WEBVTT 00:00:02.880 --> 00:00:03.280 Alright. 00:00:03.280 --> 00:00:05.140 Thank you for joining today's webinar. 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:09.140 We're excited to have you all join us virtually today. 00:00:09.920 --> 00:00:17.575 Ebony Schamberger, and I'm here with Julie Cipriano, our admissions advisor for the master's in counseling degree program. 00:00:18.195 --> 00:00:27.575 And we have a lot of exciting information about the program, different career opportunities and financial opportunities that you can get. 00:00:28.830 --> 00:00:30.830 So let's go ahead and jump on in. 00:00:30.830 --> 00:00:36.050 And if you all have any questions or comments at any time, we do have a chat feature. 00:00:36.190 --> 00:00:47.265 So that is it can be accessed by hovering over the green icon and then looking for the chat or the q and a button if you want it to be sent anonymously. 00:00:48.525 --> 00:00:49.025 Alrighty. 00:00:51.725 --> 00:00:52.625 Thanks, Ebony. 00:00:53.645 --> 00:00:54.385 You're welcome. 00:00:55.165 --> 00:00:56.625 Are you gonna do this part? 00:00:57.640 --> 00:00:58.520 I think you already did it. 00:00:58.520 --> 00:00:59.020 Right? 00:00:59.240 --> 00:00:59.560 Yeah. 00:00:59.560 --> 00:01:01.020 We kinda already did this. 00:01:01.320 --> 00:01:04.140 But Julie has been here, a little longer. 00:01:04.440 --> 00:01:09.640 Well, a lot longer than I have, and I'm sure that, she could tell you more about her role. 00:01:09.640 --> 00:01:20.565 But my role here is getting out the social media content, emails, setting up these webinars, and answering any questions you all may have, through different communications channels. 00:01:20.565 --> 00:01:23.225 So hello, and welcome. 00:01:25.690 --> 00:01:26.090 Yep. 00:01:26.090 --> 00:01:27.950 I'm an admissions counselor. 00:01:28.330 --> 00:01:35.630 I've been doing this job, helping people, get started in a master's in counseling, for five years now. 00:01:35.770 --> 00:01:36.795 Five years this month. 00:01:36.875 --> 00:01:37.835 So Wow. 00:01:37.915 --> 00:01:38.635 Pretty exciting. 00:01:38.635 --> 00:01:40.075 Is it five years or four years? 00:01:40.075 --> 00:01:41.455 It it's a long time. 00:01:42.155 --> 00:01:51.195 Anyway, I look forward to talking with everyone about this degree program, and shout out to Casey and Keisha and all you other people who are here who I've already spoken with. 00:01:51.195 --> 00:01:54.420 Thanks for making time to listen in. 00:01:59.360 --> 00:02:05.700 So DMU, is a Catholic institution that was founded in the late nineties. 00:02:05.935 --> 00:02:10.275 We were founded, under the name Institute for the Psychological Science. 00:02:10.495 --> 00:02:12.035 So that college still exists. 00:02:12.575 --> 00:02:14.595 It houses our psychology side. 00:02:14.655 --> 00:02:16.655 I mean, a lot of people still know us by that name. 00:02:16.655 --> 00:02:21.670 So, if you hear Institute for the Psychological Sciences, little typo there. 00:02:21.830 --> 00:02:22.950 Ebony, see that? 00:02:22.950 --> 00:02:25.130 Psychological sciences is what it should say. 00:02:26.550 --> 00:02:28.950 We are that college still exists. 00:02:28.950 --> 00:02:30.730 It houses our psychology side. 00:02:31.110 --> 00:02:44.535 But, so we do have an on an online master's in psychology that we offer that is, a nonclinical degree for people who already have a career track, but need a greater understanding of the person, the way the mind works, that kind of thing. 00:02:44.835 --> 00:02:46.775 We also have an on-site doctoral program. 00:02:46.830 --> 00:02:51.170 So we have, an actual campus with actual doctoral students milling about. 00:02:51.390 --> 00:02:51.950 We love them. 00:02:51.950 --> 00:02:52.690 They're great. 00:02:52.750 --> 00:03:00.850 But as, they were offering these programs, what we found was that there was a need for counselors, particularly for counselors of faith. 00:03:01.230 --> 00:03:09.885 So, we decided to add the second college, the school of counseling that we're discussing today and the master's in clinical mental health counseling. 00:03:10.185 --> 00:03:14.425 So when a school has more than one college, that's the point at which they take a university name. 00:03:14.425 --> 00:03:21.450 So that's how we became Divine Mercy University instead of just, IPS or Institute for the Psychological Sciences. 00:03:22.070 --> 00:03:30.730 We seek to provide our students an effective academic and educational environment to support the integration of the human sciences and the Catholic Christian understanding of the person. 00:03:35.005 --> 00:03:35.485 Alright. 00:03:35.485 --> 00:03:36.865 So our school is accredited. 00:03:37.165 --> 00:03:39.245 We are regionally accredited by SACS. 00:03:39.245 --> 00:03:40.925 You see that up there in the top left. 00:03:41.645 --> 00:03:45.930 So regional accreditation is the baseline you should look for in any US school you attend. 00:03:46.170 --> 00:03:49.450 Each region of the country has its own accrediting agency with a different name. 00:03:49.450 --> 00:03:51.310 Ours is called SACS Southern Association. 