Dr Elliot Miller 🇧🇧🇬🇧
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Clinical psychologist | Interested in using community psychology approaches to reduce inequality | @Pompey season ticket holder | Views are my own
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Third time’s a charm...today I’ve been offered a place on the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. I’m going to be the first ever doctor in my family!
#dclinpsy
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Clinical psychology should be decolonising therapy, not adapting therapies created by ‘white’ people for ‘white’ people to be ‘culturally sensitive’ and ‘culturally responsive’ (and othering people from racialised communities in the process)
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As a brown person, I shouldn’t have to be questioning whether it’s okay for me to travel up to Leeds to watch
#Pompey
on the weekend. I should be able to get as excited for the first game of the season as everyone else. I’m not going to let hate and fear stop me doing what I love
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IMO if you truly care about equality and justice as a aspiring, trainee or qualified psychologist, then you should be political - silence on social justice issues means you are complicit in violent systems of oppression. To be apolitical is not an option.
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This is my 3rd time applying to clinical training, and today I have been invited to my first ever
#DClinPsy
interview with the University of Essex! 🥳
Are there any current/past trainees at Essex who would be willing to share their personal experience of the interview process?
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Tell me Psychology is classist without telling me Psychology is classist...
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One of the main issues I have working in IAPT is being asked to give people a ‘provisional diagnosis’. The medicalisation of people’s distress is a political tool used to deny structural violence & social inequalities that are at the root of distress. People are not a diagnosis
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Following multiple offers, I am so happy to say that I have accepted an offer of a place on the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at UEL! To follow in the footsteps of some amazing clinical and community psychologists is a dream come true! 🌟
@UELPsychLondon
@UEL_News
#DClinPsy
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THREAD: Here are my top 10 tips for aspiring psychologists applying to the clinical doctorate this year
#DClinPsy
[1/11]
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We need to protect Rashford, Sancho and Saka 🖤
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You do NOT need Assistant Psychologist experience to get on the
#DClinPsy
. Since joining the Tower Hamlets IAPT team in 2018, 7 people (myself included) have secured places on clinical training! IAPT workers come through!
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I found out today that I passed my first DClin assignment! 🙌🏽 I’m feeling really proud of myself, especially as it has been a testing period of my life personally and professionally! I’m going to celebrate with a cold pint of Guinness tomorrow night! 🍺
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HEE changes to funding will result in:-
1. Increased competition for AP roles
2. Increased systemic disadvantages for underrepresented candidates in applying for AP roles, (further exacerbated by UNPAID AP roles)
3. Increased underrepresentation + inequalities within the field
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I’m delighted to share that I passed my DClinPsy viva this morning with minor corrections!
Dr Miller incoming! 🔜👨🏽🎓
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I’m so excited to be one of many POC this year getting onto the
#DClinPsy
....change is coming!!! 🖤🤎
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If I don’t know how to pronounce someone’s name before I meet them, I google “how to pronounce [insert name]” and listen to the audio pronunciation in an attempt to get it right (but if this isn’t an option, I just ask). Does anyone else do this? 🤔
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THREAD: Other than Assistant Psychologist roles, what experiences did people have prior to getting on to clinical training?
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Clinical psychology does not only have a dark history, it has a dark present. The silence of UK DClin courses and professional bodies for psychologists, and their silencing of those showing Palestinian solidarity, means it is complicit in the genocide of Gaza 🇵🇸
#FreePalestine
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It is a well known fact that Clinical Psychology as a profession is dominated by white, middle class cis women, but does anyone know if there a disproportionate number of cis men in senior leadership positions despite these gender differences? 🤔
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I survived the first day of the
#DClinPsy
at
@UELPsychLondon
! I really enjoyed meeting the rest of my cohort and reflecting on my professional journey to clinical psychology training using the Tree of Life. I’m feeling super excited for the journey ahead!
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My Afro hair will be an important tool of political resistance on clinical training. It will keep me connected to my Black identity in a White profession. It will allow me to express who I want to be and how I want to be seen by other trainees, supervisors, tutors and clients
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First day of placement complete! ✅ It’s so surreal to be on placement as a trainee clinical psychologist at the place/building I used to accompany service users to when I was a support worker…Never forget your where you started! 🙏🏽🌟
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I’ve realised, through reflecting on my work experience, that my first graduate role as a support worker has been the most valuable. It opened my eyes to the importance of viewing peoples problems in social, political, and cultural contexts...shaping the type of CP I want to be.
