Aspects of Psychology
Delve into specific psychology areas including cognitive science, child development, and social behaviour. Understand how different psychological disciplines apply to real-world situations and challenges.
Career Development Potential as a Psychologist
Your career development potential as a psychologist is largely dependant on who you are employed by and in what area of psychology you wish to specialise. Th...
Does Psychology Offer a Good Work Life Balance?
With more and more people understanding that a good work/life balance is the key to a fulfilling and happy life, it is increasingly a question that is asked...
Handling the Impact of Psychology Work on Your Own Mental Health
As with many careers that need you to give a generous slice of your self in order to succeed, working as a psychologist can certainly be draining. Successful...
Individual or Group Therapy?
Group therapy and individual therapy do not have to be mutually exclusive as people can participate in both types for the same issue. Many people find that c...
Is Psychology Recession Proof?
Many psychologists have actually noted a sharp increase in business since the onset of the global economic crisis, but whether or not psychology is recession...
Is Psychology Well Paid?
There are such variations in the salaries available to trained psychologists that it is very difficult to say categorically that psychology is well paid. Wha...
Other fields in Psychology and Related Disciplines
Psychology can be divided into a number of disciplines and applications. In the main, these are based on the core areas of cognitive and social psychology. A...
Psychologists at Retreats and Bootcamps
As the growing trend for boot camps and retreats shows no sign of slowing down, it makes sense that there is also a growing demand for the psychologists that...
Psychology Available on the NHS
There is a great variety of psychology available on the NHS, although it is fair to say that different people have varying success at accessing it exactly wh...
Psychology in Magazines
As we all seem to be on a constant quest for answers, the increase in psychological analysis for everything from career development to relationships plays an...
Psychology on Television
As people become more and more interested in trying to understand other peoples’ behaviour, or at least nosier, there has been a huge increase in the amoun...
The Increasing Popularity of CBT
Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, is becoming increasingly popular as a reliable form of therapy for a range of psychological issues. Known as a ‘talk...
What Are Talking Therapies?
The term ‘talking therapy’ refers to the increasingly popular focus on communication in psychology. Talking therapies can vary greatly in their approach...
What Does an Organisational Psychologist Do?
An organisational psychologist could essentially also be called a workplace psychologist, as their role is to ensure that the employees and managers of a com...
What is a Genetics Counsellor?
In recent times people have become more concerned with illness and whether or not it runs in the family. This can range from anything from hereditary baldnes...
What is Biological Psychology?
Biological Psychology integrates research from genetics and physiology to understand human behaviour. As a field it underpins the work of Neuro-Psychologists...
What is Cognitive Psychology?
Although some might dispute the claim, Cognitive Psychology is usually seen as a core discipline within psychology. As a discipline it stretches back to the...
What is Developmental Psychology?
Developmental Psychology is the study of human behaviour from birth to adulthood. It is a core part of most UK undergraduate psychology degrees. As such it d...
What is Experimental Design and Statistics
Experimental Design is a core topic in all psychology degrees. Essentially this is not because psychologists think it is good fun to make students learn the...
What is Social Cognitive Psychology?
Social Cognition is a field of psychology that combines elements of both social and cognitive psychology. At its simplest it can be described as studying how...
What is Social Psychology?
Social Psychology, together with Cognitive Psychology, are the two core disciplines within Psychology. If cognitive psychology is the study of how informatio...