WEBVTT 00:00:01.440 --> 00:00:03.040 Welcome to the PsyD webinar. 00:00:03.040 --> 00:00:08.420 I'm Bradley Seifer, and I'm the admissions adviser for the doctoral program here at Divine Mercy University. 00:00:08.880 --> 00:00:11.140 The format of today's webinar is straightforward. 00:00:11.440 --> 00:00:21.515 I'm going to first move through a PowerPoint presentation, where I'm going to highlight some of the most salient aspects of the doctoral program, and then we'll finish with some q and a. 00:00:21.515 --> 00:00:29.695 So if you have any questions at any time during the interview or the presentation, please place it in the chat box, and I'll field your questions at the end of the presentation. 00:00:30.450 --> 00:00:36.450 Also note that I have listed, my email and my Calendly as well as other resources in the chat box. 00:00:36.450 --> 00:00:45.510 So please send me an email, get a, time in my Calendly, and I will happily look forward to meeting with you and speaking with you about the program. 00:00:46.125 --> 00:00:46.365 Okay. 00:00:46.365 --> 00:00:49.245 So without any further ado, a little bit about me. 00:00:49.245 --> 00:00:56.065 I actually, not too long ago, completed my, doctorate PhD in theology at Albury University. 00:00:56.125 --> 00:00:58.305 So I wrote my doctoral dissertation on addiction. 00:00:58.770 --> 00:01:09.350 I'm very interested in the intersection between philosophy theology on the one hand and, psychology on the other, which is, of course, the the very raison d'etre of Divine Mercy University. 00:01:10.530 --> 00:01:16.495 And my so my mission right now is getting people like you into the the career of your dreams, as clinical psychologists. 00:01:18.875 --> 00:01:25.535 So if you look at our school's history, where we are right now, we are have we're one university overall, Divine Mercy University. 00:01:26.075 --> 00:01:31.030 We have two distinct schools, the school of counseling and the institute for the psychological sciences. 00:01:31.330 --> 00:01:43.510 The counseling school has a master's program that's chiefly online, and then the IPS center houses both the residential doctoral program and the master's in psychology, and that's a totally, online program. 00:01:45.705 --> 00:02:00.765 So our mission is to heal and honor the totality of what means to be human, by integrating psychological science with a robust, thoroughgoing Catholic anthropology and in so doing for mental health professionals with the highest caliber through rigorous academic and clinical training. 00:02:02.520 --> 00:02:06.860 We are located just out of Wash outside of Washington DC in the Sterling area. 00:02:07.800 --> 00:02:14.120 So if you enjoy city life, especially in a place like our nation's capital, easy access to that. 00:02:14.120 --> 00:02:25.185 By contrast, if you enjoy nature, things like that, we also have wonderful, sort of natural beauty to the west, especially, you know, Western Part of Northern Virginia, etcetera. 00:02:25.245 --> 00:02:29.125 So it's just a really great place to be and to live and work and study Yeah. 00:02:29.325 --> 00:02:34.490 To be a doctoral student in the Washington DC area. 00:02:36.070 --> 00:03:00.420 Now our school, has a number of accreditation agencies that have spoken to our commitment to high academic and clinical standards, as follows the State Council of Higher Education in Virginia, the Association of State and Provisional Psychology Boards, the APA, probably the most significant accreditation as the APA, grants, licenses to clinical psychologists as well as accrediting, schools of psychology. 00:03:01.120 --> 00:03:06.560 The, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and National Council for state authorization of Suprocy agreement. 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:15.205 So all that said, all this is really just speaking to our, again, our commitments to high academic standards that will benefit you in the long run. 00:03:17.185 --> 00:03:24.805 Sometimes people ask me, what's the difference between getting a master's degree and getting a doctorate, say, like, a master's in counseling versus society in psychology? 00:03:26.240 --> 00:03:28.660 Well, there are a number of differences and similarities. 00:03:28.720 --> 00:03:31.620 There are three main differences as far as I can tell. 00:03:32.000 --> 00:03:50.475 The first is the much more extensive, overview that you get in psychological evaluation testing, things like, conducting cognitive tests and IQ tests or personality tests, things like, you know, the Rorschach test or or, the big five personality tests, things like that. 00:03:51.495 --> 00:03:56.730 Though those are things that you might say are often the bread and butter of the clinical psychologist. 00:03:56.950 --> 00:04:10.595 Very often, this is not something that master's level clinicians do unless they get specialized training to do so, because testing is really, yeah, that I guess that's like bread and butter, the wheelhouse of the clinical psychologist. 00:04:11.295 --> 00:04:20.355 The second major difference is the raw volume, the time that you will, get training at the doctoral level versus the master's level. 