I first got into psychology at a serious scholastic level when I was enrolled in a theological graduate programme; part of which required Christian counselling studies.
I had previously taken undergraduate courses in psychology as part of a UOT "University of Toronto" humanities credits required. However, the Theological Seminary had a total different flavour to phsychology I must admit.
BA Studies in psychology, Univerity of Toronto, Canada.
MA Studies in psychology of teaching & counselling; SGS - TS.
"Survival of the cutest"; a paper in social studies.
"Emotional penetration" thesis on behaviour modification.
"The classroom mental environment"; a paper on psychology and methodology of teaching & instructing.
Practiced counselling for 3 years with "Teen-challenge",
"Pentecostal Family Services" and "RichmondHill M. H. R." in
Ontario, Canada.
I told you I enjoyed the "professional student" status! Until 1994 I was a bachelor. Well, this was one good element to the pre-family bachelor era. All the time to work, study and play!
Even though I am "FREE AT LAST, single again" .. "a T-Shirt idea I just marketed it", Pokemon and didgimon are now taking any free time I have, that is time with my 6 years old boy.
Well, back on track with the subject at hand, yes, I had the time to study chemistry, psychology and theology; often more than one arena at the same time. They were all graduate recognized real studies, not a 6 months correspondence or community college course!
I enjoyed the classroom debates, the silly foolish research into medieval Vs contemporary social, psychological and theological arguments, and the ridiculous waste of time into ancient Greek literature to interpret the original intended use of a word!!!
Psychology, "counselling" or "therapy" was an erea I approached with eargerness and great interest.
I put a great deal of time and energy into my projects and papers beyond expectation and I believe this was the reason behind my practical success especially with school students and teens. An award I am particularly proud of is a certificate of accomplishment in the area of youth couselling with "Teen Challenge".
As I indicated above, I have written a few papers; some of which made global circulation. "Survival of the cutest" in particular is a famous paper that has been recently quoted in an article published in "Reader's Digest".
Another paper that I believe had a great deal of influence on my success in an area such as teaching and sports "soccer" officiating "refereeing", is my project on the influence of subconscious factors on the conscious awareness.
The other accomplishment I value is my study on psychology of teaching which resulted in producing a paper of which two charts have made global recognition and utilization. I have posted them on the teacher page for your review.
I am not presently - officilly licensed in British Columbia to practice psychological therapy, and although should I pursue it, with my background I should not anticipate a great deal of difficulty securing a license at some capacity, the days of doing a bit of this and a lot of that may have now been long gone. The only extra curriculum activities my evenings can now accommodate other than my son's demanding attention, is football "soccer".
I have greatly benefited from and enjoyed the years I donated my evenings and weekends to the study and practice of psychology in both arenas, secular and ecclesiastical.
