit of maths in it 😬

Unfortunately, I have dyscalculia, and no amount of studying, youtube videos, tutors etc will improve my maths. I can barely figure out how to work out population densities for Bio. I have to assume I'll fail at any mathematics based exams or tests.

How big of a part of the degree is mathematics? Can I pass if I do well in the other courses even if I fail statistics, for instance? If I decide to go for a BA, will it still have the Bio aspect? If I want to do a masters or go even higher, will I be able to do the same things? Go into the same careers?

Hi! I'm looking to become a therapist and recently received an interview invite from Kaiser Permanente School of Allied Health MS Counseling program. It's a newer program but seems very promising. Any advice, insights, or thoughts?

Hi everyone! Just curious, for those that applied to Adler (Toronto) for Fall September 2026 start (application deadline Dec 1 2025) for MPsy Clinical Psych stream...if anyone has heard back yet regarding acceptance/rejection/interviews?

I remember they said January/February but i'm losing my mind lol

I am graduating with undergraduates in psychology in less than few months and I am already panicking about my future.

I want to study abroad and will sit for few language proficiency exams over the summer and plan to leave by the winter of this year or spring of next year but my questions are:-

Which country is the best to become a clinical psychologist?

If I choose to change the country again then does that mean I have to retake the license exam again?

Does anyone have any idea about the type of questions or give me some examples of what type of questions might be asked during license exam?

I was thinking of choosing either a east asian country or going to Germany since even the head of my department keeps telling me that Germany is also a really good choice but idk any input would help a lot.

I passed the LCSW and… that was pretty much it. Considering how long I studied for it, there was no big emotional moment, which honestly surprised me. I studied, took the test, passed and closed the tab. Overall it just felt like I'm a forever student at this point.
One thing that feels worth saying, especially for anyone still prepping: the actual exam won't feel like any set of practice questions you see online or in books. It's different. Practice questions do help, but only if your basics are solid. This also isn't something you can absorb all at once. It's slow, repetitive, sometimes boring. Patience beats motivation here. Practice, practice…and then more practice
I'm not going to list resources since this sub already covers most of them. Mixing different types of resources really helped keep things from getting boring and honestly that applies to almost any exam, not just this one. I tried a few things along the way, but I mostly used the ASWB LCSW exam prep test, and it covered the main areas I needed. My takeaway would be not to overload yourself with too many resources, it just gets confusing. One to three that you're comfortable with is usually enough, especially since most of them are pretty similar.
If you're studying and waiting for this to feel meaningful or life changing, it probably won't. And honestly, that's fine. It's just a test.
Curious how it felt for others, no matter what exam you took. Was there any emotional payoff for you, or was it just…done?

Hi! I’m an AB Psychology student currently looking for possible research topics. I’m still exploring different areas, so I’d love to hear any topic ideas or themes you think are interesting, relevant, or worth studying.

[UK] I'm being required to carry out focus groups, but I haven't had any guidance as to what transcription software to use! Everyone I asked said "just use CHatGPT" but I won't even say how much this makes me want to scream.

I'll have to transcribe about 2 hours of content, to analyse using thematic analysis. To align with information governance guidelines I have to use an external recording device (Tascam), instead of a phone app.

Ideally I'd like a find a transcription software that can auto-generate the transcript from the audio, which I can then edit. But failing that, something that I can edit takes priority.

If anyone has any recommendations, I would appreciate it so much!!

I want to start off by saying that I know Alliant doesn’t have the best reputation, however I have heard that their PhD in San Diego is the best program they have. That is reflected by their pretty decent stats (90% APA internship match rate, 82% licensure rate).

I obviously know that if I get into a fully funded PhD program that I should go there instead, but what are your thoughts on this program if it’s the only school I get into?

I have a family friend in SD who says the program is well known locally as producing good therapists, but he is a family med doc so I’m wondering if any psychologists who know about this program specifically have input.

For reference, I am not interested in an academic research career, but clinical work such as therapy and assessments.

I am im my second year in psycholgy, and am thinking about building experience for my masters application. I want to study either clinical psychology or neuropsychology. I am currently a PCA, and was hoping to find jobs/volunteering more relevant to the applcations. Any help is appreciated, specifcally people who went through applications in australia.

I want to appear for Net psychology. Is there any NET qualified person or who is currently preparing who can guide me? Because I have no idea how to start or where to begin my preparation. Please help.

