The PhD years

Probably the most important post: Contemplating a PhD? Please read this.

First year:

1. Blue Marathons
2. Two weeks into a Clinical P(retty) H(uge) D(eal)
3. Hiding behind cushions and writing letters
4. Aliens, race-walking and psychological testing
5. Reflections at the end of Term 1
6. Moving from the general to the particular
7. A day in the life…of a Clinical PhD student
8. Fragments
9. A stapler, a stapler, my kingdom for a stapler
10. Writer’s block: Is it because of procrastination, not feeling ready or something else?
11. A Crash Course in Evaluating Diagnostic Tools: Validity
12. Bootylicious…pun intended
13. Hitting the Wall
14. Coming full circle: It’s raining Wizz Fizz
15. I did it!
16. Through the eyes of a Clinical PhD student: Balancing research and practice
17. Through the eyes of a Clinical PhD student: Embracing difference
18. Serendipity / se – ruhn – dip – i – ti /
19. Impostor syndrome
20. Data Analyses: Discrimination indices vs chi-squares and principal components analyses vs factor analyses
21. 2012 Haiku

Second Year:

1. 2013 Hopes and dreams
2. You know you’re studying to become a psychologist when…
3. A very serious topic…Stationery part 1
4. A very serious topic…Stationery part 2
5. Placement through the eyes of a Clinical PhD student
6. Research is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get.
7. The fire-fighting duck
8. Lessons learned on placement
9. An adventure
10. So what do you do?
11. Taking stock: Semester 1, Year 2
12. A leap of faith
13. The little black cloud of research ennui
14. 2013: The year in review

Third year:

1. What the heck is a post-doc?
2. Therapy as a learning experience for both therapist and client
3. Self-care
4. The little black cloud of research ennui has returned
5. Light at the end of the tunnel
6. Surviving the PhD

Fourth year:

1. Hiatus
2. Intermission
3. I’m still here

Fifth year (see fourth year posts).

1. Tweeting towards the finish line
2. Looking back on 2015
3. Week 2 – Doing what I can when I can
4. Week 3 – Winding up the Introduction
5. Week 4 – Onto Chapter 2
6. Psychology Book Club
7. The Making of a Therapist
8. Hiatus
9. Clinical Psychology placements done, forever!
10. Writing up – Welcome back to adolescence!
11. Contemplating a PhD? Please read this.
12. I finally did it.
13. Hello from the other side…