Sign up for the 2024 run of our mentorship program!
Our mentorship program is a year-long initiative that started in 2018 and is Singapore’s first and only mentorship program for tertiary psychology, counseling and social work students. During the year, student mentees will be exposed to monthly mentee-exclusive workshops and talks, provided with insight and knowledge on Singapore’s psychology, counselling & social work scenes, given the opportunity to interact with and learn from professionals, and are challenged to explore the various different professional sectors within the fields.
Sg Psych Stuff Telegram Community
SG Psych Stuff started a Telegram community in 2023 for students majoring in Psychology, Social Work, Counselling and related disciplines.
Currently, there are over 1200 members in the group. The group boosts tabs for relevant internship, work and volunteer opportunities, a platform to post research surveys, as well as avenues to ask questions, join in conversations and make new friends!
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Testimonials
My experience as a mentee in the SgPsychStuff mentorship programme was an extremely fulfilling one as I was able to discover more about myself than I had initially expected to. I joined the programme wanting to simply learn more about suitable career options and left with not only more knowledge about the local scene, but also a clearer picture about where my interests in Psychology lie. The programme also prompted me to reflect deeper about my expectations about post-university life, which helped to refine my plans for the future. The insights I gained from the mentorship programme worked alongside additional knowledge I picked up from the second semester of Year 2; I started to realise that there are indeed avenues in which my interests and abilities could coexist. As my second year came to a close (and so did the mentorship programme), I found myself feeling more purposeful in the steps I was taking towards my ideal career and postgraduate pathways.
During the mentorship programme, I engaged in meaningful conversations with my mentor where we talked about his role as a psychologist and learnt about the different steps I can take to have a better idea of which career path that I am more inclined towards.I have also attended the Mentor’s Circle where all the mentors came together to address questions that the mentees had. Through this programme, I have gained meaningful insights about the different mentors’ roles anso d learnt more about the psychology scene in Singapore. I was exposed to how psychology can be seen and applied in many different aspects in life. My mentor has also shared the various psychology-related events held by different organisations to increase my exposure to local psychology scene.
Difference in culture, industry, and specialization affects how things operate. It is through the conversations with industry players that helped me to determine the trajectory of my studies and future career. Some of these conversations highlighted the differences in working style across countries.That leads us to the processes of which a student becomes a psychologist. The information gathered along the journey helped me plot a roadmap which I used extensively to determine the importance of certain pursuits. For instance, understanding the importance of networking led me to forgo a casual meetup with friends for a networking session.
