JOURNEYING ON THE PATH OF PSYCHOLOGY WITH AN INTEREST IN GENDER STUDIES: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT

Abstract

In 2006 I embarked on a journey at the University of Stellenbosch for a BSc programme in Human Life Sciences. Nearing the end of undergraduate studies, I applied for honours in psychology and was accepted. While doing my honours, I felt a need to be more involved in the community of my home town. I volunteered at the local police station in Kraaifontein, Cape Town as a victim supporter. My role was to offer emotional support to victims of crime and trauma. At that point in time I thought the obvious routes for me in psychology would either be Clinical or Counselling Psychology.