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Clinical psychology grad student here. I am currently mentoring an upper year undergraduate student/aspiring clinical psychologist through a national society for the field. I took on the role as an opportunity to contribute to my community and strengthen my mentorship skills. In the long-term, I am interested in becoming a clinical supervisor myself so I thought this would be a good place to start honing my skills. Briefly, I am disappointed by my mentee's response to mentorship and am thinking about how to handle this. We have positive face-to-face discussions about applying to grad school, scholarship applications, handling stress etc., and I am left feeling like these interactions are helpful for them. At the same time, when I send materials/emails after our meetings (ex. application resources) they often don't bother to respond. It has also been difficult to schedule times to meet, where I offer time in my schedule but they defer meeting for long periods of time. I understand that I should be tailoring my mentorship style to their needs (right?), but is there something else I should be doing right now to make this experience more positive and beneficial for both of us? I am planning to do a check-in at our next meeting to ask what can be improved from their end. I am also wondering if I should directly ask about their lack of responsiveness. Is that overkill? Advice from more seasoned mentors/supervisors would be appreciated. I am very open to suggestions on mentorship strategies or resources for models of mentoring within the clinical field. Thanks!