Jo Brett

she/her. Clinical Psychologist. CBT Therapist. Feminist. Queer 🏳️‍🌈. Neurodivergent. Roller derby player. Trying my best in a weird, hard world.

[Jo Brett @jmrbrett]

My thesis amendments were passed! I'm so delighted, and also incredibly relieved not to have to touch the thesis again (at least until I start work on publication...)

[Jo Brett @jmrbrett]

Anyone else feel like their thesis has taken all their brain power and left nothing over? The (objectively simple) process of submitting thesis amendments left me in so much confusion that I submitted the wrong files first and had to call a friend to help fix it! 😂😓 #dclinpsy

[Jo Brett @jmrbrett]

I passed my viva with minor amendments - but now I actually have to do them! I'm racing against the train as I head to the east of France - how far through the amendments can I get before my holiday officially starts? #thesis #dclinpsy

[Jo Brett @jmrbrett]

Feeling pleased with myself about teaching I delivered today on affirmative practise! I managed to slip in an image from Adventure Time *and* I got to talk about the uncomfortable overlaps between affirmation and tokenism.

[Jo Brett @jmrbrett]

The day before my viva, and I've been having dreams that I'm a med student being asked to carry out a surgery that I've never seen before, awkwardly wracking my brains to try to remember the steps! I'm not sure I need an expert analyst to make sense of that one... 😅 #dclinpsy

[Jo Brett @jmrbrett]

The #DClinPsy wheel rolls on with more really interesting research ideas coming through... please support my colleague Camilla by spreading the word about her research!

[Jo Brett @jmrbrett]

25 days and a four day weekend later, and I am *just* starting to feel like I have some energy back after thesis submission. It has been exhausting beyond what I predicted... and my heart goes out to those of my friends still slogging through! #dclinpsy

[Jo Brett @jmrbrett]

The glorious moment when the wordcount *finally* comes in below 28,000... 😅 #thesis

[Jo Brett @jmrbrett]

I have laboured all day on thesis edits... and only succeeded in cutting out 2,000 words. Feels like an extraordinary mismatch of effort versus outcome. Still 2,000 more to cut... and I already feel like I've been cutting down to bone! 😬 #thesis

[Jo Brett @jmrbrett]

@Shrink_at_Large Thank you for those lovely good wishes... so far this placement seems wonderful on that score! 🌈

[Jo Brett @jmrbrett]

First day in a new placement today! I'm in a sexual health service which I hadn't even thought about before it was allocated to me but feels like a lovely fit. I felt so warmly welcomed and am so excited about all the things I can get involved with over the next six months!

[Jo Brett @jmrbrett]

@Shrink_at_Large I anxiously waited until the forms were in (especially when they were so late I worried that if I made trouble I might never see them again!) but now that's happened I have already talking to the course about it. 🤞 for some effective future action!

[Jo Brett @jmrbrett]

Three weeks delayed, my assessment forms for the placement I finished in March are finally in... and I finally feel able to share this comic I made several months ago about being seen as 'difficult.' #dclinpsy

[Jo Brett @jmrbrett]

@sheevs_ Thank you!😅Amazingly, this comment was actually on the milder end of the scale for this supervisor - but the weirder and more awful stuff I feel like I need to take through other channels before I drop it on Twitter!

[Jo Brett @jmrbrett]

Taking a moment today in my small stolen garden with my cat! In the midst of #thesis it has been hard to remember how to rest - I often feel like I'm living with a ticking clock under my ribs. So I've been particularly grateful for some peaceful moments over the weekend.

[Jo Brett @jmrbrett]

@PsychologistPip Red is 'turn this from bullet points into text' in a first draft, and 'cut first' in a later draft. Orange is 'probably fine but check'. Green is 'good enough for now'. Blue is 'I'm moving this from place to place and don't want to lose it'.

[Jo Brett @jmrbrett]

Found this beautiful and moving and powerfully resonant!

[jonny sun @jonnysun]

i wrote about nourishment and the fear of being unable to recognize and accept that nourishment when it comes.

https://t.co/UsWJh6UBIE

[Jo Brett @jmrbrett]

https://t.co/0XZXn4vT84 It's shameful that the UK gov has said it won't protect trans people from conversion therapy - part of a wider and ongoing pattern in the UK of trans people being targetted and their needs ignored. Petition here - let's try to keep this on the agenda!

[Jo Brett @jmrbrett]

@NikDespina @MinoritiesGroup Hi! I'm sorry to say this year I've not got capacity to support new applicants. But if you check out the post from this year at https://t.co/E80aF932jE I hope you'll find some help!

[Minorities Group @MinoritiesGroup]

*Minorities Group Twitter #DClin interview initiative*
1/8 #ClinicalPsychology #DCLIN Interviews: This is our online initiative to pair qualified or trainee clinical psychologists with aspiring clinical psychologists who identify as being from a minority background.