WEBVTT 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:04.500 Welcome to our master's degree in counseling webinar. 00:00:05.840 --> 00:00:07.620 Thank you for meeting us here today. 00:00:10.320 --> 00:00:20.605 I am excited to go through this information with you and to talk with you about our master's in clinical mental health counseling at Divine Mercy University. 00:00:22.985 --> 00:00:30.740 This webinar is being recorded, and if you're missing anything, we will send the information to you at the end of the webinar in an email. 00:00:32.400 --> 00:00:40.420 Also, if you have questions as we go through the information, please feel free to save them till the end, maybe jot them down where you are. 00:00:40.640 --> 00:00:49.945 And at the end, you can pop them into the chat window, and I will be happy to answer all of them for those who can stay on a little after the webinar ends. 00:00:50.245 --> 00:00:52.665 So, again, please save your questions for the end. 00:00:53.045 --> 00:00:58.185 I'll ask you to put them into the chat function, and I will answer them, at the end of the presentation. 00:01:00.600 --> 00:01:05.580 Alright, so five reasons to earn a master's degree in clinical mental health counseling. 00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:07.900 I'm Julie. 00:01:08.040 --> 00:01:15.785 I am presenting the webinar today, And I will have my contact information for you at the end of the webinar as well. 00:01:15.785 --> 00:01:18.765 So you can give me a call anytime if you have questions. 00:01:19.785 --> 00:01:21.965 And you'll have my email address as well. 00:01:22.185 --> 00:01:24.425 That's me on a very bad hair day. 00:01:24.425 --> 00:01:25.725 Okay, here we go. 00:01:27.200 --> 00:01:29.700 So welcome to Divine Mercy University. 00:01:30.720 --> 00:01:37.120 Our school was actually founded in the late 90s under the name Institute for the Psychological Sciences. 00:01:37.120 --> 00:01:42.385 And if you poke around our website, you will probably see that, you will certainly see that name. 00:01:42.845 --> 00:01:44.285 That school college still exists. 00:01:44.285 --> 00:01:46.385 It houses our psychology side. 00:01:46.605 --> 00:01:49.485 We have another online master's degree that we offer. 00:01:49.965 --> 00:02:01.980 It's a master's in psychology, and it's a non clinical degree for people who already have a career in the helping professions, but maybe need a master's degree or need a deeper insight into the person. 00:02:02.200 --> 00:02:14.135 And we have a lot of human resources professionals, directors of crisis pregnancy centers, people who work in school administration, and religious and clergy who use that degree. 00:02:15.315 --> 00:02:18.275 We also have an on-site doctoral program housed in that college. 00:02:18.275 --> 00:02:24.170 So we do have an actual campus in Virginia with actual doctoral students working on campus. 00:02:25.190 --> 00:02:32.890 But what they found through offering those programs is that there was such a need for counselors, and particularly for counselors of faith. 00:02:33.190 --> 00:02:42.535 So in 2015, they decided to add the second college, the School of Counseling, and the Master's in Clinical Mental Health Counseling that we are discussing today. 00:02:42.835 --> 00:02:46.995 So when a school has more than one college, that's the point at which they take a university name. 00:02:46.995 --> 00:02:51.735 So that's how we went from being plain old IPS to Divine Mercy University. 00:02:52.610 --> 00:03:06.965 We seek to provide our students an effective academic and educational environment to support the education in the human sciences with a Catholic Christian understanding of the person. 00:03:07.745 --> 00:03:08.245 Alright. 00:03:09.985 --> 00:03:11.365 Our school is accredited. 00:03:11.745 --> 00:03:14.485 We are regionally accredited by SACS. 00:03:15.825 --> 00:03:19.765 That stands for Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. 00:03:21.550 --> 00:03:27.650 The way so regional accreditation is the baseline you should look for in any US school you attend. 