00:04:21.200 --> 00:04:26.900 Thirty five hundred clinical hours are required for our own side versus seven hundred at the master's level. 00:04:26.960 --> 00:04:30.320 That's five times as much, and that's that's that's a huge difference. 00:04:30.320 --> 00:04:40.385 And, of course, you know, your your patients will benefit from from your added training, because, you know, you're just really going to be that much more prepared to to help those in need. 00:04:41.005 --> 00:04:43.165 The last, difference is, of course, the dissertation. 00:04:43.165 --> 00:04:49.665 The dissertation, we would distinguish broadly between two types of dissertation, the empirical and theoretical. 00:04:50.360 --> 00:04:52.520 The theoreticals tend to be much more idea driven. 00:04:52.520 --> 00:05:00.280 So if you are interested in how ideas are impacting clinical practice, that can be a great sort of option for you. 00:05:00.280 --> 00:05:13.745 By contrast, if you are more interested in data and gathering data and analyzing data, For example, maybe collecting data by disseminating a survey and then running a statistical analysis on the results of that survey and then drawing conclusions. 00:05:13.885 --> 00:05:18.225 That's a classic kind of, empirical, style dissertation. 00:05:19.440 --> 00:05:24.260 Historically, we've had about probably a lot more students doing, theoretical dissertations. 00:05:24.320 --> 00:05:37.455 But in recent years, given more faculty hires in this area and a greater diversity of students, we've have around the balance between people that do theoretical and people that do, the empirical dissertation. 00:05:39.275 --> 00:05:41.195 It is a five year program all told. 00:05:41.515 --> 00:05:47.900 You will receive both a, master's of psych of psychology and and and SID. 00:05:48.280 --> 00:05:55.100 So the master's of psych is given after the successful completion of year two, and then the doctorates at the end of year five. 00:05:56.600 --> 00:06:00.075 This is a good overall look at our curriculum. 00:06:00.935 --> 00:06:05.415 The first two years, as you can see, are rather, dense with courses. 00:06:05.415 --> 00:06:09.575 In some sense, you might liken this or to something like medical school. 00:06:09.575 --> 00:06:09.975 Right? 00:06:10.935 --> 00:06:12.615 It's why do I say that? 00:06:12.615 --> 00:06:19.250 Well, there's much more focus on the science and and the and the sort of, like, the head knowledge in the first couple of years. 00:06:19.310 --> 00:06:22.770 Then as soon as through the program, it becomes much more clinically focused. 00:06:23.230 --> 00:06:23.730 Right? 00:06:24.750 --> 00:06:36.225 The focus becomes on seeing your patients and conducting a plan making sure that your clinical hours are are being taken care of so that by the time you get to the fifth year, there's really no course requirement whatsoever. 00:06:36.285 --> 00:06:39.165 In fact, the fifth year is the internship year. 00:06:39.165 --> 00:06:39.665 Okay? 00:06:39.940 --> 00:06:52.760 So much as a medical student would go to a residency, whether it's whatever dermatology, pediatrics, radiology, whatever it might be, the psychology student goes to an internship, and this depends on their specialty. 00:06:53.265 --> 00:06:56.085 Whether it's, say, you're interested in a certain demographic. 00:06:56.305 --> 00:07:05.525 So you're interested in, geriatric populations or adolescents or or or children or young adults, whatever that might be, or you're interested in a certain pathology. 00:07:05.585 --> 00:07:22.460 Like, you really wanna work with, the psychotics psychotic groups of people or, maybe you want to do addiction or maybe you wanna do bipolar or schizophrenia, whatever it might be, chances are there's probably a, internship out there for you. 00:07:24.825 --> 00:07:28.205 Now, these are some overall kind of broad discernment questions. 00:07:28.505 --> 00:07:30.205 You know, do you wanna help people flourish? 00:07:30.345 --> 00:07:33.085 Are you interested in the science behind human behavior? 00:07:33.305 --> 00:07:36.365 Do you want to become an instrument of healing through the psychological sciences? 00:07:36.900 --> 00:07:41.880 Are you interested in performing psychological tests and assessments to diagnose your clients and create treatment plan? 00:07:42.180 --> 00:07:46.600 Are you looking to start a career as a licensed mental health professional, but specifically as a clinical psychologist? 00:07:47.220 --> 00:07:53.875 And do you have the ability desire to work with all types of clients from more acute care to more challenging kind of long term client cases? 00:07:54.335 --> 00:07:59.395 So if you're hearing this, this may very well be, a good fit for you. 00:08:02.255 --> 00:08:09.440 Sometimes, another question I'll get is, how does Divine Mercy compare to other APA accredited programs? 00:08:09.820 --> 00:08:13.900 Well, there are, a number of ways in which we're quite similar. 00:08:13.900 --> 00:08:20.595 In fact, that we are APA accredited means that we have to abide by a number of standards regulated by the APA. 00:08:20.595 --> 00:08:29.175 So things like foundations in psychological science and research, integrity and practice, assessments, therapeutic intervention, and professional roles. 