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Thought of the day: I wouldn’t have got a place on the clinical psychology doctorate without twitter
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If HEE want to PWPs to feel valued + ultimately improve staff retention, then stop putting trainee PWPs on fixed-term contracts with lots of uncertainty + offer them permanent contracts at the end of their training. There’s nothing like having to interview for your own job 🙄
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I really think undergraduate psychology should be less about trying to memories research studies, and more about the power of psychology for social change
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Today is my last day working in IAPT. I’m proud of what I’ve achieved over the last 3 years: I’ve developed from a trainee to a senior PWP, and have been championing equality + diversity in the service. But now to look forward to a month off before starting the clinical doctorate
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We all have a responsibility as MH professionals to resist the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill. Under Part 2 of the Bill, the Police will have powers to request clinical notes, with no evidence required!
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Yesterday, I was sent a message on Linkedin, accusing me of “power playing” and “misusing the power that has been given to me” because I mentioned receiving multiple offers from courses in this years DClinPsy application (my third time applying). The sender was a White man 🤔
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Peckham
@BootsUK
sells plasters for Black and Brown people and I cannot contain my happiness. Representation matters!
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As a brown person, do I feel uncomfortable being part of a profession that has a long history of racism past and present? Yes. But this discomfort motivates me to resist dominant models of psychiatry/psychology that perpetuate racism so we can move towards trauma-informed care!
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In my two previous
#DClinPsy
applications, I received a total of 0 interviews. Fast forward to my third time applying, it’s a whole different story. I’m feeling very grateful & just want to say thank you again to all the trainee/qualified CP’s who have supported me along the way!
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Why should I, or anyone else, be made to feel guilty for sharing their successes? Esp those from marginalised groups who are trying to join a profession that is largely dominated by the white, middle-class
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🚨⚠️ UPDATE: HEE will NOT be implementing the planned policy change for 2022 intake
….now for
@NHS_HealthEdEng
to start a consultation process involving stakeholders from a diverse range of backgrounds
POWER TO THE PEOPLE!!! 👊🏽✊🏽
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I will never be able to connect with England as a country. Why? Because for a country that has clearly failed to move on from WW2 (e.g. booing the German national anthem) and is so stuck in the past, it carefully and selectively chooses to ignore its imperial and colonial past
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Just a reminder that the
@BPSOfficial
is hosting an event tomorrow 'taking action on decolonisation' while they continue to actively ignore the illegal Zionist colonisation of Palestine... 🙃
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Just to clarify my position is that
1) we need to increase male representation in clinical psychology
2) we need to ensure women are proportionately represented at senior leadership positions in the NHS/clinical psychology training when we achieve increased male representation
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If anything, I hope sharing my success this year can be empowering for others, given that I did not receive a single invite to interview in my first two DClinPsy applications, and I very much look forward to helping others get on to training in the years to come!
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🧵(1/6) The
@BPSOfficial
has cowardly updated its pathetic statement without letting anyone know, and it’s by far worse than the first with no mention of the genocide and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians ()
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As an incoming trainee clinical psychologist, I've decided to renew my Portsmouth FC 21/22 season ticket to ensure I engage in self-care during clinical training ⚽️
THREAD: What self-care practice(s) are others planning on using in clinical training?
#DClinPsy
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Does anyone know why personal therapy is not a requirement for trainee CP’s unlike other psychological professions? I do believe in personal choice, but IMO I think it should be encouraged to have an experience of what it’s like to be a ‘client’....
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#dclinpsy
first draft of personal statement complete! I decided to completely rip up my application from last year as I didn't really have a voice. focusing on my values and what is important to me (e.g. anti-racism, social justice) helped me have a much clearer focus this time!
