My name is Lameck Gama and I am from Maputo City, in Mozambique. I like to play soccer, basketball and chess and enjoy reading and writing poems. I hold a degree in Clinical Psychology from the Pedagogical University of Maputo.
My desire has always been to work with and care for people, that’s why I chose my course (clinical psychology). I started working in community-based organizations helping people living with HIV/AIDS, to know more about how to care for themselves and prevent new infections.
I work with Sinergia Mocambique, a non-governmental organization that works in three fields, namely education, health, and family, and its target groups are adolescents and young people who consume alcohol in schools. My responsibilities include guiding them and giving advice as a team leader for young people who tend to go astray because of drug abuse.
I attended the diploma course in TFT from April 2024, where we had three phases of training. The first was in present and the last two were online via zoom. One of the first tools was the approach of river of life, which describes important moments in an individual’s life, as well as the butterfly exercise. Johari’s window was also one of the tools that significantly changed my outlook on life. I could also use some of these tools in my work. I was seeing a young girl who was suffering from anxiety, depression and suicidal tendencies. In our sessions, I used tools like the Butterfly exercise and Johari’s window to facilitate talks around what she wants and needs out of life. With time, she discovered why she found herself in this particular place and together we looked at how she could use the resources she has, to reach her goals. An important discovery was that she had to respect her own journey, be patient with herself and stop comparing herself to others. Currently she is working and finishing her Law and Advocacy training and says those negative thoughts have decreased significantly.