00:08:30.520 --> 00:08:36.840 And despite that similarity, we also are distinct in this one particular way that is our Catholic faith. 00:08:36.840 --> 00:08:37.240 You know? 00:08:37.240 --> 00:08:50.095 The way that we understand the human person is decidedly, informed by a thoroughgoing Catholic understanding of the person, informed by revelation and tradition. 00:08:52.715 --> 00:08:55.675 So with this ID, where might you find yourself? 00:08:55.675 --> 00:08:57.595 Well, there's so many places. 00:08:57.595 --> 00:09:04.050 The wonderful thing about psychology is there's so many different very settings in which you might be able to work. 00:09:04.370 --> 00:09:05.970 So these are just a few of them. 00:09:05.970 --> 00:09:11.410 It's like being in a psychiatric hospital, a military establishment, working in private practice. 00:09:11.410 --> 00:09:14.610 Private practice is probably the most common one, I would say. 00:09:14.610 --> 00:09:20.825 I think that it tends to attract people that, are they want more freedom in their schedule. 00:09:20.825 --> 00:09:22.745 They want to be able to have maybe their own business. 00:09:22.745 --> 00:09:28.445 They're okay and might even enjoy, you know, marketing themselves, selling themselves, things like that. 00:09:29.720 --> 00:09:35.420 Whereas if that's not your thing, if the whole business side of it is not appealing to you, you could certainly work in any number of other settings. 00:09:35.880 --> 00:09:42.700 Like I was saying, military, psychiatric hospitals, and then, like, an institutional kind of thing would be maybe a better fit, that type of person. 00:09:43.655 --> 00:09:57.595 Diocesan consultation is also very popular because, given our the religious nature of our institution, we've cultivated a very good reputation among, Catholic diocese across the country, really. 00:09:58.350 --> 00:10:09.090 And so many of our doctoral alumni will be hired by a diocese to, say, conduct psychological evaluations for a young man applying to the seminary, for example, Catholic seminary. 00:10:11.195 --> 00:10:21.055 And that, of course, can really only be done by a a clinical psychologist because there's there there are a bunch of tests to, evaluate one's emotional fittingness for ministry. 00:10:23.450 --> 00:10:23.690 Okay. 00:10:23.690 --> 00:10:28.010 These are a few of our doctoral alumni, and they are speaking here to their experience with us. 00:10:28.010 --> 00:10:29.130 This is James Paulovich. 00:10:29.130 --> 00:10:33.870 She says, in our clinical psychology program, the training is focused on healing the whole person. 00:10:34.810 --> 00:10:40.605 Kristen Long, I was drawn to this ID program in order to serve others in a more profound way than my previous positions offered. 00:10:40.905 --> 00:10:48.285 Timothy well, Timothy White says, the school is not afraid, to teach what it means to be human at every level philosophically, psychologically, and theologically. 00:10:48.825 --> 00:10:49.800 That's why I like it. 00:10:50.280 --> 00:10:52.120 Kirsten Curtis, I'm so thankful for DMU. 00:10:52.120 --> 00:10:57.180 The faculty members are very supportive, and I've received a lot of hands on clinical experience. 00:10:57.880 --> 00:10:58.380 Okay. 00:10:59.080 --> 00:11:04.815 This is the story of William Johnson, who is a current doctoral student with us now. 00:11:04.815 --> 00:11:06.175 He's almost done with the program. 00:11:06.175 --> 00:11:07.875 He's in this, I think, his very last year. 00:11:08.415 --> 00:11:12.995 And he's done a lot of work with combat and, veterans and peace people who suffer from PTSD. 00:11:13.615 --> 00:11:16.515 He came from a military family, so let's hear his story. 00:11:25.320 --> 00:11:30.460 My name is William Johnston, and I'm a PsyD student at Divine Mercy University. 00:11:31.145 --> 00:11:33.965 Currently approaching the end of my third year in the program. 00:11:34.585 --> 00:11:59.450 Filters those folks in my family, and, and so both my grandparents served my parents both served This door, the study program at Divine Mercy University are both the the opportunity for me to continue to get back enough research and hopefully implement a more robust program to see PTSD as it relates to combat veterans. 00:12:00.265 --> 00:12:22.060 CMU has certainly provided the integration that I saw in terms of my formation, both the philosophy and theology for in addition to the psychology curriculum, has provided me growth in terms of my faith, and my role as a husband and father, and, of course, the psychological condition. 00:12:23.320 --> 00:12:33.445 So in essence, the Catholic's mission of meta model to give a person is why I'm here, both from my own state as well as the simplified future clients. 00:12:38.225 --> 00:12:38.625 Okay. 00:12:38.865 --> 00:12:40.145 This is another testimonial. 00:12:40.145 --> 00:12:42.565 This is from a recently graduated alumna. 00:12:48.920 --> 00:12:56.700 I would say that being a student at university or tenth is one of the best thing that happens to me. 00:12:57.135 --> 00:13:02.275 I really appreciate a great support from faculty members and also classmates. 