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I will always use my voice as a psychologist to speak up about injustice even if people don’t like it. I am not going to be forced into silence by the oppressors. 🇵🇸
#PermanentCeasefireNOW
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I made the decision to start personal therapy for the first time and it feels liberating! 🙌🏽
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Achieving gender representation in psychology at what cost?....even more white, cis men in senior leadership roles at Bands 8-9? The picture will look even more grim when looking at the intersection between gender and ethnicity....
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Fun fact of the day: I used to want to be a Vet; I studied Maths, Biology, Chemistry (and Psychology) at A-level, and worked as a Saturday assistant at my local vets for 3 years 🐶🐱🐹
But here I am about to start the doctorate, even though I still love animals more than humans!
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During my research methods and stats revision, I keep coming across gender as an example of a “categorical” or “dichotomous” variable (male or female). I hope new editions of textbooks, and upcoming DClinPsy selection tests, can begin to move beyond this binary view of gender!
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I really wish the definition of ‘recovery’ used by IAPT was based on service-user narrative. Recovery can mean different things to different people, and is much more nuanced than positivist, outcome measures.
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One of the main barriers I faced on my journey to gaining a place on clinical training was the lack of Black male representation within the profession. If I had been able to identify with more people in terms of my Blackness AND maleness, this would have made a big difference IMO
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Afro-Caribbean barbers offer more than a fresh trim and a fade - they help Black men open up and talk about their mental health. With barbershops closed, I wonder what impact has it had on Black men’s mental health?💈
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Therapy is proving to be the best gift I ever gave to myself
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I found the perfectly sized square piece of turf from Fratton Park from THAT game against Barnsley and got it preserved within a resin paperweight…so happy with the final outcome 😍💙⚽️ 🏆
@Pompey
@pn_neil_allen
@pn_jordan_cross
#pompey
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Catching COVID has made me realise how much capitalism affects my psyche. I usually feel so bad for not being productive but self-isolation has almost given me ‘permission’ to stay in bed, watch loads of netflix and do nothing without feeling guilty.
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One of my greatest hopes for clinical training is the opportunity to go on a specialist community psychology placement (e.g. with a voluntary/community organisation) 🙏🏽
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The first few days of clinical training has been one of the most surreal experiences I’ve ever had. Everything has changed, yet nothing feels different. The only way I can describe how I feel is the feeling when you wake up on your birthday a year older but don’t feel any older!
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This is not “conflict”. This is not a “war”. This is genocide and ethnic cleansing. It’s time to speak up and take action. Please read, share and sign if you are a MH professional.
#FreePalestine
🇵🇸
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It’s my third time applying to clinical training, but the first time I have truly been invested in the process, and so I’m starting to feel quite anxious about upcoming selection tests, and hearing if I’ve got an interview!
#dclinpsy
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‼️If you are a psychologist, I ask you to sign this letter urging the BPS to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. The people of Gaza need our solidarity and support now more than ever ✍🏽🇵🇸
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What's your pet been up to during lockdown? Share your cutest pics and the best will get featured in our newsletter 🦮🐇😺
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Given the lack education I had on the colonial and racial history of psychology, I’m really looking forward to reading this! 👊🏽
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So the
@BPSOfficial
official breaks it silence on here not to speak up against the genocide of the Palestinian people, but to share a sus video about not scrolling through social media at a time where we need to share and amplify Palestinian voices. It reeks of censorship 🤮🤮
"You can stop yourself getting into that 'scroll hole' and take back control."
Chartered Psychologist Dr Sandra Wheatley shares five tips to stop you from getting pulled into endlessly and mindlessly scrolling through your social media feed.
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One of the most important things I have learned working as a PWP is providing an empathic space for clients to voice their experiences of oppression during weekly sessions of GSH is more helpful than any manualised treatment protocol....
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What is happening in Palestine is simple. It’s settler colonialism, military occupation, the stealing of land, genocide and ethnic cleansing. Palestine is the oppressed, Israel is the oppressor. Palestine is colonised, Israel is the coloniser
#SaveSheikhJarrah
🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
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I had never reflected on the language of ‘social determinants’ + how it implies that inequalities are fixed + there by default rather than structurally created + embedded, until this afternoons lecture on equality & human rights by the incredible Nimisha Patel…feeling inspired!