00:03:51.370 --> 00:03:52.350 You see that there. 00:03:53.050 --> 00:03:58.910 When you start talking though about psychology and counseling, there are a couple of extra accreditations that can be earned. 00:03:59.535 --> 00:04:02.975 APA, American Psychological Association, is a big deal. 00:04:03.135 --> 00:04:07.635 Our doctoral program did receive APA accreditation back in 2016. 00:04:08.655 --> 00:04:15.510 In fact, we became only the second school in the whole history of the APA to receive the full seven year accreditation grant on the first try. 00:04:15.510 --> 00:04:17.110 So, we crushed it. 00:04:17.110 --> 00:04:19.130 That is, a huge deal. 00:04:19.670 --> 00:04:22.490 In case you didn't know, I'm telling you, it's a big deal. 00:04:23.590 --> 00:04:29.445 There is when you start talking about counseling, the extra accreditation for that type of program is known by the acronym, KCREP. 00:04:29.925 --> 00:04:31.865 So you see that at the bottom there. 00:04:32.405 --> 00:04:34.185 KCREP is something we're working towards. 00:04:34.565 --> 00:04:35.925 We are at the end of the process. 00:04:35.925 --> 00:04:38.585 We've done everything we need to do to earn this accreditation. 00:04:39.125 --> 00:04:46.470 We are just waiting for them to get through this COVID business and, schedule an on-site review and then hopefully award accreditation. 00:04:47.090 --> 00:04:49.330 Seems like it should be pretty quick, but it's not. 00:04:49.330 --> 00:04:50.850 It's bureaucratic stuff. 00:04:50.850 --> 00:04:55.825 So we're probably about a year to fifteen months from wrapping up this accreditation. 00:04:56.125 --> 00:05:03.005 So, once we do so right now our degree with this accreditation is licensable in 39 states. 00:05:03.005 --> 00:05:09.505 Some people see on the website that there are a few states that we don't offer the degree in, and that is because of this accreditation. 00:05:10.190 --> 00:05:18.050 So, once we wrap this up, the nine states that do require CACREP will come on board, and our degree will be fine in 48 states. 00:05:18.590 --> 00:05:25.485 The two holdouts will be Illinois and New Hampshire, and that's because, essentially, you have to go to school in state to be licensed in Illinois or New Hampshire. 00:05:25.645 --> 00:05:30.445 So, I look forward to talking with you in more detail about that. 00:05:30.445 --> 00:05:34.765 If we haven't already spoken, or if you have questions, I'm I'm happy to answer them. 00:05:34.765 --> 00:05:35.165 Okay. 00:05:35.165 --> 00:05:37.965 I think that's all we need to say about accreditation, Ebony. 00:05:37.965 --> 00:05:38.465 Thanks. 00:05:39.560 --> 00:05:39.800 Alright. 00:05:39.800 --> 00:05:47.900 So our school is different because, we do offer an integrated holistic approach to, the helping professions. 00:05:50.120 --> 00:05:53.295 Number one is our Catholic Christian meta model of the person. 00:05:53.295 --> 00:05:57.855 If you haven't found that on our website, please search that term and find it. 00:05:57.855 --> 00:06:06.035 You'll see there's a 40 page PDF that you can download, that goes into the theology and philosophy behind why we teach the way we do. 00:06:06.860 --> 00:06:09.840 This, meta model is unique to our university. 00:06:10.940 --> 00:06:15.280 It was developed by our faculty, and it, recently came out in textbook form. 00:06:15.500 --> 00:06:19.695 It was earning awards from the Vatican before the ink was even dry on it. 00:06:19.935 --> 00:06:26.275 And it is why, really, it's why most students who choose our university do choose us. 00:06:26.495 --> 00:06:32.355 We will give you an insight as a therapist into the person that it takes a secular therapist decades to to gain. 00:06:34.530 --> 00:06:41.830 And we will teach you to frame a treatment plan based on the Catholic Christian understanding of the person that we are integrated beings, body, mind, and soul. 00:06:42.050 --> 00:06:51.165 Unfortunately, every other school, even the Catholic ones, will tell you that, your faith doesn't have a place in therapy, that you have to check it at the door, and I'm sorry. 00:06:51.165 --> 00:06:52.285 That's just not correct. 00:06:52.285 --> 00:07:00.180 So we will teach you to frame a treatment plan based on this understanding of the person so that whether your client believes in God or wants to talk about God is beside the point. 00:07:00.740 --> 00:07:06.280 The objective truth of who they are and how they were created does not hinge on their belief or unbelief. 00:07:06.500 --> 00:07:10.040 So you can help them reach flourishing even if they never wanna talk about God. 00:07:10.500 --> 00:07:11.000 Right? 00:07:15.085 --> 00:07:15.585 Alright. 00:07:15.805 --> 00:07:24.465 So our degree, number one reason, to get a license a a master's in counseling is that you can be licensed as a mental health professional. 00:07:26.590 --> 00:07:28.510 Our degree does prepare you for licensing. 00:07:28.510 --> 00:07:35.810 And as you move through your degree program, your professors will give you assignments that relate to licensing just to make sure that you're headed in the right direction. 