CHALLENGES FACING ASPIRING PSYCHOLOGISTS
Psychology undergraduate Jerein Sandrasageran knows firsthand how daunting the journey to becoming a qualified psychologist can be.
For a decade, the sports coach watched his athletes struggle with confidence issues, intense pressure and fear of failure. Wanting to better support them, the 34-year-old decided to pursue a psychology degree from Murdoch University at Kaplan.
“It’s a long path to truly becoming a private psychologist or professional psychologist in whatever field we decide,” he said.
“We know that we need postgraduate studies to be accepted or to really do the job, and we need experience as well.
“So we’re kind of caught in the middle where we don’t really have the experience, we don’t really have the further education to do it. And if we don’t have opportunities to gain the experience effectively, then we’ll just be stuck.”
