727: What It’s Like to Be a Clinical Psychologist With Michael Dickinson, ifeelonline.com [Main T4C Episode]

Michael Dickinson is a clinical psychologist doing online therapy with the company, ifeel. He is based in Lisbon, Portugal but since the pandemic has been treating patients all over the world. Michael is also a storyteller who writes weekly fictional stories about people who are dealing with a variety of emotional difficulties. Over the past decade, Michael has worked in hospitals and foster care, as well as having done clinical work and corporate work. Michael got his master’s degree in clinical psychology at ISPA in Lisbon.   WHAT YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT IN THIS EPISODE: What are all the different kinds of mental health practitioners (3:18) What it means to be a clinical psychologist (6:09) How frequently someone’s childhood affects their mental health (9:21) What a typical day for Michael looks like (12:34) What a therapy session is like and therapist strategies (14:40) Why people should consider going to therapy (18:04) Why Michael started writing his clinical tales stories, who the audience is, and what he wants people to get out of them (20:46) What Michael’s career path has been like (25:43) What advice Michael would give to college students hoping to get into psychology (30:21)