My name is Pamela Serrano.
I graduated from Universidad La Salle Cancún with a degree in Psychology in the summer of 2008.
Since then, I have worked in different areas of the profession, but with a primary interest in the clinical field, namely, psychotherapy.
There can be an intermittent relationship with the process, and we can access it at the moments or stages we consider necessary. We can also take the necessary breaks when we feel ready to do so, and we can use the tools learned during the process ourselves, without the help of a therapist.
I believe that the role of the clinical psychologist is precisely to function as that being who, with empathy and sensitivity, accompanies those in search of clarity and, with the help of different techniques and tools, facilitates the patient's access to unconscious information that often dominates and limits behavior.
Understanding human complexity with empathy, sensitivity, and respect, as well as broadening one's vision and self-knowledge to find possible solutions to everyday problems, is the primary mission of the clinical psychologist.
Why psychology?
Since I was a teenager, barely 15 years old, I realized that my personality and way of thinking inspired confidence in the people around me in different contexts. I frequently received comments like, "You're very mature for your age," which I began to feel very proud of. Of course, my ego was also fueled by this type of praise, and very happily and naively, I began to assume the social role of "the mature and responsible friend."
This label I carried for many years, and as I advanced into adulthood, I began to realize how tiring it was to carry this responsibility. Many people sought my "advice," and I believed that by studying Psychology, I could help many people by giving them the "right advice." During my academic training and having begun my own therapeutic process, I realized that the reasons for my professional choice were much deeper than "wanting to be the good friend who gives the best advice."
I discovered that I was actually trying to understand human behavior as a result of the strange behavior of my father, whom I always perceived as absent even when he lived at home with us. He was a very hard-working and correct person in many aspects of life. However, his relationship with his 3 children (my 2 brothers and I) was extremely distant. He rarely spoke, looked at us, or dedicated time to us unless my mother suggested and organized some family activity. It is very strange to live in the same house and see each other every day without having deep and meaningful interaction...
Eventually, when I was 16, he left home, and our contact was further reduced to a couple of very short phone calls a year, either for birthdays or Christmas.
Ultimately, my therapeutic process took many years, and with each stage of my life, I confirmed progress and made decisions. I managed to identify the reasons for my behaviors, my fears, and even the anger I had bottled up and had never realized because I hid my true feelings of pain and anger behind a facade of extreme kindness. Today, I can say that the therapeutic process accompanies us through the different stages of life, and that there is no standard or specific "duration" for anyone. It is a decision of personal self-exploration that can be as deep and extensive as one chooses to make it.
The calling to help others
There can be an intermittent relationship with the process, and we can access it at the moments or stages we consider necessary. We can also take the necessary breaks when we feel ready to do so, and we can use the tools learned during the process ourselves, without the help of a therapist.
I believe that the role of the clinical psychologist is precisely to function as that being who, with empathy and sensitivity, accompanies those in search of clarity and, with the help of different techniques and tools, facilitates the patient's access to unconscious information that often dominates and limits behavior.
Understanding human complexity with empathy, sensitivity, and respect, as well as broadening one's vision and self-knowledge to find possible solutions to everyday problems, is the primary mission of the clinical psychologist.
