My expectation from this class was to help me to understand clinical psychology as a career. I learned about issues, controversies, and the history of clinical psychology. I now clearly know that clinical psychology is a very diverse profession. We can have a lot of different roles and work in different settings. I always wanted to have my own private practice but after this semester I know that I have many other routs that I can choose in case I ever decided to change my mind about having a private practice. Also, because of the fact that I have always been interested in forensic psychology, I am now thinking about working with prisoners as a part time career and have that experience as well. The book “life after graduate school in
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I was astounded by Hoffman Report that found that for more than ten years American psychological Association’ (APA) favored the Department of Defense (DoD) and got involved with some unethical “enhanced interrogation” programs. This was a moment when I realize how powerful we can become as psychologists and how careful I should be about it. After reading this report I kept searching to see if I can find other controversies related to my profession. I want to learn from their mistakes and not repeat them in the …show more content…
Having Dr. Philips as our guest speaker was very helpful. He was calm, personable, and extremely knowledgeable in this field. I really enjoyed his views and everything that he taught us. This class made me realize how important it is to be active in this field; from taking volunteer jobs, to attending to conferences, presenting posters and many other things. Also how important it is to build professional relationships with others and keep those relationships.
Dr. kao ‘s life story was a very strong part of the semester. I was very impressed by his achievements and his determination. I learned how important it is to be determined and to have faith. His story taught me that no matter how much the road is rocky, my determination should stay as strong as the first day.
Every material that we went through in this class was very useful and important for us to know: from the ethical issues to discussion about writing proscriptions to information about the licensing and board exam. I learned about the importance of becoming a board certified psychologist and now becoming a board certified psychologist is in my to do
I was astounded by Hoffman Report that found that for more than ten years American psychological Association’ (APA) favored the Department of Defense (DoD) and got involved with some unethical “enhanced interrogation” programs. This was a moment when I realize how powerful we can become as psychologists and how careful I should be about it. After reading this report I kept searching to see if I can find other controversies related to my profession. I want to learn from their mistakes and not repeat them in the …show more content…
Having Dr. Philips as our guest speaker was very helpful. He was calm, personable, and extremely knowledgeable in this field. I really enjoyed his views and everything that he taught us. This class made me realize how important it is to be active in this field; from taking volunteer jobs, to attending to conferences, presenting posters and many other things. Also how important it is to build professional relationships with others and keep those relationships.
Dr. kao ‘s life story was a very strong part of the semester. I was very impressed by his achievements and his determination. I learned how important it is to be determined and to have faith. His story taught me that no matter how much the road is rocky, my determination should stay as strong as the first day.
Every material that we went through in this class was very useful and important for us to know: from the ethical issues to discussion about writing proscriptions to information about the licensing and board exam. I learned about the importance of becoming a board certified psychologist and now becoming a board certified psychologist is in my to do