00:07:36.830 --> 00:07:38.510 Licensing happens after you graduate. 00:07:38.510 --> 00:07:43.695 And typically, the way it works is that you'll have to sit for an exam, sometimes two, national or state. 00:07:43.695 --> 00:07:45.395 And, again, that varies by state. 00:07:46.735 --> 00:07:56.300 And then once you've passed those exams, you are then provisionally licensed, and you can work under supervision you will work under supervision for a time before you're fully licensed. 00:07:56.360 --> 00:07:59.880 Usually, it takes about two years to wrap up that supervised work. 00:07:59.880 --> 00:08:03.000 So you're still working and being paid as a counselor. 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:09.020 It's just that somebody has to check over your work to make sure all is well before they just cut you loose on the general public. 00:08:10.055 --> 00:08:13.975 I encourage you to check out counseling.org if you have not found that already. 00:08:13.975 --> 00:08:16.295 It has a great state by state knowledge center. 00:08:16.295 --> 00:08:17.495 So you just click on your state. 00:08:17.495 --> 00:08:26.660 It'll give you, licensing information or, contact information for your state board, and it will tell you what exams you have to take, how long you have to work under supervision. 00:08:26.880 --> 00:08:28.260 Definitely worth looking into. 00:08:31.520 --> 00:08:31.920 Right. 00:08:31.920 --> 00:08:32.320 Okay. 00:08:32.320 --> 00:08:35.460 Reason number two to get a master's in clinical mental health counseling. 00:08:37.335 --> 00:08:41.435 Our program is designed uniquely. 00:08:41.895 --> 00:08:53.320 So, we have established residency practicum and internship to make sure that you get the skills you need in the best way we can teach them to you. 00:08:53.460 --> 00:08:58.420 Counseling is a helping in the people profession and certain aspects just don't lend themselves to online learning. 00:08:58.420 --> 00:09:04.600 So that's why we have established all of these months just to make sure that you get the best well rounded education you can bring. 00:09:06.395 --> 00:09:11.535 As you move through your online studies, you will come to campus three times for what we call residency. 00:09:12.875 --> 00:09:16.015 This is done over a long weekend here on campus in Virginia. 00:09:17.515 --> 00:09:23.410 And we use this time to keep on campus to teach the counseling skills that don't lend themselves to online learning. 00:09:23.410 --> 00:09:26.790 So things like nonverbal communication, situational ethics. 00:09:27.010 --> 00:09:31.170 There are always a ton of presentations going on by faculty, students, and student groups. 00:09:31.170 --> 00:09:32.530 It's also a big gateway weekend. 00:09:32.530 --> 00:09:38.695 So all the professors are there with the students, and they're looking to make sure that each has gained the skills needed to be ready to move on to the next section. 00:09:39.395 --> 00:09:44.615 So the way it works is, you would arrive on a Wednesday evening and stay through a Sunday afternoon. 00:09:46.650 --> 00:09:49.790 While you're here, we'll expect you to be on-site and attend the whole program. 00:09:50.890 --> 00:09:53.550 There is a fee for this training that's built into the tuition. 00:09:53.610 --> 00:09:55.950 The breakdown is 1,500 per residency. 00:09:56.650 --> 00:09:58.730 So that fee covers obviously your training. 00:09:58.730 --> 00:10:02.145 It also covers your hotel and most of your meals while you're here. 00:10:02.145 --> 00:10:02.645 Alright? 00:10:03.025 --> 00:10:05.365 Obviously, you'll have to get a flight. 00:10:05.985 --> 00:10:14.565 To get here, you'll have to spring for one or two meals on your own while you're here, but these are legitimate financial aid expenses that we can help you plan for as you work through that process. 00:10:15.580 --> 00:10:15.980 Alright. 00:10:15.980 --> 00:10:20.380 So, the first residency, so as I mentioned, there are three. 00:10:20.380 --> 00:10:22.880 So the first one is always eight weeks after you begin. 00:10:23.260 --> 00:10:25.420 So if you right now, we're enrolling for January. 00:10:25.420 --> 00:10:30.000 If you were to start school in January, your first residency would then be mid March. 00:10:30.220 --> 00:10:30.720 Alright? 00:10:30.995 --> 00:10:35.335 The second residency is always one year later, so you would come back the following March. 00:10:36.035 --> 00:10:42.355 And then the third and final residency is six months to a year after the second month, depending on if you're full time or part time. 00:10:42.355 --> 00:10:42.855 Okay? 00:10:44.270 --> 00:10:51.890 So then once you finished your third on campus residency and you've worked through the bulk of your online classes, it'll be time to step into practicum and internship. 00:10:52.190 --> 00:10:56.235 These are done in your own area based on the kind of counseling work you'd like to do. 00:10:56.955 --> 00:10:58.975 Of the two, practicum comes first. 