𝑰'𝒎 𝒂 𝒑𝒔𝒚𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝑰𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑺𝒚𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔.
Ever since I was a little girl, I have been passionate about the idea of the whole human thought process. But, being born in a middle-class family from a semi-urban background – life happened.
I chose the arts stream and studied History majors, Sociology, Political Science and Psychology as an ancillary subject for two years in my bachelor's degree because my family wanted me to work in the government sector. Before I could agree to their demands, I sought to explore where I belonged and started working on multiple domains until my bachelor’s was completed. By the time it did, I could only think of the pain I noticed, the gaps in awareness of self and the toxic culture happening in the personal and professional lives of people around me.
So, I chose to pursue two master’s at the same time (Anthropology and Clinical Psychology) to understand how it all started (the evolution of mind, body and behaviour) and continued to volunteer in an industry that could allow me to practice intercultural communication by hosting people from around the globe and freelancing. I also ventured into academic writing and mentoring because, of course, I was kind of homeless by the age of 18.
Since I couldn’t help but think in patterns and interdisciplinary angles of it all, and hardwired myself to multitask - everything came easy to me. Even during my internships and training in mental hospital and remote setting. Right after I completed the required amount of training hours – I started practising privately through an organization.
My therapist says I am a fast observer and a natural counsellor – I can easily put myself in the shoes of others and guide them in the way it would help. Well, my clients say this too.
But what about my community?
Am I even part of the psychologist's community?
Is it fine to think in patterns and help the way people need it, or follow the methodology as everyone does?
Every time I open LinkedIn and see someone questioning the so-called “quacks” of Instagram, I can’t help but think – am I a quack too?
I have been spending hours lately scrolling profiles, checking the backgrounds of every psychologist thinking would they even consider me as someone like them?
In my previous psych meet-up event – I pointed out that if help is coming from the bottom of your heart, it can be offered through active collaboration and supervision.
I helped several psychology students, and assisted in their practical assignments in foreign universities (shadow work) – but I never seemed to think about building a profile of my own. I was so busy working that I forgot, I would have to represent myself one day as well.
𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵
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