[Clinical Or I/O Psychology?]

3 hours ago, elemosynarical said:

what kind of jobs can i get with Industrial psychology? is it easy to find jobs with I/O psych?

what about social psych?

Look at job sites (Indeed, etc.) with the keywords industrial or I/O psychology and that will give you a good idea of the types of jobs available. 

[Salary for military psychologists?]

5 hours ago, elemosynarical said:

I was highly curious about this OP, do you know which schools in particular offer a military psychology graduate program? I'm a Canadian undergrad in my final year, thanks so much!

In Canada much of this work is contracted out to counselling/clinical psychs.

[Counselling Psychologist Salary]

yes but it's not guaranteed. 

[CPA accreditation with UK degree?]

On 6/18/2017 at 4:11 AM, EPC said:

 I am a Canadian heading off to the UK to study the Existential approach because there aren't any schools here devoted to it and there are two training schools specifically devoted to it in London (Regents University London and The New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling). 

Degrees in the UK are set up differently and one can enter an MA program without prior psych training (my BA and MA are in literature). The MA at Regents is 4 years. The school's DPsych is 3 years but one must have a BA Psych to enter (or have done an MSc conversion program -- also a UK exclusive). 

In the UK it seems to make sense that MA and PsyD programs are the same length and same intensity because therapists and psychologists charge the same amount of money and do the same jobs there.

My intent is to return home to BC to work. The BC Psychological Society's website is vague about what international degrees they'll accept and just says doing a CPA/APA accredited program is your safest bet. 

I'm worried about picking the wrong route and not being able to be registered here -- I'd be spending a ridiculous sum of money on a 5 year degree only to find out I'd have to register as a counsellor instead and charge half as much per session alongside people who potentially did a 1-year online certificate.

My plan is to do an MSc Psychology this fall (already enrolled at Regents) and then do a DPsych starting in 2018. I'd graduate as a Psychologist with the British Psychological Society and my hope would be that the BC college would accept that.

If I could avoid doing the MSc and just do the 4-year MA program instead, though, that'd be more up my ally. I'm just worried that the BC  college wouldn't accept an MA even if it is twice as long as MAs here.

Any thoughts? 

I would strongly consider contacting someone at the BC board with these specific questions based on the programs you're attending and see if they can provide any guidance for your case specifically. Especially if you want to do the MA. It wouldn't be a great feeling if the College viewed it as a North American MA and then you're unable to be licensed in BC.

[School Psychology?]

I would say it's probably slightly easier to get into than a clinical program. However you still need a competitive application. Most people in my program had good grades and many had some applicable research and/or work-related experience. I'm not sure about transferring an MA in school psychology back to Canada, I would say that depends entirely on how the program is structured and on the requirements of provincial licensing boards. But I'd think an APA accredited PhD in school psych from the US in particular would be transferable across the boards. Keep in mind that if you are looking into US programs that school psychology there is very driven by special education law so there are differences between what a school psych looks like in the US and in Canada.