00:10:59.275 --> 00:11:06.575 So, practicum is one hundred hours of on the job training, and this is what gets you ready for the real hands on counseling work of your internship. 00:11:07.595 --> 00:11:12.000 At least forty of those hundred hours will be direct service with actual counseling clients. 00:11:12.320 --> 00:11:12.820 Alright? 00:11:13.920 --> 00:11:17.780 Once you finish this hundred hours of training, you'll then step into your two internships. 00:11:18.320 --> 00:11:22.020 Each of those is three hundred hours and done over sixteen weeks. 00:11:23.600 --> 00:11:33.685 We do have a director of internship who will help you to identify the, two, three, four places in your area that you would like to work based on the kind of counseling you would like to do. 00:11:35.105 --> 00:11:38.085 So our internship placement is 100%. 00:11:38.225 --> 00:11:40.725 You will get one, and we will help you. 00:11:43.750 --> 00:11:46.490 I think that's it for Alright. 00:11:46.710 --> 00:12:06.445 And I did wanna note that, we just had a student, for the master's in counseling program who shared their story about, their experience in school and working with doctor Keyes, the director of the center for trauma and resiliency studies and how they were able to specialize, in trauma. 00:12:07.385 --> 00:12:10.750 So I'll be sure to send that out through the email as well. 00:12:10.750 --> 00:12:13.410 It's a nice, testimony story. 00:12:14.270 --> 00:12:14.590 Yeah. 00:12:14.590 --> 00:12:22.750 Our students will get excellent training in trauma, and they'll have the opportunity to, get additional training through our trauma and resiliency center, which is run by Doctor. 00:12:22.750 --> 00:12:25.010 Keys, who is, one of our counseling faculty. 00:12:25.125 --> 00:12:27.545 So it's a great perk for attending DMU. 00:12:28.085 --> 00:12:28.745 Oh, yeah. 00:12:30.885 --> 00:12:31.365 There he is. 00:12:31.365 --> 00:12:32.345 There's doctor Keyes. 00:12:34.725 --> 00:12:39.830 So, reason number three to get a master's in counseling is our faculty. 00:12:40.770 --> 00:12:48.710 All of our core faculty are practicing and experienced clinicians, so they do understand what you need to learn to live out of vocation as counselor. 00:12:49.330 --> 00:12:52.470 You can see their bios on the counseling pages of our website. 00:12:53.965 --> 00:12:55.805 Each of them has an email address. 00:12:55.805 --> 00:13:00.065 They are absolutely available to prospective students as well as current students. 00:13:00.445 --> 00:13:00.945 Alright. 00:13:04.845 --> 00:13:07.185 Number four reason to get a master's in counseling. 00:13:08.390 --> 00:13:08.890 Employment. 00:13:09.350 --> 00:13:10.230 I mean, gosh. 00:13:10.230 --> 00:13:11.750 We're doing this because we want a job. 00:13:11.750 --> 00:13:12.250 Right? 00:13:13.350 --> 00:13:18.090 So, there are a number of, paths you could take with this degree. 00:13:18.710 --> 00:13:22.445 Many people plan to become counselors and therapists. 00:13:22.685 --> 00:13:25.505 That's absolutely something you can do. 00:13:25.565 --> 00:13:32.305 There are also, many other, private and public sector jobs that you could do. 00:13:32.880 --> 00:13:36.180 We had a dean of students at DME once who had a master's in counseling. 00:13:36.960 --> 00:13:44.415 I know in my own town, the director of our social services has a master's in counseling, so she is in charge of all of the social workers in the county. 00:13:44.815 --> 00:13:50.355 So, it is a very well rounded, degree that provides many opportunities. 00:13:50.975 --> 00:13:52.915 The salary varies widely. 00:13:53.215 --> 00:14:01.960 So, you know, obviously, if you want to work as a counselor for in a homeless shelter, you're gonna be on the lower end. 00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:02.360 You know? 00:14:02.360 --> 00:14:10.060 If you go into practice private practice in a metropolitan area and, you know, set up your own practice, it's gonna you're gonna do very well. 00:14:10.200 --> 00:14:17.465 So, you can use the search engine to find kind of what the range might be depending on what it is you choose to do with your degree. 00:14:21.365 --> 00:14:21.765 Alright. 00:14:21.765 --> 00:14:24.025 Number five reason to get a master's in counseling. 00:14:25.700 --> 00:14:28.440 The online platform is super flexible. 00:14:28.740 --> 00:14:34.520 As long as you have the computer and the Internet, you could be anywhere in the world you wanna be and still do your do your schoolwork. 00:14:35.940 --> 00:14:42.945 As you move through each class, your professors will arrange for real time or synchronous meetings between themselves and you students. 00:14:44.205 --> 00:14:48.785 You know, and they'll use that time to do things like question and answer study review. 00:14:49.325 --> 00:14:53.725 You know, the the larger takeaway though is that you will work very closely with your professors. 00:14:53.725 --> 00:14:57.810 You will be able to build that professional relationship with them if you choose to. 00:14:58.670 --> 00:15:01.970 You will also work very closely with the other students in your cohort. 