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My values are clashing with my work. CBT is an inherently racist therapy and the fact I am having to deliver it to people means I am complicit in protecting oppressive systems in the West, by invalidating the lived experience of marginalised communities. I feel very upset by this
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Whilst there may be a professional risk of speaking up, it is incomparable to the ongoing risk, harm and incessant killing of thousands of Palestinians
#ceasefireNOW
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I would love if community engagement and outreach was an integral part of PWP work...even for half a day. So much more could be learnt by meeting people in their own community, listening to what their concerns are, and then using that to shape and develop IAPT services
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It has been a year since George Floyd was killed, reigniting a worldwide movement for racial justice. Some things have changed, but the system is still broken. We have to keep fighting systemic racism. We have to make real, lasting change happen - for George. Rest in Power 🖤🕊
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If you do not speak up on social justice issues, think why that might be. It’s likely your privilege(s) are affording you the comfort to stay silent.
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I have since unfollowed
@DrJessTaylor
after learning she is a transphobe
Found this on the beach in Portugal. You bloody radfems get everywhere.
❤️
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“White working class” = pits white + ethnic minority WC groups against each other (even though these groups share similar experiences) = does nothing to tackle the issues affecting ALL working class communities = structural inequalities remain = benefits the rich and powerful
The use of terms including "white privilege" may have contributed to the "neglect" of white working-class pupils in the education system, a Commons committee has found
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Psychologists cannot fight oppression using psychological tools (existing theory/approaches/interventions) of oppression. It is essential that we celebrate difference, and learn from marginalised groups, to liberate our communities and the profession as a whole
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A group of us starting the Clinical Psychology Doctorate at UEL this month sent a letter to
@NHS_HealthEdEng
, opposing the changes to funding
Other DClinPsy cohorts: please feel free to use and adapt this letter as you see fit! 👊🏽
Some of our cohort sent off this letter to the HEE today regarding their announced changes.
Feel free to share/retweet and total solidarity with those affected
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And equality and justice for all means equality and justice for everyone. So if I show support for Black lives, it is equally important that I show support Palestinian lives (all the while remembering the importance of intersectionality)
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Many years of pursuing clinical training, yet when it comes to asking myself the question: “so why do you want to become a clinical psychologist?” my mind goes completely blank....oh the irony
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Working in mental health services or psychology? Want to be more involved in trade unionism & take direct action to improve your conditions & those of the services you work in? Join us for a meeting on 4/10! (reply to this tweet or DM
@carrieebradley
if interested in attending)
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Thought of the day: Why is class not a protected characteristic given the well-documented socio-economic inequalities that exist for WC people? 🤔
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I really don’t think a white person is in a position to lecture me - or any other black or brown person - about power, in a white supremacist system 🥴
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Every therapist should be against genocide and demanding a ceasefire in Gaza. What example are you setting
@BPSOfficial
@UK_ACP
with your silence
#ceasefireNOW
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@NHS_HealthEdEng
its unfair that applicants who’ve undertaken another NHS funded psychological professions training are no longer eligible to apply for 2022 intake; people should be given this info in advance so they can make informed decisions about starting other programmes
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Read my story about being mixed raced and working for the NHS...would love to hear any comments from people! 👇🏽
‘When no one looks like you in positions of power, it's hard to envisage career progression’
#mixedrace
📎
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The EU has not just banned Muslim women from wearing the hijab in the workplace, but essentially legalised Islamophobia and discrimination against Muslim women. Disgusting.
Businesses can sack Muslim women wearing the hijab headscarf if they work face-to-face with customers or if the wearing of the religious clothing causes workplace conflicts, the EU’s highest court has ruled
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Amazing new initiative from
@CNWLNHS
Trust to help aspiring clinical psychologists from under represented groups, who would otherwise be excluded through exploitative, unpaid AP roles, gain initial PAID clinical work experience. You love to see it!
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🚨PODCAST ALERT!!!
🎙I hung out with
@JolelMiah
this week to speak about my journey into psychology on his podcast “Psychology Cast”
🧠 We discuss why I studied psychology, and how I got into psychology!
🎧 Listen on
@anchor
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let’s call it what it is: a terrorist attack, not a truck attack
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I’m sick and tired of this country and it’s denial of racism.
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