Published inThe Person-Centered Workshop·Mar 3, 2021The 14 Significant Learnings of Carl RogersIn his book ‘On Becoming A Person’ after his own introduction, he proceeds to summarize his life’s work into fourteen key learnings that may be applied to understanding of interpersonal relationships and psychotherapy. The essence of Person-Centered Therapy would have been captured somewhere within these statements. “In each case I…Counselling Psychology6 min readCounselling Psychology6 min read
Published inThe Person-Centered Workshop·Feb 4, 2021Reading Notes: “This is Me” From On Becoming a PersonThis first chapter begins with Carl Rogers’ own understanding of himself, as a psychologist with a primary interest in psychotherapy (probably one of the first psychologists to actively study the process of therapy using scientific methods). He briefly described the essence of his person centered philosophy, and following his intuition…Notable Figures3 min readNotable Figures3 min read
Nov 1, 2020An Insider Story of Internship At a Psychology CenterI will just refer to this place as ‘The Center’ for the sake of anonymity (for those that are really really concerned about their own application to be a clinician, feel free to message me personally to verify). And no, this is not the fraud center ran by EC. …Psychology8 min readPsychology8 min read
Published inThe New Bark Codex·Sep 22, 2020Poké-Tours: Pokémon SwordInconsistent and controversial, but loaded with fun and charm I. Introduction Pokémon Sword is one of the two recent titles released for the Nintendo Switch. Excluding the Let’s Go series, this game is the first Pokémon main series game to be featured on a proper home console rather than a handheld. This…Pokemon Sword And Shield18 min readPokemon Sword And Shield18 min read
Published inThe New Bark Codex·Jul 14, 2020Poké-Revisit II: Pokémon CrystalThe original gem that raised the bar and went beyond — I. Introduction Pokémon Crystal falls under the Generation 2 of Pokémon games, and is the definitive and refined version of the generation compared to Gold or Silver. Yes, the generation that managed to slot in two regions in a single game (Game Freak were technical geniuses for sliding all that into the…Game Reviews18 min readGame Reviews18 min read
Published inThe New Bark Codex·Jul 13, 2020Poké-Revisit I: Pokémon YellowRevisiting the original formula sprinkled with anime-inspired extras — Revisiting Yellow in the year 2019 is a strange commitment. After getting a little disillusioned with the more recent Pokémon games, I have decided to embark on a little personal sidequest to re-discover what made them so good to begin with. …Game Review14 min readGame Review14 min read
Published inThe New Bark Codex·Jul 12, 2020My Pokémon Game Review TemplateI. Introduction What is this game about? What does it run on? II. Narrative What goes on in this game? What is the story like from the player’s POV? Geography? Major characters? Challenges? Is the plot emotionally significant? Pacing of the game plot? Liveliness of the game world? III. Explorability Basically how interesting the game world…Game Review2 min readGame Review2 min read
Feb 5, 2020My Orientation and InfluencesPerson Centered Therapy as Primary Orientation I adopt Person Centered Therapy (PCT)as my primary approach to psychotherapy, and I use it to assimilate and accommodate my learnings from other schools and areas. …Counselling Theory2 min readCounselling Theory2 min read
Feb 5, 2020About: Maps to CongruenceCurrently practicing as a counsellor-in-training, I have a deep appreciation for the Person Centered Approach pioneered by the psychologist Carl Rogers. I adopt it primarily as my theoretical approach in session and case formulation, and spend a lot of time thinking about it. How can I use PCT (Person Centered…Person Centered3 min readPerson Centered3 min read
Published inExperimental Anecdotes·Jan 1, 2020Decade’s EndI was mostly about to simply ruminate over what it means to have last year end for me. 2019 was an unusually long and rich one, but still it felt abrupt when it was over. It is strange to imagine that tomorrow onwards I will be writing 2020 instead of…Writing3 min readWriting3 min read