• Question: What is one piece of advice you would give someone if they wanted to become a Prison Psychologist?

    Asked by anon-204438 to Sally on 2 Mar 2019.
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      Sally Tilt answered on 2 Mar 2019:

      ‘Be curious about human behaviour’

      It is difficult to get work experience in a prison environment, but actually that’s OK. People are people, whether they are living in a prison or not. Being a forensic psychologist in a prison is about understanding human behaviour – what makes us do what we do, and we can apply this anywhere. If you walk around asking ‘I wonder why ….?’ that’s a good start to being a psychologist!

      (Also my advice would be – ‘do it! It’s great!’ – but I am a bit biased 🙂 )

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