Start of my practicum...
Well, I started my practicum this morning. So far, so good. I'm cofacilitating a relapse prevention process group on T/Th and (as soon as my supervisor and I STOP PLAYING PHONE TAG) I will be taking on indvidual clients. I obviously can't talk about the group, but I think I'll really enjoy it...
The organization is HUGE. I can't even find my mailbox on my own yet. But that'll happen ;). And I have a different office each day (as a student, I inhabit the office of whoever doesn't work that day...). I'll figure it out, I'm sure.
Teaching was pretty amusing yesterday...I HATE teaching right outside the department office, though. The faculty is milling around and they can overhear what I am telling the young impressionables ! It feels dangerous. I kept losing my chalk. I don't know, it was Monday morning and I have pms. I was lecturing the history of psych, and I kept writing names and terms on the board, then putting my chalk...somewhere. Twice, I actually asked the class: "Has anyone seen where I put my chalk?" The answer? "Behind you. On the chalk tray." I eventually started to praise myself for finding it "all by myself." I love teaching, though...and I like laughing at myself, so it's all good.
I met with my supervisor yesterday (the campus one, not the phone-tag practicum one). It'll be a good year of supervision, I think...
I have some unexpected time-I got out of my practicum at 12:30 instead of 3pm...I don't have anything till my client at 4:30, so I guess I'll do paperwork like there's no tomorrow ;).
The organization is HUGE. I can't even find my mailbox on my own yet. But that'll happen ;). And I have a different office each day (as a student, I inhabit the office of whoever doesn't work that day...). I'll figure it out, I'm sure.
Teaching was pretty amusing yesterday...I HATE teaching right outside the department office, though. The faculty is milling around and they can overhear what I am telling the young impressionables ! It feels dangerous. I kept losing my chalk. I don't know, it was Monday morning and I have pms. I was lecturing the history of psych, and I kept writing names and terms on the board, then putting my chalk...somewhere. Twice, I actually asked the class: "Has anyone seen where I put my chalk?" The answer? "Behind you. On the chalk tray." I eventually started to praise myself for finding it "all by myself." I love teaching, though...and I like laughing at myself, so it's all good.
I met with my supervisor yesterday (the campus one, not the phone-tag practicum one). It'll be a good year of supervision, I think...
I have some unexpected time-I got out of my practicum at 12:30 instead of 3pm...I don't have anything till my client at 4:30, so I guess I'll do paperwork like there's no tomorrow ;).
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