Dennis Relojo-Howell
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Dennis Relojo-Howell (born Dennis Gumaling Relojo; 12 December 1982) is a Filipino mental health blogger and columnist for Free Malaysia Today. Relojo-Howell is based in London, United Kingdom, and is the founder of Psychreg. Relojo-Howell carries out research on the therapeutic benefits of blogging. Free Malaysia Today and Vuelio reported him as the world's first 'blog psychologist'. Relojo-Howell is the author of more than 80 peer-reviewed journal articles. His published research articles focus on expressive writing, cyberpsychology, and mental health.
Early life
Relojo-Howell was born in Makato, Aklan, and grew up in a slum in Malabon in the Philippines. In an article published by the BBC, he shared that: 'My family did not even have reliable electricity, running water or a cooker.' His father, Rodolfo Relojo, was a security guard and his mother, Lorna Relojo, worked at a garment factory. Before moving to the UK, he lived in five countries: Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and Germany.
Education
Relojo-Howell went to Higher Ground Baptist Academy in Malabon, Philippines for his elementary and secondary education. In 1999, he attended New Era University for his bachelor's degree and then did a master's degree at Polytechnic University of the Philippines. He later on did a second master's degree at the University of Hertfordshire, under the supervision of Nicholas Troop.
Career
Relojo-Howell taught at Manila Central University and Centro Escolar University, both in the Philippines. He launched Psychreg in 2014 while he was a postgraduate student at the University of Hertfordshire. In 2015, he worked for the University of Warwick as a social media correspondentFrom 2016 to 2017, he taught at South Essex College. By November 2018, he joined Men's Radio Station in London. He also writes a weekly column for Free Malaysia Today. He sits on the editorial board of a number of academic journals such as Psychological Thought which is published by PsychOpen, and is also a commissioning editor for the International Society of Critical Health Psychology.. He is a "blog psychologist".
His blog articles have been published by the American Psychological Association. He is a graduate member of the British Psychological Society.
His blog, Psychreg, is recognised as one of the top psychology blogs and was voted as a Highly Commended Blog at the UK Blog Awards in 2017 and 2018.He is also the founder of the International Society on Psychology, Counselling and Education. and the editor-in-chief of Psychreg Journal of Psychology.