Life after IAPT

I've loved my time working in my Talking Therapies service, however I'm finding the sheer volume of the work to be incredibly crushing and the expectations of my service are not achievable without working for hours outside of my contract. I'd like to work in a different area for the time being as the IAPT machine is just too demanding for me in this stage of my life.

I have a psychology undergrad, masters and I've been a qualified PWP for just over a year (one year away before I can apply for the DClin Psy) I was wondering what kind of work could I do that would still help me get good experience to apply for the clin psy doctorate? I think that I may enjoy being a research assistant, however that would not be psychology specific - but i'm unsure if more general research experience would be helpful too?

I was wondering if anyone might have some advice or experiences similar that they could share to help me out.

tl;dr - I want to leave primary care talking therapies but i'm unsure what work I could do or even be eligible to do.

Posted May 11, 2025, 4:39 PM UTC

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