00:15:02.030 --> 00:15:08.450 So, we use Zoom for that for meetings with, you know, in between everyone just as we're doing today. 00:15:10.455 --> 00:15:26.240 But you will work very closely with the other students in your cohort, to build those professional relationships and friendships that will carry you through once you become a mental health professional professional and also, you know, to, build the counseling skills that you're going to need. 00:15:26.700 --> 00:15:29.660 So very flexible, but yeah. 00:15:29.660 --> 00:15:29.980 Yes. 00:15:29.980 --> 00:15:30.860 Obviously, it's online. 00:15:30.860 --> 00:15:36.300 There are gonna be some times just like with any other school where it's just you and your computer and the work that you have to do. 00:15:36.300 --> 00:15:38.285 But, you will not be isolated. 00:15:38.345 --> 00:15:42.445 You will be able to build relationships and build counseling. 00:15:47.865 --> 00:15:48.585 Oh, yay. 00:15:48.585 --> 00:15:50.425 Doctor Payne, the dean of the school of counseling. 00:15:50.425 --> 00:15:54.410 Are we gonna listen to a little bit of this, Ebony Or no? 00:15:55.990 --> 00:15:56.310 Yeah. 00:15:56.310 --> 00:15:58.310 We can definitely, play it for a while. 00:15:58.310 --> 00:16:02.410 It just gives you a sense of what the course is like. 00:16:03.270 --> 00:16:06.890 Did we we could try the audio and see how it goes. 00:16:08.125 --> 00:16:08.445 Yeah. 00:16:08.445 --> 00:16:08.945 Okay. 00:16:09.565 --> 00:16:10.385 Let's see. 00:16:24.640 --> 00:16:25.040 Alright. 00:16:25.040 --> 00:16:27.680 So this is the dean of the school. 00:16:27.680 --> 00:16:29.060 Go ahead and play it now. 00:16:47.380 --> 00:17:00.200 As dean of the school of counseling, I'd like to welcome you to your next course, a course that's going to focus on different theories and models of counseling and personality. 00:17:02.165 --> 00:17:10.105 When you think about this course on some level, it's it's sort of like a review of all the major figures in the field of counseling. 00:17:10.965 --> 00:17:21.030 And the very early theorist, if you will, were actually philosophers and theologians who thought deeply about what it meant to be human. 00:17:21.570 --> 00:17:42.725 In the modern era, most were physicians, psychiatrists, and by the time of the late eighteen hundreds, early nineteen hundreds, experimental psychologists were those who began to theorize about human much more from a behavioral perspective. 00:17:43.880 --> 00:18:05.685 And in the modern era, if you will, definitely, psychiatrist, psychologists, counselors, marriage and family therapists, and social workers, really the mental health field as a whole, developing different ways of thinking about people and how to help them. 00:18:06.865 --> 00:18:09.845 Some of these figures will be well known to you. 00:18:10.225 --> 00:18:25.470 Sigmund Freud, Alfred Adler, People who not only impacted counseling, but a diverse range of academic and scientific fields, and in fact, the culture at large. 00:18:26.490 --> 00:18:31.305 There will also be figures I'm pretty confident you might not have even heard of. 00:18:32.085 --> 00:18:39.225 Harry Stack Sullivan, not to bias you, but one of my favorite theorists, and Murray Bowen. 00:18:39.605 --> 00:18:46.320 But you really would only know them if you had a focus on interpersonal and family therapy models. 00:18:47.740 --> 00:19:08.925 As you're looking at all these different theories and models, we're gonna focus on you looking at how does these theories and models change based on, a diverse population, based on a specific client in front of me. 00:19:09.490 --> 00:19:17.830 We're gonna have you think about these theories and models through the development of case conceptualizations and treatment planning. 00:19:18.210 --> 00:19:25.495 So it just won't be on a theoretical level, but you'll really be looking at how it works in clinical practice. 00:19:26.355 --> 00:19:44.620 And I think most importantly, because no one model can actually integrate the entire complexity of the person, you'll be using the Catholic Christian meta model of the person to really look at each individual model. 00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:55.195 You'll be doing that by looking at what are the deep truths that resonate in that model with the Catholic Christian meta model. 00:19:56.455 --> 00:20:13.740 What are those areas that might have some weak theoretical or philosophical foundations to them, might have a weak, empirical, research basis to them that you'll really want to attend to. 00:20:14.545 --> 00:20:29.410 And then based on that type of analysis, how might you modify a particular model or theory for that specific individual, couple, family, or group that you're working with. 00:20:30.590 --> 00:20:43.745 One of the things that I'd really like you to take to heart as you begin this course is looking at these theories and models is just not pie in the sky kinds of stuff. 00:20:44.525 --> 00:20:48.945 This is really the real stuff of what counseling is about. 00:20:50.125 --> 00:20:59.420 These are people who have thought very deeply about the human experience and have really fleshed out a way of understanding people. 