My internship was at PSB Academy's Counselling Dept and I'm very very thankful for this opportunity because my principal counsellor was really all out to make my internship there a fulfilling experience.
She asked me what I truly want out of the internship and carefully planned for the things for me to engage in during my short stint there.
I was given independence, responsibilities and at the same time patient supervision and guidance from her. I completed an evaluative report for a program that the department was running, designed a brochure for the students and I even got to sit in at a couple of sessions for observation which I believe it's quite a rare opportunity (1st of all, most places doing such intervention will not take in undergrads for intern, 2ndly, the counsellor must feel confortable to let u sit in, 3rdly, we must obtain the consent of the party involved and finally, it's the exam followed by holiday period, we were seriously not expecting there to be any case at all!!).
It's one thing to read abt the intervention techniques, it's really another story to watch it in play at a real-life setting.
On top of that, she always puts aside time to meet up with me so that I can clarify any doubts and to ensure that I have been picking up the important things from all the observation sessions.
Her review of my performance at the end of the internship was pretty good and very encouraging to me :) She stressed that I should really invest on a good Psych program when I further my studies coz she really hope to see me going far.
I hope I can do that too... But there's alot of considerations to make... I dun think I can do it right aft I grad :(
Oh well... whatever it is, it was a truly great and fulfilling experience. I wished I can be there longer, but too bad time doesn't permit. I hope I rmb all that I have learned ( I SHLD actually, coz I had to keep an e-journal as well) and make the best out of the experience that I have gained :)
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