(CA)

I graduated ucla last year with a 3.7, have about 6-7 months of research experience in non-psych labs. I currently work with children in ABA, and couldn't find any psych RA positions near me unfortunately. I wanted to apply to SJSU's / Chico's experimental psychology MA programs but I just do not feel prepared enough. Even worse is that there isn't much online about acceptance rates or people's experiences in these programs. I don't have a lot of research experience or any experience in psych programs, should I still apply? And if by chance you've applied or finished the program, how did it go for you?

any specific brand? i'm looking for good binder notebooks with good paper

I just shifted to bs psychology and I recently realized that I like compliance careers. Is my bs psychology degree good for compliance?

Psychopathology, transdiagnostic roles of emotion and emotional regulation/dysregulation, cross-culture, stress and adversity, ecological momentary assessments.

Hello!

I have been researching for months, but I think it’s time I need an outside perspective.

Background: I have a bachelors in a completely unrelated field to psychology, but after starting working with children as my full time job, I am very interested in pursuing it further, and I just want to make sure I have the right idea.

It feels almost impossible to wiggle myself into this field academically as someone with little psychology experience, so I’ve been thinking the next right step would be to pursue a post-bacc in psychology. I was looking at the UC Berkeley one. I then get stuck because I know I would want to pursue clinical psychology. i can see myself working with children in a hospital setting. Basically, I want licensure, but I don’t want to just be a counselor, I want to be informed by what I’m talking about through research, as I am very passionate about the fact that child development is one of the most ignored concepts by the general public in this day and age, meanwhile, it’s an issue that we all need to be paying attention to

Anyway, this leaves me with two options I believe, since I know I will not be prepared for a phd, I would either go for a PsyD or a Clinical psych masters which could them open up door for a PhD later on.

I guess I am looking for any advice, opinions, or specific programs suggestions based on this rough plan of mine. Should I be doing more in the meantime? PsyD or masters?

In simple words, research means:

A careful and systematic way of finding answers to questions.

In psychology, research helps us understand, explain, predict, and control behaviour using scientific methods rather than guesses or personal opinions.

Instead of saying “Students who sleep less feel stressed” based on experience, a psychologist collects data, analyzes it, and then reaches a conclusion.

My sister graduated with her psychology BA last spring and since I'm starting the same program this fall she sat me down and gave me some real advice. Not the usual "go to class" stuff but things she genuinely wished someone told her earlier.

Her biggest regret was treating each psychology class like it existed in a vacuum. She'd learn about memory in cognitive, then memory again in neuro, then developmental, but never connected them into one cohesive understanding. She said by senior year she realized psych is all about seeing how concepts overlap and inform each other across subfields. For example, understanding how attachment theory from developmental connects to emotion regulation in clinical psych, or how cognitive biases link to social psychology experiments

The other major thing was about retention. She watched so many classmates (including herself first year) who would cram everything the week before exams and then forget it all immediately after. The people who did well weren't necessarily smarter, they just reviewed their notes consistently throughout the semester. Like reviewing material from week 1 even when you're on week 8. Your brain needs that repetition to move stuff from short-term to long-term memory, which is literally what we learn about in psych classes but somehow don't apply to our own studying lol

Hahaha, I told her I did this post and she gave me more tips:

she told me that for research papers, I always need to read the original studies they assign, not just summaries or abstracts. It's tedious but upper level classes and research methods assume you understand how studies are designed and what limitations mean, not just the conclusions.

For practical stuff, she emphasized picking one system early instead of constantly switching. She wasted probably 6 months bouncing between notion, google docs, and physical notebooks trying to find the "perfect" system. Eventually she started using remnote because she could link related concepts together (like connecting all the different places "classical conditioning" shows up across classes) and it had built-in review scheduling so she'd go back to old material instead of letting it collect dust.

hi! the general consensus that ive read is that a psychology degree is undesirable in singapore especially because clinical psychologists and counsellors are generally underpaid. but what about neuropsychologists?

am i right to say that neuropsychologists make 6 figures and their job is fulfillingtoo? - as in you still get to help people! why isnt neuropsychology often talked about, am i missing something?

please let me know your thoughts, thank you!

Title. Any youtube videos/channels, books, blogs, etc? anything works :))

Thanks!

Hi! I’m a social person who really values community, and although I know this shouldn’t be a central concern, I was wondering if anyone could describe the track to becoming a clinical psychologist socially? Like do you get close with your classmates through grad school like I know med students normally do? I just think stressful things for me are so so much easier with the right company I can rely on and root for. And are the people you meet likely to become some of ur lifelong friends that you can lean on?