While it wouldn’t be entirely accurate to say I was disillusioned by my undergraduate education in psychology, I certainly did not leave satisfied. I had been exposed to one series after another of theory and research findings categorized around developmental, abnormal, biological, social and other themes. I was saying “so what?” too often by the end of my studies, and knew I needed to answer that question. After careful consideration, I decided to explore the practice
of psychology in order to put all of this research and theory to work by pursing graduate studies in clinical psychology — I believed that the field of mental health was where the practice of psychology occurs. After two years of graduate study, I was more satisfied with my choices, and found myself sufficiently skilled and able to contribute something of benefit to the world around me.

But then a new question had emerged: “how come?”… [Download the full issue here]