00:03:28.910 --> 00:03:37.195 If you're looking at at a school that can't give you a simple yes to the regional accreditation question, that's your side to go very quickly in the opposite direction. 00:03:37.815 --> 00:03:41.995 So we are regionally accredited by the Southern Association of SACS. 00:03:43.415 --> 00:03:48.330 Each region of the country, in The US has a different accrediting agency. 00:03:49.270 --> 00:03:52.730 Each one has a different name, but they're all regional accreditation. 00:03:53.190 --> 00:03:54.950 So for the third time, AUGUST is called SACS. 00:03:54.950 --> 00:03:58.550 It goes from where we are in Virginia all the way down around to Texas. 00:03:58.550 --> 00:04:04.505 So UT, Auburn, UVA, all those schools are accredited by SACHS, just like we are. 00:04:05.605 --> 00:04:12.585 When you start talking about psychology and counseling, there are a couple of extra accreditations that can be earned. 00:04:13.525 --> 00:04:16.745 APA is the American Psychological Association. 00:04:17.750 --> 00:04:22.970 That's kind of the big dog for all of this type of field. 00:04:23.110 --> 00:04:24.650 Most people have heard of APA. 00:04:25.750 --> 00:04:29.530 DMU became APA accredited back in 2016. 00:04:29.910 --> 00:04:37.985 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. 00:04:41.565 --> 00:04:43.585 Actually, I just wanna go back up to accreditation. 00:04:43.645 --> 00:04:46.065 So we skipped a little part, an important part. 00:04:49.990 --> 00:04:57.530 When you start talking about counseling, the extra accreditation for that type of program is known by the acronym CACREP, c a c r e t. 00:04:57.830 --> 00:05:00.410 So CACREP is something we are working towards. 00:05:02.555 --> 00:05:04.475 We are at the tail end of the process. 00:05:04.475 --> 00:05:07.135 We've done everything we need to do to earn the accreditation. 00:05:10.555 --> 00:05:22.960 Our document right now is with the consultants who are dotting the i's and crossing the t's to make sure all is well before we submit the document to CACREP for our on-site review and hopefully accreditation. 00:05:23.580 --> 00:05:27.600 So right now, our degree is fine as is in 38 states. 00:05:29.585 --> 00:05:39.125 Once we wrap up our KCRAP accreditation, the 10 states that do require it will come under our umbrella and our degree will be fine in 48 states. 00:05:39.665 --> 00:05:42.485 The two holdouts are going to be Illinois and New Hampshire. 00:05:42.910 --> 00:05:48.050 And that's because, essentially, you have to go to school in state to be licensed in Illinois or New Hampshire. 00:05:48.670 --> 00:05:55.070 So, as long as you don't have plans to move to any of those two states, you should be just fine. 00:05:55.070 --> 00:05:55.390 Alright. 00:05:55.390 --> 00:06:01.005 If you have questions about accreditation, I'll be happy to talk more about it as we go to the end of the webinar. 00:06:01.385 --> 00:06:11.910 So, DMU is unique and we are unique because primarily of our Catholic Christian meta model of the person. 00:06:12.610 --> 00:06:16.310 This model is unique to our university. 00:06:17.730 --> 00:06:23.030 It was developed by our faculty, and it was published in textbook form last fall. 00:06:24.705 --> 00:06:28.625 It was winning awards from the Vatican before the ink was even dry on the pages. 00:06:28.625 --> 00:06:32.325 So, this is very important to our identity as a university. 00:06:32.865 --> 00:06:36.405 And that's why the vast majority of students choose our school. 00:06:36.625 --> 00:06:40.050 You can certainly find a school that is less expensive. 00:06:40.050 --> 00:06:51.030 You can certainly find a school that, will teach you get you through the degree more quickly, but only DMU has the Catholic Christian meta model of the person. 00:06:51.835 --> 00:06:55.195 If you search that name on our website, you can find it easily. 