Valentine’s Day I abhor the season. Flowers. Chocolates. Dinners. Fancy-nancy, overrated, season of “love”. Valentine’s Day brings to mind the awkward giving of flowers, the crinkle of plastic when you walk, girls carrying identical bunches of roses on the street, and men having the hardest time of all to decide…
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Photo by Zachary Olson on Unsplash Grand finale The last note of the orchestra. The melting frost on the ground. The last spin of the laundry cycle. The last 50m of your run. Or, if you like vaccination analogies, Day 15 after your AstraZeneca shot. Indeed, this post is about endings.…
Comments closedPublic and Professional Behavior Feet tapping in angst and disbelief that you are at a mental health clinic, you burrow deeper into the plush couch trying not to think about who last laid his hopefully-not-dandruff-ridden head where you are leaning back towards. Big sigh. “If only Molly hadn’t insisted that…
Comments closedYou have have heard of the term before, but what exactly is a trainee clinical psychologist and what do they do? A trainee clinical psychologist is under training to be a full-fledged clinical psychologist, by working under supervision to administer psychological assessments and conduct clinical intervention while completing the requirements…
Comments closedThe rare breed of superhumans learning how to juggle their clinical practice, personal lives, lifelong academic learning, training of students, and the occasional academic teaching or paper publishing. To-do list Two assessment reports, three upcoming assessment preparations, at least two supervision log records, tons of readings, research thesis write-ups for…
Comments closedThe morning As I’m writing this article, I’m running. Running to the Pediatric Clinic where I am supposed to spend my morning seeing patients. I run because the first appointment is at 9am, it is currently 8.52am, and the clinic is a 5-minute run away. I run because I’m counting…
Comments closedClinical Psychos Malaysia has been in lockdown since 18th March 2020 to effectively curb the spread of the COVID-19; we have had a Movement Control Order (MCO aka total lockdown), a Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO aka the Raya sprint for freedom), a Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO aka almost…
Comments closedLittle did I know I once thought that once I completed my theoretical year in clinical psychology crammed full of subjects, assignments, and examinations my life would be infinitely better as the second clinical year would “just be about work and reports right?!” HAH little, naïve, innocent me. Fast forward into…
Comments closedChoppo nervosa There is this amazing phenomenon occurring globally at all hair salons. Customers pore excitedly over hairstyles and unicorn colors with the precise instructions on how to help their hairstylist achieve it. They imagine themselves perched precisely over the cushy chair, waving their hands at their hairstylist and presto!Blake…
Comments closed8 Music generally comes in 8. A four-four pattern in a bar (not a drinking one) that leads your drumbeats, aerobic classes, or prelude before dancing where the instructor goes “5, 6, 7-and-8!”. We’re advised to sleep 8 hours, drink 8 glasses of water a day. Abs comes in an…
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