Psychologists help please!

[Marmaladegin]

Can you switch from being clinical to educational psychologist without additional training?

At the moment I am neither. I want to be an educational psychologist. I've just done an MSc psychology and was planning on applying to the Ed psych doctorate course next year. I have a teaching background.

An interesting funded placement has come up to do a PhD in an area of child psychology. The ad says the phd would suit someone wishing to launch a career in clinical psychological science.

So my question is: could I do this phd and then just persuade an LEA to give me a job as an Ed psych?

I know this is an odd place to ask but I'm finding it surprisingly difficult to find info on this! Tia

No, you'd have to qualify as Ed Psych separately. The PhD would probably give you good experience, but it wouldn't qualify you as a Clinical Psychologist either.

No, as PP said neither of those pathways are routes to professional practitioner psychologist roles. Handy tip - clinical/counselling/educational all look like ‘D.Clin /D.Ed/D.Couns. A PhD is not a training programme for these jobs.

Thanks for the replies everyone- really interesting phd but can't help but wonder who can sign up for a meagre salary for years with really no obvious career at the end! I'll wait to apply for the doctorate. Thanks all