PREP articles

Psychology Registrars are hot s**t! Here's why (and how) you should hire them.

If you are an employer of psychologists, here is why you need to consider early career people for your team. If you are a registrar, read this for a confidence boost!

Your Guide to the Recent PsyBA Change: Additional Pathways to Endorsement

The Board will now accept applications for endorsement in relation to other postgraduate qualifications that may be substantially equivalent, or based on similar competencies to, an approved qualification. This guide from the team at PREP will be a quick summary of the changes and how they may apply to you.

Life after Clinical Psychology Postgraduate study

So, you have nearly or just completed a lot of study… and you’re not sure if you’re ready for full-time work nor if you want to spend more time and money on a registrar program for endorsement as a Clinical Psychologist.

Responding to client risk: Pragmatic tips for the psychologist in private practice

Notes from Supervision By Dr Aaron Frost Read below for a special article from Dr Aaron Frost on ‘Responding to client risk: Pragmatic tips for the psychologist in private practice’

The way we train psychologists is ineffective and runs contrary to the science of learning

Modern training methods remain heavily reliant upon course work, learning of models and theory, and deference to the expert supervisor for all other learning. This model of supervision and learning has failed to demonstrate that it contributes to the ability of psychologists to achieve outcomes with their clients. This has occurred over a hundred years, with generation after generation of psychologists training this way and with no evidence that it has made any of us any better.

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