Closes 31 December 2025
This research aims to explore the experience of early career psychologists to further understand their challenges and their use of self-compassion. We hope this study adds to existing research informing changes to the postgraduate curriculum by including a greater focus on the stresses and challenges of becoming a psychologist and by incorporating self-compassion training workshops.
We invite Australian psychologists (who have received their full registration from AHPRA in the last 5 years) to participate. Provisionally registered psychologists are not eligible for this particular study (due to potentially confounding effects of their study commitments).
If you agree to participate, you will be directed to complete an initial online survey which will ask for demographic information and for preferred contact details. A member of the research team will then contact you to arrange a suitable time for an online interview to be conducted via Microsoft Teams (expected to take approximately 45-60 minutes.)
Some examples of the type of questions you will be asked include:
•What does self-compassion mean to you in your role?
•Can you tell me about any professional challenges you’ve experiences in your first x years of practice?
•Are there particular coping strategies you use as an early career psychologist?
To participate click on the "Start the survey" link below or for further information see contact details.
Researcher contact details
Stacey Freebody, CMI academic: [email protected]
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