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So you’ve decided you want to get a PhD in Psychology.

But how do you do that?

And what should you expect along the way?

PhDiversity Podcast

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PhDiversity Podcast is a podcast with two broad goals: demystifying the path to a Psychology PhD program and sharing counseling psychology content knowledge with a focus on diversity.

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Latest Episodes

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Episode 6: Hidden Fees in Academia
Episode 6: Hidden Fees in Academia
Episode 5: Application Year
Episode 5: Application Year
Episode 4: Post-Bacc Years
Episode 4: Post-Bacc Years
Episode 3: Post-Bacc Job Search
Episode 3: Post-Bacc Job Search

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Helpful Templates for When You’re Applying to Programs
Helpful Templates for When You’re Applying to Programs

In my Application Year Episode I stressed the importance of remaining organized and reaching out to professors before you apply. In this post I provide two tracking templates and an email template.

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How to Write a Cover Letter
How to Write a Cover Letter

In my Post-Bacc Job Search Episode I spent some time talking about cover letters and decided it would be more helpful to provide a template. Here you go!

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Clinical vs Counseling Psychology on Renae’s Corner
Clinical vs Counseling Psychology on Renae’s Corner

Tanesha from Renae’s Corner invited me onto her Youtube Channel to break down the differences between Counseling and Clinical Psychology.

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🪴2.13.22🪴 ⠀ ⠀ Happy Sunday from me and Megan Thee Monstera! I need to repot her bc she is taking up too much space but that is an issue for future Vanessa.⠀ ⠀ I’ve had a really busy week, and this upcoming week is due to be more intense 😣, b
I find myself returning to the Combahee River Collective statement every couple of months and I take something new from it each time. If you haven’t read it yet, you should. It is a foundational (and short!) text within Black Feminist thought.
We are in the middle of admission season and I wanted to share a little bit of encouragement.⠀ ⠀ I know how frustrating and anxiety-provoking it is to be in a constant state of limbo for months. And I know the heartbreak that comes with each rejectio
❄️1.31.22❄️⠀ ⠀ And the final thing I've been up to since last year is a whole lot of mentoring and teaching.⠀ ⠀ 〰️Mentoring〰️⠀ ⠀ I formally mentored two students who were conducting their own research projects over the past year. It has been such a f
❄️1.28.22❄️⠀ ⠀ I’m half-way through my second year of clinical training. ⠀ ⠀ I see clients at a Community Mental Health center here in Minneapolis. I have four individual clients and co-facilitate two therapy groups. Last semester I co-facilita