00:13:02.895 --> 00:13:10.675 I have gained a great deal of knowledge in all aspect of clinical practice, research, and also professional development. 00:13:11.730 --> 00:13:19.270 DMU not only provides student with strong academic skills, but also prepares them for a career in psychology. 00:13:20.130 --> 00:13:26.475 I personally benefit from mentorship with academic adviser and clinical supervisors. 00:13:26.935 --> 00:13:38.715 As a person, what I most appreciate from TMU is that its mission help broaden my perspectives in understanding a human person through the lens of Calvinism. 00:13:39.750 --> 00:13:49.210 Catholic principle, especially in hope, love, and faith are very valuable and certainly helped me become a better clinician. 00:13:53.065 --> 00:13:53.565 Alright. 00:13:53.625 --> 00:13:54.585 I have one more of these. 00:13:54.585 --> 00:13:57.085 This is the story of Isaiah Lamb. 00:13:57.305 --> 00:14:04.365 Isaiah was a Catholic seminarian, prior to joining us at Divine Mercy University, and now he's almost finished. 00:14:04.585 --> 00:14:05.785 He's in his last year. 00:14:05.785 --> 00:14:14.430 He is a, intern at, I think, University of Saint Thomas in, I wanna say Minnesota, and he's doing college counseling. 00:14:14.430 --> 00:14:15.310 So he's almost done. 00:14:15.310 --> 00:14:17.010 He's almost doctor Isaiah Lamb. 00:14:25.035 --> 00:14:27.215 I'm originally from the state of South Dakota. 00:14:29.195 --> 00:14:31.195 And so I lived there most of my wife's. 00:14:31.195 --> 00:14:32.155 Went to school. 00:14:32.155 --> 00:14:33.915 I'm going to Nebraska Lincoln. 00:14:35.460 --> 00:14:40.200 Was I studied psychology there, but I kind of attended to go into the medical field. 00:14:40.420 --> 00:14:47.000 And then after kind of in the midst of my undergraduate, I, just and I wanted to go to the seminary. 00:14:47.140 --> 00:14:49.000 I was seminary to study for the priest. 00:14:49.625 --> 00:14:52.825 So I had this love for psychology that was kind of there. 00:14:52.825 --> 00:14:59.325 I think from an early age, just wanting to know how people function, why they to go do it. 00:15:00.105 --> 00:15:05.990 And then I found myself at seminary, learning all these philosophical truths about humans. 00:15:05.990 --> 00:15:16.785 One of the first course things that was, philosophy of the person's body and soul, and that there's this profound to be in living. 00:15:16.785 --> 00:15:19.525 Later, just turned out to seminary, returning to Nebraska. 00:15:21.065 --> 00:15:29.445 And, deciding at this point, well, I don't really wanna go into, medicine, but I do like have this. 00:15:31.120 --> 00:15:35.860 And I also have learned, again, like, a spouse without students. 00:15:36.400 --> 00:15:39.440 So I took a year off. 00:15:39.440 --> 00:15:41.360 I built pipe organs for a year. 00:15:41.680 --> 00:15:43.380 But I always went to that. 00:15:43.760 --> 00:15:46.020 I mean, job is fun. 00:15:46.305 --> 00:15:54.325 But, ultimately, that led me, I decided to then do your service with the homeless and deaf birthing for an organization called. 00:15:55.745 --> 00:16:03.740 And there, I like to say that all the things I've been learning about and about psychology is the loss. 00:16:03.800 --> 00:16:09.660 It was this incarnation experience of of encountering people on the street in this profound suffering. 00:16:10.920 --> 00:16:14.455 Mental anguish and substance abuse, what have you. 00:16:14.455 --> 00:16:19.135 And just actually experiencing that firsthand made everything kinda quick for me. 00:16:19.135 --> 00:16:26.235 I know that I have the ability to, affect change and bring hope to people in the worst moments of their lives. 00:16:26.610 --> 00:16:34.550 And so for me at that point, it was just very clear everything was still merged, and I felt more so that I wanted to pursue psychology. 00:16:35.170 --> 00:16:41.085 Cynthia knew it was kinda my first choice because everything that I learned about kinda just, again, converge to it. 00:16:41.085 --> 00:16:41.325 Right? 00:16:41.325 --> 00:16:43.905 The psychology, the philosophy, the knowledge. 00:16:44.525 --> 00:16:46.205 And it's just in all the perfect fit. 00:16:46.205 --> 00:16:47.825 So I applied. 00:16:48.845 --> 00:16:50.065 I'm sorry for that. 00:16:50.445 --> 00:16:55.570 And then my second now, And it's been absolutely more than I would've hoped for. 00:16:55.570 --> 00:16:58.770 I've had so much knowledge stuck in my head in the last year. 00:16:58.770 --> 00:17:03.190 I, like, don't even know how it's possible, but it's just gonna be a full and awesome journey. 00:17:08.595 --> 00:17:09.095 Right. 00:17:09.635 --> 00:17:11.495 This is a word about our faculty. 00:17:11.875 --> 00:17:14.055 To the left here is doctor Lisa Kloecky. 00:17:14.275 --> 00:17:15.315 She's our dean. 00:17:15.315 --> 00:17:17.815 She's a specialist in assessment and therapy. 00:17:18.115 --> 00:17:20.135 In the middle is doctor Diane Graves. 00:17:20.190 --> 00:17:24.610 She is our assistant program director specializing in child and developmental psychology. 00:17:24.830 --> 00:17:26.850 This is, doctor Helena Ariana. 00:17:26.910 --> 00:17:28.930 She's our, director of the clinic. 