00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:19.505 And as you're looking at these different models and theories through the frame of the Catholic Christian meta model of a person, they are going to begin to shape, inform you as you think about people and as you help them. 00:21:20.205 --> 00:21:25.025 This is a part of your journey in becoming a professional counselor. 00:21:27.340 --> 00:21:35.600 Enjoy getting to know, if you will, sort of the early founders of the field of counseling. 00:21:43.265 --> 00:21:50.405 So we just wanted to show you that just to give you an you all an idea of how the online learning experience is set up. 00:21:50.945 --> 00:22:03.020 We have a lot of interest in, professors who share information about, the coursework, and then there's discussion, boards and, readings. 00:22:03.560 --> 00:22:10.705 So that's a little glimpse of how it's set up on our online portal, which is called Canvas similar to Blackboard. 00:22:15.965 --> 00:22:16.465 Alright. 00:22:17.245 --> 00:22:21.085 So, our admissions requirements are a bachelor's degree. 00:22:21.085 --> 00:22:24.030 That's the minimum that you have to have completed to apply. 00:22:24.570 --> 00:22:30.670 We do require a GPA of three point o overall or in your major or in your last 60 credits. 00:22:31.210 --> 00:22:34.090 If you're under a three point o, don't despair. 00:22:34.090 --> 00:22:40.265 It's not necessarily a deal breaker, but you would need to contact me to kind of work through that together. 00:22:40.405 --> 00:22:44.825 And, we'd have to get permission from the dean, but like I said, not a deal breaker necessarily. 00:22:46.565 --> 00:22:56.670 We do also, have a, you know, an application process that you would have to commit, with various documents. 00:22:57.690 --> 00:23:05.390 You would need to work through the financial aid process to apply for scholarships and tuition reductions, whatever it is that you are eligible for. 00:23:06.735 --> 00:23:20.610 And then, we do have, once that package is accepted, we do have an interview process, two online interviews, that we would schedule as the final step in the admissions process. 00:23:21.390 --> 00:23:27.170 We did would also need official transcripts from your college, sent directly to us as part of that process. 00:23:27.790 --> 00:23:41.505 If you are an international student, and if your transcript is not in English and if it is not on the four point o system as it is in The US, you would need to have them evaluated and or translated to apply. 00:23:42.360 --> 00:23:49.820 Also, if, English is not your first language, you would need to take the TOEFL, and you see the score requirements there. 00:23:52.280 --> 00:23:55.260 Seems like a lot, but it's actually a very simple and quick process. 00:23:58.195 --> 00:23:58.595 Alright. 00:23:58.595 --> 00:24:00.115 So here's where it gets real. 00:24:00.115 --> 00:24:01.655 This is the tuition grid. 00:24:02.435 --> 00:24:05.155 Our degree is, $8.41 a credit. 00:24:05.155 --> 00:24:07.015 It's a 66 credit degree. 00:24:07.235 --> 00:24:11.175 So eight forty one times 66 is fifty five five zero six. 00:24:11.780 --> 00:24:15.480 There's a $50 tech fee per class for a total of 1,100. 00:24:16.820 --> 00:24:21.000 There are a few lab fees as you study, and the total for those is $3.75. 00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:33.305 And then the residency fee we talked about when you come to campus for training that covers your hotel and meals while you're here, that is 1,500 per residency times three for a total of 4,500. 00:24:33.845 --> 00:24:41.945 So all that together gives you a total tuition value for the whole program, start to finish, of $61.04 81. 00:24:42.420 --> 00:24:43.940 I think that math might be up. 00:24:43.940 --> 00:24:46.360 I think it's $6.01 $5.03 6. 00:24:46.900 --> 00:24:48.340 I think I think it's a little higher. 00:24:48.340 --> 00:24:48.900 We'll do it. 00:24:48.900 --> 00:24:49.620 We'll check our math. 00:24:49.620 --> 00:24:53.720 But, anyways, you could add up those four numbers and get the exact total yourself. 00:24:54.355 --> 00:24:54.855 Alright. 00:24:56.275 --> 00:24:59.895 We do have a number of ideas for ways to make the degree affordable. 00:25:00.195 --> 00:25:01.815 I think that's our next slide. 00:25:02.675 --> 00:25:03.075 Yes. 00:25:03.075 --> 00:25:05.635 So we do participate fully with the federal loan program. 00:25:05.635 --> 00:25:11.630 So if you felt like you wanted or needed a student loan, we could certainly, help you with that. 00:25:12.330 --> 00:25:17.610 If you're working as you go to school, and many of our students do work, they have to support families or things like that. 00:25:17.610 --> 00:25:22.590 So, it's worth investigating to see if your employer might offer some sort of tuition reimbursement. 00:25:23.565 --> 00:25:25.325 Let's check and see if that's available to you. 00:25:25.565 --> 00:25:28.445 We also participate fully with the VA and the GI bill. 00:25:28.445 --> 00:25:33.345 So if you have those benefits or if they can be assigned to you, we work with all of those. 