Blog: About me & this Website
This section of my blogs explains who I am and what this website is for.
Undergraduate exchange to Australia & my first taste of Asia
I was always wanted to live in other countries. During my undergraduate studies in the UK, I discovered that the business faculty offered students...
Living & Working in Singapore
At the end of 2001 I decided to move to Singapore and see if I could find a job. This was rather a high...
London life & trying out the corporate world
I found moving back to London from Singapore quite difficult. When I move to a new country the excitement of being somewhere different tends...
How I got a place on the clinical psychology doctoral programme
Once I'd given up working as a management consultant I started on the path to becoming a qualified Clinical Psychologist. This turned out to...
How I got Started in Malaysia
We moved to Malaysia in 2012. As a foreigner (even one married to a Malaysian) it is difficult to find a job in Malaysia....
Working at the University of Nottingham’s Malaysia Campus
I started working at the University of Nottingham's Malaysian Campus (UNMC) in December 2013 and I stopped teaching full time in September 2017. I...
Why am I writing a blog?
I'm writing this blog to get a discussion going. Malaysia is a fascinating place to be a psychologist. There are very few existing psychological...
Why I enjoy working as a Clinical Psychologist
I'm often asked how I can enjoy my job. People tend to think it would be too depressing or too stressful to sit and...
A week in my (working) life …
Prior to September 2017 my working week was mainly spent at the University of Nottingham's Malaysia Campus which is just outside of Kuala Lumpur....
Diagnosis … & why we rarely use it
Clinical Psychologists are trained to be able to give a psychiatric diagnosis. However, you are more likely to receive a diagnosis from a psychiatrist...