00:17:29.070 --> 00:17:36.050 And these guys were actually among the founding, members of our school dating back to the late nineties, early two thousands era. 00:17:36.615 --> 00:17:41.995 This is doctor Stefani specializing in CBT and group therapy, doctor Nordling in child marriage and family. 00:17:42.375 --> 00:17:51.140 And then doctor Vitz, doctor Vitz was his his whole life in conversion is kind of at the center, of our school. 00:17:51.840 --> 00:17:53.360 He actually used to be an atheist. 00:17:53.360 --> 00:18:02.660 He converted to Catholicism, and his early writing and and Catholic conversion really kind of was what got this whole school started. 00:18:04.335 --> 00:18:13.155 Anyway, he recently retired, and he really kind of was the expert at integrating, you know, philosophy and theology with psychology. 00:18:15.615 --> 00:18:16.015 Alright. 00:18:16.015 --> 00:18:20.930 Now to get licensed as a psychologist in The United States, of course, requires a doctoral degree. 00:18:21.470 --> 00:18:27.230 After you finish it, there's about a nine to twelve month period of supervision thereafter, and then you finally take your license exams. 00:18:27.230 --> 00:18:35.015 And then we have an imperfect but very strong, overwhelmingly strong license rate of ninety five percent from the past decade of data. 00:18:35.475 --> 00:18:40.775 So if you have a PsyD for this, there's very, very likely that you'll get a license. 00:18:42.035 --> 00:18:44.535 The other thing is that psychology is in demand. 00:18:45.635 --> 00:18:50.830 The the modern world is is is sort of completely beset by any number of mental illnesses. 00:18:51.050 --> 00:18:58.970 And, you know, the here it says, like, you know, this is this is indicate the average profession, projected the next ten years is growing at 3%, but psychology is growing at 6%. 00:18:58.970 --> 00:19:00.265 I mean, that's that's double. 00:19:01.145 --> 00:19:04.345 The other thing, of course, is you look at it from a supplies perspective. 00:19:04.345 --> 00:19:15.165 Like, again, like, from a purely economic perspective, there are very few people with doctoral degrees that are that are practicing psychologists compared to the master's level holders, in counseling. 00:19:15.940 --> 00:19:27.400 So when you couple a lot of demand for something with limited supply, especially with services, or we talked about testing before, this is a formula for for making a great income, as a psychologist. 00:19:29.495 --> 00:19:34.615 Now in terms of funding this education, it's $1,001.70 per credit for a 122 credits. 00:19:34.615 --> 00:19:37.175 It's a $142.07 40 over five years. 00:19:37.495 --> 00:19:42.715 That does not include, you know, indirect expenses like housing, gas, food, that kind of thing. 00:19:44.100 --> 00:19:53.800 American applicants are, of course, able to get federal aid, through the FAFSA form, and then we also offer on campus work study for for students. 00:19:54.420 --> 00:20:00.155 That's basically part time work that accommodates your your otherwise very busy doctoral study schedule. 00:20:00.615 --> 00:20:05.195 And we also have a whole slew of scholarships that that certainly you could take advantage of. 00:20:05.255 --> 00:20:12.440 I think the most, you know, important of them would be this one, the merit scholarship, which ranges between 50 to 25% off of tuition. 00:20:13.060 --> 00:20:26.945 These scholarships are given out to a few, of the most promising applicants, and this is done by the evaluation of the faculty, on the basis of your sort of academic record and also how well you do on the interview itself. 00:20:27.005 --> 00:20:27.505 Okay? 00:20:28.445 --> 00:20:32.625 The other scholarships are those to which you would apply on the individual basis. 00:20:32.925 --> 00:20:34.785 Usually, a little essay is required. 00:20:35.510 --> 00:20:47.130 But I would not recommend working on that until after you are notified of admission, because I wouldn't want you to, you know, spend time on on something that, you know, you couldn't you couldn't get. 00:20:48.125 --> 00:20:48.625 Okay. 00:20:49.485 --> 00:20:53.325 There are a couple, major requirements to apply. 00:20:53.325 --> 00:20:57.905 First is a a baccalaureate degree that's, like, from a regionally accredited school. 00:20:58.205 --> 00:21:02.760 We do prefer that you have studied psychology, but in no way is that necessary. 00:21:02.760 --> 00:21:17.660 We've had successful applicants apply to our school from across the academic, curriculum, everything from, you know, math and hard science and engineering to arts and humanities, and everything in between, the social sciences for for instance. 00:21:18.225 --> 00:21:21.765 We also require at least a three o GPA on a four o scale. 00:21:21.905 --> 00:21:27.605 If yours is a little bit shy of that, let's say you have an, you know, a two seven eight nine, something like that. 00:21:28.385 --> 00:21:36.190 In some cases, we do allow exceptions provided that you offer a letter of explanation, you know, just describing, you know, what went wrong. 00:21:36.890 --> 00:21:39.390 And then we can hopefully get you into an interview. 