Showing posts with label Baby Steps to RPsy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Baby Steps to RPsy. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

THIS IS IT, 2018!

I can sense all your struggles, bes. Mas sense ko na siya. Medyo namiss ko rin naman yung gantong pressure sa sarili ko. Alam mo yung pressure na kailangan mong gawin ang best mo sa paraan na kaya mo.

Nakakatawa lang dahil matagal-tagal na rin naman akong nagbabasa pero ngayon ko lang ulit naramdaman yung feeling na confused ka sa kung ano ang gagawin ko talaga. Charot. Ang nagpahirap ng konti rito yung mismong paglalapat ng theory sa practice. Maswerte lang talaga ako sa supervising psychologist na hinihikayat akong sumubok (pero di ako sure no. Wala akong sinasabing magtake ako lol). Siguro, gusto ko lang muna gawin yung best ko sa mga susunod na araw at buwan tutal marami-rami na rin akong sinakripisyo para lang makapag-focus sa ginagawa ko.

Sana magkaroon ako ng lakas para magawa ito. Sana kayanin natin mga bes yung struggles! HAHAHAHA. Wala naman taong perpekto parang ako, di ba. Kahit na nag-aaral ako ng tuloy-tuloy kahit tapos na ako sa masters ko, ang dami ko pa rin kailangang malaman. Minsan sobrang nakakadown rin kapag hindi ko naabot yung objectives ko kaya sobrang dinidisiplina ko sarili ko. As in. Kanya-kanya tayo ng coping mechanisms na makakatulong sa atin.

Nang isang araw sobrang nagalit ako sa sarili ko kasi bakit hindi ko natapos yung dapat kong gawin. Kaysa magmukmok ako, naisip ko na magpunta sa Ynares Sports Complex tapos binigyan ko sarili ko ng punishment ng 6 rounds jogging. Nawala yung inis ko at napalitan ng relief. Nakatulog pa ako ng maaga kasi nabugbog ng konti. Hahahaha.

Habang sinusulat ko 'to, ayon nakalista na yung gagawin ko para hanggang mga 11 PM. Kailangan kong magbasa at least 2 chapters. Sana matapos ko talaga lahat ng nakaline-up na books. Next week, maghahandle ako ng case sa rehab. Yey! Tapos magcoconduct ng interview, exams, at gagawa ng reports. Magcacase conference rin kami. Nakakagana kapag iniisip ko na gagawin ko na siya na parang totoo though guided ako ng psychologist.

Kayo ba? Siguro tatawa-tawa yung iba sa inyo kasi may 285 days pa bago ang #BLEPP2018 pero tandaan mo na isang kindat lang iyan. Dalawang taon na rin akong naglelecture sa reviews at hindi ko rin namamalayan na natatapos ang psych season. This year, malamang ganoon rin siya! Nasanay ko na sarili ko sa pagbibilang. Binibilingan ko ang reviewees pero this time nararamdaman ko yung struggles na iyon saka yung bagsik nito.

Huwag nang magpatumpik-tumpik, gawin na natin agad. Ma-excite ka kapag maraming pinapagawa sa'yo! Kapalit niyan ay learning! Magutom ka sa learning! Mas madali na ang practice kapag may alam ka...pero di ko pa alam ang lahat kaya nag-aaral pa rin ako.

Tara, sabay na tayong mag-aral. Good luck sa atin!
Hmmm, the countdown begins tonight?
(1/285)





Monday, November 13, 2017

Baby Steps to RPsy: An Update for November 2017

Theories of Personality 📌
-confident but I need to add more contemporary theories plus Sikopil
-finished the whole book of Feist and Engler, a bit of Schultz, and a bit of other resources when I needed more clear explanations (still need to go back on Feist's since it's more comprehensive)

Abnormal Psychology
-still updating but I finished the book last 2016
-still needs mastery 💔

Counseling and Psychotherapy
-Since I have background in Theories of Personality, it helped me a lot to understand its concepts. I'm using Neukrug, Corey, and Flanagan.
-I'm also browsing some important parts of Julia Segal's book about Melanie Klein
-still needs mastery

Psychological Assessment
-somehow confident on this since I have background in Psychological Stats
-I need to explore more tests utilized in various settings

Practicum
-still searching (ito rin kulang ko)

Right now: I added a new book which is Clinical Psychology for the treatment plan and other stuff not included in Psychotep, DSM 5, and AbPsych. I'm in chapter 2. 💚

Long way to go! 48 days to go before January 1 and I'm aiming to finish the books. 😥😭
#RoadtoRPsy #BabyStepstoRPsy


Thursday, November 9, 2017

BABY STEPS TO RPsy: PUMPED UP AGAIN

I changed the color of my Twitter from blue to red.
I changed my bio and it says. "discendo discimus."
I started to write the proposed table of specifications to my new journal and wrote something on it. I wrote it to mark what I really want to happen in 2018 and I hope it will come true.

I started my countdown. I will try as hard as I can to cherish my days and to read more books. Will I pass the RPsy board? Que sera, sera. I'm a bit excited.

Saturday, October 14, 2017

BABY STEPS TO RPSY: OCTOBER 2017 PREPS FOR 2018

I'm currently preparing for 2018 board exam. Hopefully, I have enough time for clinical setting. I'm currently trying to improve myself in writing the psychological case report and in familiarizing myself with popular tests by attending workshops, seminars, and asking my fellow practitioners about it.

I started with Theories of Personality and I'm comfortable with the subject. I'm finished with psych testing but I need to refresh some topics again this coming semester and I will read the Groth-Marnath book for Psychological Assessment to level up my review. Next in line will be "A History of Modern Psychology" by Schultz to trace back the roots of Psych concepts and to better understand the concepts of theories of personality.

I already tried to read again my abpsych book and made a matrix for psych disorders (hopefully other people will see it on 2018). it really helped me a lot. I need to finish the partner book of abpsych that highlights the differences in disorder. I need to memorize all of it just to be sure. Next will be clinical psychology book and counseling theories and techniques (I'm done with others topics). Huhuhu. Sobrang dami pa ng aaralin. </3

Ang petmalung dream ko yung papasok ako ng class na wala akong kahit na anong hawak kundi marker lang. Werpa!


Heeelp me. Hahahaha. 

Thursday, April 27, 2017

BABY STEP TO RPsy: ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE BY ATTENDING SEMINARS

I just attended the seminar earlier entitled: COMMUNICATING THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT RESULTS, a lecture series by UST Psychotrauma Clinic. Our  Resource Person is Prof. Rosalito de Guzman, PhD, RP, CSCLP. 

The topic outline was divided into four parts:

I. Psychological Assessment

A. Principles in the use of tests as diagnostic tool
B. Criteria for selection
C. Need for battery testing

II. Interpretation

A. Levels of Interpretation
B. Avoiding errors in clinical interpretation

III. Communicating Results

A. Considerations on Psychological Report in Clinical Setting
B. Aids in communication
B.1 Language
B.2 Individualized Report
B.3 Levels of Details

IV. Guidelines in Making Psychological Report

This is a long post so I will create a separate blog post. I hope you enjoy! Please read it if you intend to take the psychometrician board examination or psychologist board examination. This is a nice topic to understand the basic concepts of psychological assessment and its importance.