00:25:36.950 --> 00:25:40.410 We do have a very strong in house scholarship program available. 00:25:40.550 --> 00:25:43.190 You can find scholarships on our website and read through those. 00:25:43.190 --> 00:25:46.410 They're designed very well so that everybody qualifies for something. 00:25:46.870 --> 00:25:51.575 The way scholarships work at our school is you can apply for four and you can accept two. 00:25:51.655 --> 00:25:57.995 Right now they're giving away a bonus third scholarship, an extra $2,500 just for getting your paperwork started early. 00:25:59.495 --> 00:26:03.835 Some people, you know, use alternate means of funding such as, private funds. 00:26:05.800 --> 00:26:14.060 You know, you can approach any outside nonprofit agency or organization to see if, you can get some support there. 00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:21.245 If you have a church that you belong to, as the counselor trained in this method, you do become quite a valuable resource to a church community. 00:26:21.865 --> 00:26:28.745 They're always looking, for someone to refer their people to to make sure that, you know, they get good help without having their faith stripped from them. 00:26:28.745 --> 00:26:30.150 So that's a great way to go. 00:26:30.710 --> 00:26:32.230 We do have a matching scholarship. 00:26:32.230 --> 00:26:37.770 So any nonprofit support you can find, church related or not, we would match up to 2,000. 00:26:39.030 --> 00:26:42.150 We also have a cash plan we can set up internally that is interest free. 00:26:42.150 --> 00:26:47.355 So if you felt like you could chip away at it a little bit each month, we can set that up for you. 00:26:47.355 --> 00:26:51.675 And then there's one interesting federal program called National Health Service Corps. 00:26:51.675 --> 00:26:57.960 If you just, use a search engine to search NASHSC or National Service Corps, it'll come up first link. 00:26:58.440 --> 00:27:01.480 This is an excellent, federal program. 00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:12.700 And the way it works is if you're willing to work in an area that the government has designated either low income or underserved for a certain time after you graduate, they'll give you up to $50,000 towards your tuition cost. 00:27:12.825 --> 00:27:15.725 I believe if you're full time, they'll give it to you upfront as a scholarship. 00:27:15.945 --> 00:27:24.525 If you're less than full time, they'll give it to you a lump sum in a lump sum at the end after you've served, a couple months of your agreed upon time period. 00:27:25.430 --> 00:27:31.510 Since you have to work under supervision anyway as a mental health professional, this is an excellent way to go if you can work it out. 00:27:31.510 --> 00:27:33.770 So I encourage you to look into that. 00:27:34.070 --> 00:27:36.550 Again, it's, you know, it's it's a federal program. 00:27:36.550 --> 00:27:41.175 It's outside of our university, but, please do check it out and see if that might be an option for you. 00:27:45.735 --> 00:27:46.235 Okay. 00:27:46.295 --> 00:27:49.435 So we do have some special scholarships available. 00:27:49.495 --> 00:27:54.450 We have a Patriot scholarship from military and family, 10% off. 00:27:54.450 --> 00:28:01.490 We have partnerships with certain missions such as FOCUS, Regnum Christie, Mission Youth, and many others. 00:28:01.490 --> 00:28:03.990 So, that's worth investigating. 00:28:05.170 --> 00:28:10.175 We do have a public servant scholarship for teachers, first responders, medical workers. 00:28:10.795 --> 00:28:15.855 So, like I said, our scholarships are designed very well so everybody qualifies for something. 00:28:20.870 --> 00:28:21.370 Alright. 00:28:21.990 --> 00:28:24.650 So, I call this the discernment page. 00:28:25.830 --> 00:28:30.730 You know, really think and pray about whether or not this degree is the right path for you. 00:28:31.350 --> 00:28:36.955 I encourage people if they're kind of still think so, but not entirely a 100%, it's okay. 00:28:36.955 --> 00:28:38.655 Start the application process. 00:28:38.715 --> 00:28:45.135 We use that as a discernment tool just like, young men use the seminary to discern a vocation. 00:28:45.835 --> 00:28:51.020 It's amazing where God will, take you if you will just put a foot on the path. 00:28:51.020 --> 00:28:54.300 If you take a step, everything becomes clear. 00:28:54.300 --> 00:28:56.640 I've seen it happen dozens and dozens of times. 00:28:56.780 --> 00:28:57.520 No question. 00:28:58.140 --> 00:29:03.280 But consider as you pray through this, do you have the desire to help heal the whole person and help people flourish? 00:29:05.015 --> 00:29:08.955 Do you want a career that enables you to answer the question, how can I help people? 00:29:10.535 --> 00:29:14.635 What can you do to make a positive contribution in others' lives? 00:29:15.015 --> 00:29:16.875 Can you be an instrument of healing? 00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:24.120 And finally, if you were to apply and be admitted, is this something you would be committed to finishing? 