GRADUATE & PROFESSIONAL STUDENTS
A Happier, Healthier You
Providing clinical services to students who are working on their graduate and professional degrees has been an area of strong interest for me throughout my career as a psychologist––perhaps because my own experience as a graduate student has stuck with me to date as my most formative (and challenging) years of my life, professionally and personally. If you are currently enrolled in a graduate program, have you experienced any of the following?
Feeling socially isolated after moving across the country / globe to start your graduate school career
Adjusting to the new demands of graduate school life, balancing coursework, research, assistantship/internship, etc., while also trying to have a “life” outside of school on a “graduate student budget”
Feeling like an imposter (and competitive at the same time) while you’re comparing yourself to other students and faculty members in your program
Feeling burnt out from all the hoops you have to go through to advance in your program (e.g., qualifying exam, thesis / dissertation defense, obtaining internships, etc.) while studying like hell for the graduate level courses you had to pass
Feeling turned off by having to play interpersonal politics within your academic department, within your career/academic field in general, or with your potential employers just to get to the next step in your career
If you’ve had any of these experiences above–been there, done that. I have offered my personal experience from my own graduate student years, as well as my professional experience as a psychologist providing individual therapy and ongoing support groups to those in graduate programs on several university campuses,as a tool for empathy, compassion, support, guidance, or suggestions–which has been one of the most rewarding aspects of having worked in a university setting as a psychologist. As many universities offer counseling services to their students on campus, I would highly encourage you to first see if your campus offers counseling services to students (which are often free to students) if you are currently enrolled in a graduate / professional degree program and reading this, Also based on my experience, many university counseling centers have high demands for services, and thus may only be able to provide you with short-term counseling. If your institution does not offer counseling services, or even if it does, if you believe you need additional services beyond what your counseling center on campus can provide, please contact me.