00:06:55.195 --> 00:07:04.415 There'll be a PDF there that you can download, that is about 40 pages of the theology and philosophy behind why we teach the way we do. 00:07:04.475 --> 00:07:07.590 You could also buy the textbook and, you know, flip through it. 00:07:07.590 --> 00:07:12.490 Some people do that ahead of time, once they realize they would like to attend our university. 00:07:13.430 --> 00:07:32.555 So what the Catholic Christian meta model of the person will do is teach you at in your time as a student here, our professors will teach you to frame a treatment plan based on the Catholic Christian understanding of the person that we are integrated in, body, mind, and soul. 00:07:33.735 --> 00:07:42.060 Unfortunately, all of the other schools, even the Catholic ones at this point, will tell you that you have to check your faith at the door, that it doesn't have a place in therapy. 00:07:42.360 --> 00:07:43.740 And that's just not true. 00:07:44.200 --> 00:07:55.795 So, EMU faculty will teach the students to frame the treatment plan based on that understanding of the person so that whether your client believes in God or wants to talk about God is beside the point. 00:07:56.175 --> 00:08:02.995 We know that the objective truth of who we are and how we were created does not hinge on our belief or unbelief. 00:08:04.290 --> 00:08:09.910 So even if you encounter a client who doesn't believe in God, who doesn't want to talk about God, that's okay. 00:08:10.370 --> 00:08:12.230 You can still help them reach flourishing. 00:08:12.930 --> 00:08:27.815 The other thing the meta model does is it teaches such a nuanced understanding of the person that it would take a non DMU trained therapist to really, you know, a lifetime of practice to gain this understanding through trial and error if they ever fully do. 00:08:28.195 --> 00:08:34.750 So you can help your clients, reach flourishing if they never want to talk about that. 00:08:34.890 --> 00:08:38.350 And you will graduate with a leg up even on seasoned therapists. 00:08:39.210 --> 00:08:41.690 And that's not just me talking and making this up. 00:08:41.690 --> 00:08:45.050 We hear this from our internship sites all the time. 00:08:45.050 --> 00:08:53.025 Our students in the counseling program are far better prepared than their peers who are supposedly at the same level. 00:08:53.245 --> 00:08:57.105 And largely, that is due to the Catholic Christian meta model of the person. 00:08:57.565 --> 00:08:58.065 Okay. 00:08:59.770 --> 00:09:04.030 So number one reason to earn a master's in clinical mental health counseling. 00:09:05.130 --> 00:09:09.550 This degree does prepare you for licensure as a mental health professional. 00:09:12.135 --> 00:09:19.755 Typically, to be licensed, you would have to sit for both a national and a state exam, although that varies by state. 00:09:20.855 --> 00:09:25.470 And then you would have to work under supervision for a time before you're fully licensed. 00:09:26.650 --> 00:09:45.685 So just like a doctor does a residency after medical school, it's similar for counselors in that, although you'll be working and being paid as a therapist, somebody will be talking with you about your cases and checking over your notes just to be sure all is well before they turn you loose on the general public. 00:09:46.785 --> 00:09:56.120 As you move through your studies, your professors will give you assignments that relate to licensure just to make sure that you understand the process and that you're headed in the right direction. 00:09:57.300 --> 00:10:02.440 Lastly, a great resource if you haven't found it yet is counseling.org. 00:10:02.735 --> 00:10:06.035 I encourage you to check out that website, counseling.org. 00:10:06.095 --> 00:10:08.495 They have a great state by state knowledge center. 00:10:08.495 --> 00:10:10.035 You can just click on your state. 00:10:10.095 --> 00:10:14.195 It'll tell you which exams you have to take, how long you have to work under supervision. 00:10:14.655 --> 00:10:18.630 It also has contact information for your state licensing board. 