Thursday, April 24, 2008

Taking inventory

I have lived in Waco, Texas for almost 4 years. In that time...

I've taken 23 courses:
Ethics in Clinical Psychology
Interpersonal Psychotherapy
Intellectual Assessment
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Personality Assessment
Advanced Assessment
Multicultural Issues
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Statistical Methods
Methods of Measurement
Experimental Design
Psychopathology
Social/Organization Psychology
History and Systems
Developmental Psychology
Memory and Cognition
Family-Marital Psychotherapy
Health Psychology
Administration and Supervision
Group Psychotherapy
Biological Foundations of Behavior
Neuropsychopharmacology
Assessment and Intervention with Children
I've proudly earned 3 B's. On purpose.

I've done more than 550 hours of therapy.
I've had 6 long term clients and I've worked with over 100 clients in therapy.
I've assessed and written reports on more than 60 people.
I've given about 69 different types of tests/assessment instruments.

I've worked in 3 different clinics at Baylor, one residential facility, one therapeutic daycare/nursery, and one private practice.

I taught one personality lab, and two lectures on the Rorschach.

I have learned a number of treatment modalities for children including the Circle of Security Intervention, Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, Object-Relations play therapy, and Theraplay.

I have earned one Master's Degree.

I have gotten one prospectus and one IRB proposal approved.

I have passed two comprehensive exams. And come Monday at 11 AM that number will be increased by one.

I have been the principal investigator on one study. I have run 17 subjects through my experiment.

I have been to 10 conferences around the country.

I have learned how to two-step, and play racquetball.

I spent three years as a Chi Omega Rush Advisor.

I've known the immense pain of loss of love, the immense joy of falling in love, and the intense discomfort of food poisoning.

I turned 22, 23, 24 and 25.