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The Psychology of Aging

Recall that at the psychiatric hospital, I worked with two groups of patients: Adult patients with a mental health diagnosis (usually...

Using mindfulness in mental health

After spending a week observing and participating in patient activities, I started brainstorming what unique skills I could bring to the...

Creating my volunteer identity

The staff at the psychiatric hospital were not used to seeing a bright(blue)-eyed and bushy-(blonde)tailed volunteer wandering the...

ABOUT ME

Salut! My name is Tessa, and I am spending the next five months pushing past my cultural, culinary and comfort confines to travel solo through Europe and Northern Africa. I will be stationed for three of these months in Morocco's capital city of Rabat, where I will be volunteering in a mental health clinic, serving Morocco's large population of disadvantaged youth and practicing my French. Follow my personal and professional journey as I describe my life in the palmeraies.