00:21:41.290 --> 00:21:41.610 Good. 00:21:41.610 --> 00:21:41.850 Okay. 00:21:41.850 --> 00:21:48.845 So if this is all making sense to you, the first step, the first next step that is was to be able to apply online. 00:21:49.625 --> 00:21:52.665 We the online application is on our website. 00:21:52.665 --> 00:21:57.225 So if you just go to divinemarsh.edu, there's a big red button at the top that says apply. 00:21:57.225 --> 00:22:03.650 If you click that, then it will unveil the different applicants excuse me, the different applications for the different programs. 00:22:03.790 --> 00:22:08.370 And you wanna hit the one that says PsyD, and then it will unveil the doctoral application. 00:22:09.550 --> 00:22:11.950 So, that's a pretty easy thing to do. 00:22:11.950 --> 00:22:23.625 It's mostly done well, it's entirely done online, and it's a lot of data entry about, where you live, where you went to school, couple basic financial questions. 00:22:23.845 --> 00:22:27.785 At the end, it will ask you about people who might potentially recommend you. 00:22:28.400 --> 00:22:36.020 There, you want to put names of either professors that you've had or work supervisors, or some combination of the two. 00:22:36.080 --> 00:22:37.440 Either is is totally fine. 00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:44.155 But what we don't want, however, are anything personal, like, no friends, family, significant others, like, none of that. 00:22:44.155 --> 00:22:46.335 Just keep it, you know, academic and professional. 00:22:48.075 --> 00:22:54.255 Another common question that people ask about this is, you know, whether or not I need to get permission from these people. 00:22:54.670 --> 00:22:59.550 Strictly speaking, you you don't because they're not going to get notified when you submit the application. 00:22:59.550 --> 00:23:01.010 It remains between us. 00:23:01.870 --> 00:23:07.250 The thing to do is after you submit the online application, you would reach out to your recommenders and ask them for permission. 00:23:07.390 --> 00:23:07.790 Say, hey. 00:23:07.790 --> 00:23:08.290 Listen. 00:23:08.350 --> 00:23:11.745 I'm applying to, the doctoral program at Divine Mercy. 00:23:11.745 --> 00:23:13.025 Would you mind recommending me? 00:23:13.025 --> 00:23:15.045 And then they can say yes or no at that point. 00:23:15.745 --> 00:23:25.410 So if you have any questions about that, the, you know, the the how to proceed with recommenders and such, let me know, and I'd be happy to discuss that with you. 00:23:27.090 --> 00:23:27.410 Okay. 00:23:27.410 --> 00:23:35.510 So once the online app is in, then you wanna turn your attention to the other elements of the application, which will, eventually need to be received. 00:23:35.890 --> 00:23:38.130 So things like the, admissions essays. 00:23:38.130 --> 00:23:49.765 There are a couple of essays we do have you write about why you want to be a psychologist, why you wanna study a divine mercy, and, what area of research would you pursue as a doctoral student. 00:23:49.825 --> 00:23:54.810 And there, we're not looking for bibliographies or or, anything like that. 00:23:54.810 --> 00:23:59.850 We just want a paragraph, describing what, you know, your research might look like. 00:23:59.850 --> 00:24:00.170 You know? 00:24:00.170 --> 00:24:01.150 Just an idea. 00:24:01.530 --> 00:24:03.770 Because not at this point, nothing is set in stone. 00:24:03.770 --> 00:24:05.370 It's way too early in the game for that. 00:24:05.370 --> 00:24:12.805 But we do want evidence that you are thinking about, you know, your academic future here with us and what that might potentially look like. 00:24:13.505 --> 00:24:17.845 Do send your resume that's updated, and then I I just mentioned the procedure with the recommendations. 00:24:19.610 --> 00:24:27.690 The official transcripts, of course, will need to be sent to us, and that can be that has to be everything as post secondary. 00:24:27.690 --> 00:24:32.350 So whether you went to college or graduate school or both, all that needs to be sent in. 00:24:32.795 --> 00:24:34.315 We do require the GRE. 00:24:34.315 --> 00:24:34.715 Okay? 00:24:34.715 --> 00:24:43.775 So, the GRE, however, is is in no way, you know, the most important elements of the of the admissions process. 00:24:45.320 --> 00:24:51.580 You know, obviously, for some schools, many elite schools, you know, the the the testing, the scores need to be very high. 00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:59.415 For our school, it's it's we're because we're a school of psychology, we're much more interested in you as a person. 00:24:59.975 --> 00:25:18.780 And that might sound sort of, you know, hacking it and cheesy, but it's just true that, when faculty evaluate people, they're much more interested in whether or not the overall person is capable of becoming or has a promise to become a excellent clinician, an excellent psychologist. 00:25:20.120 --> 00:25:23.240 So if you do well in GRE, more power to you. 00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:26.060 That can help you sort of separate you from the crowd in a way. 00:25:26.120 --> 00:25:38.585 But, to get in, you really have to have that kind of interpersonal, abilities, at least in and it's it's sort of like an even in an in coed and kind of, beginning stages. 