How to Become a Counselling Psychologist

Dr Elaine Kasket, C.Psychol., is an HCPC-Registered Counselling Psychologist. She is well acquainted with the "portfolio" professional identity that is familiar to so many counselling psychologists, having worked as a trainer, practitioner, supervisor, researcher, Principal Lecturer, and Head of Programmes within the field. She is passionate about psychologists sharing their knowledge with the world and so now divides her time between her practice and writing for a general audience. She is the author of All the Ghosts in the Machine: Illusions of Immortality in the Digital Age (Little, Brown UK, 2019).

• Chapter 1: Introduction (Series Editor David Murphy)Chapter 2: What does a counselling psychologist do?Chapter 3: The next step: equipping yourself for professional trainingChapter 4: Becoming a traineeChapter 5: Starting outChapter 6: Career possibilitiesAppendix: useful informationBibliography

‘Elaine Kasket has written a must-read for anyone considering a career as a counselling psychologist. This is the first book of its kind, which provides an informative guide, alongside valuable tips, for navigating the journey towards qualification. The essence of the profession and its training has been captured beautifully through the expert knowledge of the author which is synergistically accompanied by the voices of trainees, academics and practitioners. I strongly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in pursuing counselling psychology as a career.’ - Dr. Victoria Galbraith, Registrar for the BPS Qualification in Counselling Psychology & Consultant Counselling Psychologist, Galbraith Consultancy