Week 2

What is interesting about the place I intern at is that not everyone in the office works for Barr-Harris Children’s Grieving Center, though everyone in the office does do something with Psychology. In fact, only two people who are regularly at the office work at Barr-Harris. One is my boss named Judy and she is the director of Barr-Harris, and the other person is named Sarah and she works on site with families who are grieving. Fridays are an exception though, and this is a time where a bunch of the psychoanalysts from all different Barr-Harris sites come to the office and discuss what they did the past week, any progress they made, and interesting news they came across. Sarah could possibly serve as a mentor to me; she is doing the Barr-Harris intern program for after graduate school, which allows her to work with families on site. I wish to work clinically with people one day, but until graduate school that is not an option. I feel as though the internship Sarah has would be a really awesome way to experience the clinical aspects of Psychology, and for me to get experience with psychoanalysis. Although she majored in social work and is in school for her PhD and I am majoring in Psychology and am aiming for my PsyD, the paths we take are somewhat similar. I spoke with her a bit about the difference between the two and whereas a PhD focuses more on philosophy and research, a PsyD focuses on psychology clinical work. As we discussed my future aspirations, she agreed that a PsyD would be the right path for me, and that working at Barr-Harris now is a great way to get a feel for Psychology and Psychoanalysis.