Early Career Check-In
For AEDPA members in their first year out
You've graduated. You're registered, or nearly there. And somewhere between finishing study and finding your feet, you've probably realised how much of this profession you learn on the job - often alone.
This is a space to not be alone with it.
The Early Career Check-In is a free, members-only session for psychologists who've graduated in the last six to twelve months. It's a chance to sit with people at exactly your stage and talk honestly about how the first year or so is actually going.
What to expect
The session will open with a short, informal presentation to get us started - a bit of grounding or a prompt to spark thinking - but the heart of it is facilitated reflection and discussion. This is your space to talk, not a session to sit back and be lectured at.
We'll make time for:
- Reflecting on the first year: What's surprised you, what's stretched you, what you know now that you wish you'd known then.
- Sharing what's working: The practical tips, small wins, and hard-won lessons that are easier to pass on than to figure out from scratch.
- Asking the questions you're still sitting with: The things you're unsure about, the bits nobody quite prepared you for, the "is it just me?" questions. Chances are it's not just you.
- Talking through the registrar program: If you've started, bring your questions. If you haven't begun yet, come and hear from those who have. Either way, you'll leave knowing more than you came with.
Why come
The move from student to practitioner is one of the biggest transitions in this profession, and it's often the loneliest. Peer connection in these early years does real work - it builds confidence, reduces isolation, and reminds you that the uncertainty you're feeling is shared, not a sign you're doing it wrong.
You don't need to bring anything or prepare a thing. You just need to show up.
Come to talk. Come to listen. Come to feel a little less like you're doing this on your own.
What's shared stays here. You're always welcome to speak or simply listen.
The details
Free for AEDPA members. For psychologists who graduated in the last six to twelve months.
Online - via Zoom
This event will not be recorded.
Facilitated by Board Approved Supervisor, Educational & Developmental (and Clinical) Psychologist and our Founding Director
Kate Crosher
#Please note: you may be able to use these hours as group supervision for your registrar program or CPD - check in with your supervisor.
If you have not already joined AEDPA, it's not to late to benefit!
