A Student Once Again

Well, I'm done with the first two weeks of graduate school here at Trinity International University. I'll admit that sometimes I feel like I'm in way over my head. I suppose a lot of grad students feel that regardless, but since I'm in a Counseling Psychology program with no undergraduate psychology degree, sometimes I feel a little lost. Not usually, but sometimes. Terms and vocab and theories and all of that all run together. All the professors say it doesn't matter, so we'll see if that's true.

I'm enrolled in six classes. Intro to Pscyhology, Counseling Theories, Foundations of Mental Health Counseling, Counseling Skills Training, Substance Abuse Counseling, and Marriage and Family Therapy. There isn't any one that I really don't like, which seems like a good thing to me. But I do have my favourites, as we all do, and so far they are Substance Abuse and Marriage and Family Therapy. I don't think it's a coincidence that my two faves are also taught by the same professor. He makes class interesting, relevant, and open to discussion. And I suppose I just find the classes downright interesting, maybe because they both seem so practical and relevant.

So that's what this semester holds for me. Three years in a program seems like so long, but I assume it will fly by. I guess just one day at a time.

Happy September to you all.