00:29:24.260 --> 00:29:26.420 Are you somebody who finishes what they begin? 00:29:26.420 --> 00:29:28.120 I mean, ask yourself that honestly. 00:29:28.260 --> 00:29:29.720 That is a serious consideration. 00:29:31.655 --> 00:29:35.015 And, I, again, I encourage you to put a foot on the path. 00:29:35.015 --> 00:29:37.115 Take a step into the application process. 00:29:37.495 --> 00:29:39.675 You have nothing to lose and everything to gain. 00:29:44.710 --> 00:29:45.210 Alright. 00:29:45.830 --> 00:29:50.070 So our application process begins with our online application. 00:29:50.070 --> 00:29:51.670 The first step is a demographic form. 00:29:51.670 --> 00:29:52.950 It takes twenty or thirty minutes. 00:29:52.950 --> 00:29:54.730 You can do it tonight if you want to. 00:29:55.990 --> 00:30:07.825 Once we have that first demographic part in hand, our financial aid office will be in touch to start talking with you about scholarships, about your particular financial sit situation, and what you can reasonably expect from us. 00:30:09.405 --> 00:30:17.520 Once you have submitted your application documents, we will then set you up for, admit your interviews. 00:30:19.340 --> 00:30:30.665 Once you've, finished those and been admitted, we'll send you an admission letter, and then you jump in for orientation, and and then school begins. 00:30:31.525 --> 00:30:39.910 It's kind of becomes a whirlwind once you finish number four, but it is an exciting and excellent rewarding time. 00:30:41.250 --> 00:30:41.750 Alright. 00:30:43.330 --> 00:30:46.050 Ebony, did there have been some changes to the application. 00:30:46.050 --> 00:30:48.790 Did you want to mention something about that? 00:30:50.875 --> 00:30:51.115 No. 00:30:51.115 --> 00:30:58.575 The only thing I wanted to mention is that there is a option to actually save your progress of the application. 00:30:58.795 --> 00:31:04.740 So if you were to start it tonight, take about fifteen minutes filling out the first part. 00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:07.940 You can save it, and then you can go back tomorrow. 00:31:07.940 --> 00:31:18.595 Continue that if you have a Sunday deadline or if you wanna meet the application fee waiver, deadline, which is actually on the next slide, here. 00:31:19.295 --> 00:31:20.595 Did I skip anything? 00:31:21.215 --> 00:31:21.455 No. 00:31:21.455 --> 00:31:21.855 You didn't. 00:31:21.855 --> 00:31:25.775 But I just forget that for attending the webinar, they get a waiver of the application fee. 00:31:25.775 --> 00:31:27.855 So that's a nice, little perk. 00:31:27.855 --> 00:31:30.735 Every $50 here, $50 there, it adds up. 00:31:30.735 --> 00:31:31.110 Right? 00:31:31.270 --> 00:31:32.630 So, yes. 00:31:32.630 --> 00:31:34.570 And that deadline is Sunday, you said? 00:31:35.270 --> 00:31:40.350 So that is, I believe that's two Sundays from now or two or three Oh, October 11. 00:31:40.550 --> 00:31:41.050 Eleventh. 00:31:42.150 --> 00:31:47.265 So if you wanna apply for free, you should complete your application by then. 00:31:47.645 --> 00:31:59.025 And then on top of that, you'll qualify for the $2,500 early admission scholarship in addition to two other scholarships, that you can learn more about on our website. 00:32:00.180 --> 00:32:04.120 And I did wanna just offer everyone a chance to ask questions. 00:32:05.300 --> 00:32:06.100 We finished up. 00:32:06.100 --> 00:32:08.040 We wrapped up a little early today. 00:32:09.380 --> 00:32:12.660 Just getting more concise with these. 00:32:12.660 --> 00:32:25.455 But, if you have any questions, feel free to either put them in the chat box or jot down Julie's email address and phone number so that you can reach out to her, when it better suits you. 00:32:26.715 --> 00:32:27.115 Yep. 00:32:27.115 --> 00:32:29.535 I'm happy to you don't have to make an appointment. 00:32:29.595 --> 00:32:31.980 Just, give me a shout or shoot me an email. 00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:35.360 If I can't answer immediately, I'll get back to you as soon as I can. 00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:37.280 Usually, pretty quick turnaround. 00:32:51.165 --> 00:32:51.905 No questions? 00:32:52.285 --> 00:32:52.765 Alright. 00:32:52.765 --> 00:32:55.425 That is I guess we were very thorough. 00:32:58.840 --> 00:33:00.120 That's completely fine. 00:33:00.120 --> 00:33:04.060 Well, we'd like to thank you all again for attending today's webinar. 00:33:04.760 --> 00:33:19.945 You will receive the recording in case you missed anything with multitasking, and we will also provide you with the link to the application in addition to that, story, about the student who's specializing in trauma right now. 00:33:20.805 --> 00:33:28.560 And if you ever have any any questions, just feel free to reach out to us, and you all have a blessed day. 00:33:28.560 --> 00:33:29.280 Thanks, Ebony. 00:33:29.280 --> 00:33:30.340 Appreciate your help. 00:33:30.640 --> 00:33:31.120 Alright. 00:33:31.120 --> 00:33:32.180 Take care, everyone. 00:33:33.120 --> 00:33:33.860 Bye bye.