00:25:39.205 --> 00:25:45.830 So if you have questions about the GRE and the role plays, again, get in contact with me, and I can help you with that. 00:25:47.090 --> 00:25:47.570 Okay. 00:25:47.890 --> 00:25:50.150 Let's talk about international students. 00:25:50.610 --> 00:26:05.355 So if you are applying, and you have done your degrees from outside of America, and especially if they don't have a GPA, like an American style, GPA, those transcripts will have to be evaluated. 00:26:06.375 --> 00:26:10.315 So I highly recommend them be evaluated by educationalperspectives.org. 00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:12.680 It's a great service. 00:26:12.680 --> 00:26:19.580 You just, you know, you send them their your transcript, and then they will distill your foreign transcript into an American style GPA. 00:26:22.120 --> 00:26:29.925 If English is not your primary language, okay, you would need also need to take the TOEFL test. 00:26:30.065 --> 00:26:30.565 Alright? 00:26:31.745 --> 00:26:37.105 So if you have questions about, well, what do you mean by primary language, get in touch with me, and we can talk about it. 00:26:37.105 --> 00:26:49.210 But in short, yeah, if you don't converse in English in your professional life for the most part or personal life or both on a day to day basis, then you're gonna have to take the TOEFL. 00:26:49.510 --> 00:26:49.990 Okay? 00:26:49.990 --> 00:26:54.905 So, but if that's still unclear, let me know, and we can we can chat. 00:26:56.405 --> 00:26:56.905 Okay. 00:26:57.045 --> 00:26:59.465 The last thing to discuss is the interview itself. 00:26:59.685 --> 00:27:08.790 So once the entire application is finished, you know, we have all of your materials, the online app, and everything else, then you can be invited to an interview. 00:27:08.790 --> 00:27:13.590 Now we only have two interviews left this year, and this one is coming up the January 24. 00:27:13.590 --> 00:27:16.010 I mean, this is a little over a month away. 00:27:16.550 --> 00:27:19.210 This is a very popular interview. 00:27:20.535 --> 00:27:31.035 It's also the last chance to take advantage of the I just mentioned earlier here these, yeah, the merit scholarship, this 15% to 25 off. 00:27:31.175 --> 00:27:35.710 The January interview is the last chance to be considered for that. 00:27:35.930 --> 00:27:49.895 So if you want to be considered for that, then I highly recommend you start, you know, moving forward on your application because if you wait and you don't get in till March, then it's too late to be considered for the merit scholarship. 00:27:50.035 --> 00:27:55.895 I mean, you can still get into the school, of course, at that point, but not you you know, you wouldn't be eligible for the top scholarships. 00:27:56.355 --> 00:27:58.535 So give yourself an opportunity. 00:27:59.795 --> 00:28:01.655 Again, it's a popular interview. 00:28:01.795 --> 00:28:02.915 The seats are filling up. 00:28:02.915 --> 00:28:09.920 There's a limited you know, I we just don't have, you know, endless seating available for everybody, unfortunately. 00:28:10.060 --> 00:28:19.120 So, yeah, do if you're serious, I would definitely take those steps to, you know, move forward, to get into that, January 24 interview. 00:28:20.085 --> 00:28:20.585 Okay. 00:28:21.125 --> 00:28:23.205 That's basically all I have for you guys. 00:28:23.365 --> 00:28:23.845 Let's see. 00:28:23.845 --> 00:28:26.085 I think there is at least a couple questions here. 00:28:26.085 --> 00:28:27.305 Let's see what we got. 00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:40.180 Okay. 00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:41.140 One question. 00:28:41.140 --> 00:28:45.400 How are we supposed to send the transcript if we are from a country another country? 00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:50.175 Is there any specific way to do that? 00:28:50.175 --> 00:28:50.495 Yeah. 00:28:50.495 --> 00:28:52.995 So that's a great question. 00:28:55.295 --> 00:29:02.035 This would be the kind of thing that we should probably talk about, you know, individually because it just depends on the on the country and it depends on their procedures. 00:29:03.455 --> 00:29:11.090 So email me, get into my Calendly, and we'll talk about the specific procedure for getting transferred from from other countries. 00:29:13.390 --> 00:29:15.470 Robert, what can we expect in the interview day? 00:29:15.470 --> 00:29:16.110 Ah, okay. 00:29:16.110 --> 00:29:22.545 So in short, the interview is an entire day long affair. 00:29:23.485 --> 00:29:30.225 It is you're going to start at, I think, it's 08:45 in the morning, and you'll be here until 6PM. 00:29:30.285 --> 00:29:30.785 Okay? 00:29:30.925 --> 00:29:36.540 So the morning hours are spent, talking about the, you know, the nature of the program. 00:29:36.540 --> 00:29:41.360 So it's sort of like what we talked about today, but the faculty will expand and and a little bit more detail. 