Igor Chegy Popovic

I know it's UK board, and when I said European, I meant including UK as well. My studies are pretty comprehensive, and included researches, almost exclusively psychology courses (almost anything you can think of) and practicum, so that's not what I'm concerned of, although I know nothing can be guaranteed, and actually I agree with you it's 'who knows' situation. Also, I know there's no 'list of required courses' for positive assesment, so everything is done in case-by-case form. What I'm wondering here is if anyone from the UK got positive assessment with 5 years long studies (and again, my point is the length only)? I know APS specified it's supposed to be EQUIVALENT to 6 years of AUS studies, and it doesn't have to be actual 6 years long, but I'm still interested if anyone experienced it for real.

Are you referring to my post in the other thread? I know no one can guarantee anything, but I'm just wondering if ANYONE with Bsc and Msc in Psychology (in length of 5 years total) from Europe got positive assessment.

Hmmm. If it's that hard to become clinical psychologists in Australia, I'm wondering why are people not applying for psychotherapy/counseling education instead? As far as I'm familiar it's regulated as different profession, but it's much easier to get a license (if it's licensed at all). In private practice you're doing pretty much the same work (therapy), and you can charge similar prices. Are there any benefits of being clinical psychologist instead of therapist/counsellor in PRIVATE PRACTICE? (I know that conducing clinical assessment in some mental health clinic would be different than performing a therapy)

Hey guys, I'm really glad I found this thread. It would be really nice if some of you could help me, because I'm super anxious about some things, haha. Soon, I want to apply for 189 general skilled independent visa, under 'psychologist nec' occupation, and you already know, I need to pass the assessment for psychologists. I'm from Europe, 29 yo, and I have 3 year bachelor degree in psychology, followed by 4th year (honors, with research thesis) and 5th years (masters - clinical module, again, with research thesis and mini-internship/practicum). Also I have 1000+ hours training-education in gestalt therapy (psychotherapy), and I'm a holder of few local, European and World psychological and psychotherapy licenses and memberships, but I'm not registered as psychologist in country where I live (here, there are no registrations for psychologists). First I thought I wouldn't have a chance to pass the assessment, because this is 5, and not 6 years of education, but then I contacted APS representative, and I found out positive assessment can be gained, even if it's less than 6 years of education, if education content is equivalent to 6 years of study of psychology in Australia. I asked if they can tell me their personal opinion on my particular case, and they replied it's case by case assessment and they can't make any approximate generalizations. This is the c/p of one part of their response: "The number of years actually spent studying is not necessarily indicative of the level of comparability. As part of the assessment the APS is assessing an applicant’s overall psychological studies to ascertain how it compares to an Australian sequence of study. For your reference the current pathway to becoming a registered psychologist in Australia requires the following steps: Completion of an APAC-accredited three year undergraduate degree in psychology, followed by: Completion of an APAC-accredited fourth year in psychology (some programs combine the above three year degree and the fourth year together into a four year program), followed by: Completion of either: · an APAC-accredited postgraduate psychology program (Masters level at a minimum), or · two years of supervised practice as a provisional psychologist in an Psychology Board of Australia (PsyBA) approved internship program, or · an APAC-accredited fifth year postgraduate study in psychology, followed by one year of supervised practice as a provisional psychologist in an Psychology Board of Australia (PsyBA) approved internship program." My actual questions for you guys is... has anyone got positive assessment with Bsc + Msc in psychology in standard European form (5 years, ether as 3+2 or 4+1, or 3+1+1, with at least two researches and one mini-internship/practicum)? The thing is that I don't have actual work experience as psychologist, only as a psychotherapist, and I can't prove that, because psychotherapy is not regulated profession in my country (ether). Most therapists in private practice ether work 'on black' or got registered their practice under 'other education' (and that's a title reserved for tutoring and all other 1 to 1 types of paid work in educational filed in broadest sense of the word... yes I know psychotherapy isn't education any sense of that word, but that's how things are functioning here in Eastern Europe, LOL). I thought applying for internship as clinical psychologist in some local Mental Health clinical, but first, it's not that easy to get a position, and second, I'm not sure it wold be that helpful. Here's another c/p from one of the e-mails I've got form APS: "It is the task of the APS is to assess the level at which an applicant’s academic qualifications only are comparable to an Australian sequence of study that has been accredited by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC), meaning that we would be unable to consider your post-graduation experience as part of the assessment. Once the APS assessment is completed and we have a better understanding of how your academic qualifications compare to the Australian sequence of study, we will be happy to provide you further guidance of what next steps are required in order to gain registration as a psychologist in Australia." Oh, and one more thing. On another forum one guy said he didn't got positive assessment, but that he got response that he qualifies to register as PROVISIONAL PSYCHOLOGIST. Do you have idea for what level of education is this issued and is this beneficial at all for immigration purposes? Thank you so much, any response would be helpful!!!