Mentoring Programme
The SG Psych Stuff mentorship program is a year-long initiative that started in 2018 and was Singapore’s first and only psychology-oriented mentorship program for tertiary students. This program was designed to pair tertiary psychology students with psychology professionals who had generously volunteered their time as passionate and committed individuals who were keen on nurturing and guiding future generations of psychology professionals. Our mentors came from different sub-disciplines such as clinical psychology, organizational psychology, academia, sports/performance psychology, counselling psychology, educational psychology, developmental psychology, forensic psychology, and many more related fields!
In 2023, we opened our program to counselling and social work students as well!
For 2024, we have added more mentors who are in psychology-related fields, like HR, coaching!
During the year, student mentees will be exposed to monthly mentee-exclusive workshops and talks, provided 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.
For the recruitment for 2024 mentees, we will be doing a Q&A segment in our Telegram group on Oct 7th, as well as a “live” online discussion on Oct 13th 8pm!
To watch the recordings of our 2022 sharing sessions (from 9 and 30 September 2022), head to our YouTube channel below!
Sign Up Now for the 2024 Run!
Sign up for the mentorship program from the 7th of October 2023 (Saturday) to be a mentee with us! Prospective mentees are put through a series of screening procedures such as interviews and expression of interest forms. Prospective mentees are then informed of the outcome of this selection process by December. Selection to be part of the mentorship program is based on your personality and goals, and NOT about how much you have accomplished academically or otherwise.
So what are you waiting for? Come join us on an exciting journey of exploration and discovery, and find the specialty most suited for you.
Read the FAQs for the most commonly-asked questions.
Click the button below to sign up by 28th October 2023 (Sunday).
Mentorship Sharings / Programme Timeline (2023 Run)
Did you know that SG Psych Stuff has a Development Pathway for Mentees?
After your 1st year as a mentee with us, you can be nominated to be a senior mentee by your mentor! This nomination usually happens in August/September of your first year with us. Do speak to your mentor about it. You can choose to continue with your original mentor, or choose a brand new mentor to support.
As a senior mentee, you are like the “big brother/sister” to the new mentees, supporting them and providing them with tips that you have learnt. You will also be working alongside with the mentor, with guidance by the Mentorship team, to provide light administrative support. Senior mentees may also be involved in the selection of the new mentees!
The senior mentee role is your first step in developing yourself in areas of coaching and mentoring, in this journey with SG Psych Stuff. The Mentorship Team will then be nominating selected senior mentees to go for further development in areas of mentoring, where you will be promoted to a Lead Mentee.
As a Lead Mentee, SG Psych Stuff will be developing you towards becoming a mentor, where you will start to lead and guide senior mentee groups.
This is all the hope that you will become a Mentor with SG Psych Stuff, once you have accumulated a few years of working experience.
Are you ready for this journey with us?
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.