00:29:42.540 --> 00:29:54.945 There's a little bit there's also a, a q and a for parents and significant others like so so when you come, you're, more than welcome to bring, loved ones, friends, family members, things like this. 00:29:55.405 --> 00:29:59.345 And the faculty will have a different kinda like q and a for them. 00:30:00.570 --> 00:30:03.850 In the late in the early afternoon and the late afternoon is that sort of excuse me. 00:30:03.850 --> 00:30:07.230 The late morning, early afternoon, that's the kind of, like, the heart of the interview. 00:30:07.610 --> 00:30:12.170 And there are two different interviews by two different sets of faculty members. 00:30:12.170 --> 00:30:12.670 Right? 00:30:14.815 --> 00:30:18.335 So that's kind of, like, where you wanna show your stuff. 00:30:18.655 --> 00:30:24.335 And then at the end, there's an on campus, interview, and that excuse me. 00:30:24.335 --> 00:30:31.740 An on campus sort of tour of the program tour of the program and the cam the campus, and then that's kinda ends the day. 00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:38.000 So it's sort of like meetings in the morning, interview in the middle, and then a campus tour, and that basically is the entire day. 00:30:40.785 --> 00:30:41.285 Alright. 00:30:42.145 --> 00:30:45.765 Another word, super person asking, do we have to choose a faculty member before applying? 00:30:46.945 --> 00:30:47.265 No. 00:30:47.265 --> 00:30:48.325 That's a great question. 00:30:50.865 --> 00:31:04.530 What you can do, though, is when you write your admissions essays, you can say, I, you know, I can see myself, working with, you know, doctor Graves or doctor Ariana or doctor Chloe or or whomever. 00:31:06.315 --> 00:31:09.835 And that but they understand when you do that, it's a totally tentative thing. 00:31:09.835 --> 00:31:18.495 Like, you can say, well, I'm interested in, a child in developmental psychology, so I can see myself working with doctor Graves on this particular topic, for my research. 00:31:20.060 --> 00:31:31.660 However, it is, at this point, premature to, you know, send them emails and ask them about collaboration just because it's not it's just not how it's just not done. 00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:34.140 It's just not how it works at in this kind of a program. 00:31:34.140 --> 00:31:41.315 You know, obviously, if you were working out trying to get into a PhD at Oxford, that's a different different can of worms. 00:31:41.315 --> 00:31:41.555 Right? 00:31:41.555 --> 00:31:43.475 But this is it just doesn't work that way. 00:31:43.475 --> 00:31:50.135 The research is part of the education, but it's not really at its centerpiece in the way that PhD programs operate. 00:31:52.050 --> 00:31:52.550 Okay. 00:31:53.890 --> 00:31:58.390 Robert, history of past students matching at local VA clinics. 00:32:05.245 --> 00:32:07.405 I'm not exactly sure what you're getting after, Robert. 00:32:07.405 --> 00:32:10.305 I mean, there's a couple ways you I could go with that. 00:32:12.125 --> 00:32:23.160 I think that well, for one thing, I mean, in the third and the fourth year, you will be assigned a clinic, you know, to to work with in in the area. 00:32:24.100 --> 00:32:25.000 Oh, for the internship. 00:32:25.060 --> 00:32:25.380 Right. 00:32:25.380 --> 00:32:34.395 So the internship, right, you will be applying to internships basically all over, the country, but there are also local ones, I think, if that's what you're getting at. 00:32:35.035 --> 00:32:40.735 We certainly have had people attend local clinics, and they don't have to, you know, relocate yet again in their fifth year. 00:32:41.755 --> 00:32:51.580 So it just depends on on your priorities, on whether or not you're open to further relocation, or or you rather kind of, like, you know, stay in the area or what or whatnot. 00:32:51.580 --> 00:32:54.000 So, that's a little bit about that. 00:32:55.340 --> 00:32:55.840 Alright. 00:32:58.300 --> 00:32:58.700 Yeah. 00:32:58.700 --> 00:33:06.475 So, Denny, get in touch with me, and we can talk more about, you know, your situation with with the visa and international applicants. 00:33:07.495 --> 00:33:09.755 And then we can just kinda go from there. 00:33:10.455 --> 00:33:18.455 Apart from that, will there be any limit to the essay, and what are the things that needs to be emphasized in the essay? 00:33:18.455 --> 00:33:19.195 Great question. 00:33:21.300 --> 00:33:22.820 There is a limit to the essay. 00:33:22.820 --> 00:33:27.320 So there's two different essay questions, and each of them are 500 words apiece. 00:33:27.860 --> 00:33:33.320 So I can send that to you, the essay questions and kinda with their instructions, the prompts. 00:33:34.865 --> 00:33:39.105 And it it'll ask you, like, the like, it's pretty clear, you know, what they're asking for. 00:33:39.105 --> 00:33:42.005 And, again, you know, once I send that to you, there's still questions. 00:33:42.065 --> 00:33:43.765 I'd be happy to talk to you then. 00:33:44.385 --> 00:33:44.885 Alright. 00:33:45.985 --> 00:33:46.485 Good. 00:33:46.785 --> 00:33:47.505 Okay, everyone. 00:33:47.505 --> 00:33:47.905 Listen. 00:33:47.905 --> 00:33:48.945 It's been good. 00:33:48.945 --> 00:33:57.160 I thank you for joining me today, and I look forward to hearing from you, and helping you move forward, if this program makes sense. 00:33:57.380 --> 00:33:58.840 Take care, and God bless.