00:10:21.730 --> 00:10:40.125 Second reason to earn a master's in clinical mental health counseling is, that our learning is distributed over the various platforms, the online residency practicum and internship, to make sure that you get the skills you need in the best way we can teach them to you. 00:10:42.665 --> 00:10:48.500 As you move through your classes, you'll come to campus three times for what we call residency. 00:10:49.200 --> 00:10:58.660 And they use that time together here over in Virginia on campus over a long weekend, to teach the counseling skills that don't lend themselves to online learning. 00:10:58.925 --> 00:11:02.465 So things like nonverbal communication, situational ethics. 00:11:02.765 --> 00:11:08.305 There are always a ton of presentations going on by faculty, students, and student groups. 00:11:08.685 --> 00:11:10.205 It's also a big gateway weekend. 00:11:10.205 --> 00:11:12.330 So all the professors are there with you. 00:11:12.410 --> 00:11:17.310 And they're looking to make sure that each student has gained the skills needed to be ready to move on to the next section. 00:11:18.010 --> 00:11:21.310 So the first one is always eight weeks after you begin. 00:11:21.530 --> 00:11:26.785 So right now, we're enrolling for our August cohort, but you still have time to get into that. 00:11:27.245 --> 00:11:32.225 Students who begin school in August will come to campus for the first time early in October. 00:11:33.565 --> 00:11:37.905 The second residency is always one year later, so you'd come back the following October. 00:11:38.790 --> 00:11:44.650 And then the third one is six months to a year after the second one, depending on if you're full time or part time. 00:11:45.990 --> 00:11:51.450 Each residency is four days long, so you would arrive on a Wednesday evening and stay through a Sunday afternoon. 00:11:52.305 --> 00:11:56.085 While you're here, they'll expect you to be on-site and attend the whole program. 00:11:56.865 --> 00:12:00.005 There is a fee for this training that's built into your tuition. 00:12:00.545 --> 00:12:02.965 The breakdown is 1,500 per residency. 00:12:03.505 --> 00:12:09.990 That fee covers your training, obviously, but also your hotels, your hotel and most of your meals while you're here. 00:12:12.050 --> 00:12:21.270 And then once you've finished your third residency and the bulk of your online classes, you will then step into practicum and internship. 00:12:21.835 --> 00:12:27.855 And practicum and internship are done in your own area based on the kind of counseling work you'd like to do. 00:12:29.595 --> 00:12:34.015 Practicum is when practicum comes first. 00:12:34.235 --> 00:12:36.975 And that is one hundred hours of training. 00:12:38.130 --> 00:12:43.750 And this is on the job training to get you ready for the real hands on counseling work of your internship. 00:12:44.770 --> 00:12:49.670 At least forty of those hundred hours will be direct service with actual counseling clients. 00:12:50.985 --> 00:12:59.085 Once you finish that training, you'll then step into your two internships, each of which is three hundred hours long and spans sixteen weeks. 00:13:00.905 --> 00:13:12.160 We do have a director of internship who will work with you individually to help you identify a few places in your area that you would like to work based on the kind of counseling work you'd like to do. 00:13:12.620 --> 00:13:15.360 Our internship placement is 100%. 00:13:15.660 --> 00:13:18.560 So you will get one and we will help you with it. 00:13:20.705 --> 00:13:21.345 All right. 00:13:21.345 --> 00:13:25.925 Third reason to earn a master's in counseling is our faculty. 00:13:29.585 --> 00:13:32.465 So, our faculty is growing by leaps and bounds. 00:13:32.465 --> 00:13:33.345 And they are great. 00:13:33.345 --> 00:13:36.450 They are all practicing and experienced clinicians. 00:13:37.070 --> 00:13:41.650 So they do understand what you need to learn to live out a vocation as counselor. 00:13:43.070 --> 00:13:44.750 So on the far left, we have Doctor. 00:13:44.750 --> 00:13:45.070 Payne. 00:13:45.070 --> 00:13:46.850 He's the dean of the School of Counseling. 00:13:47.355 --> 00:13:49.275 And then the two gentlemen to his right, Doctor. 00:13:49.275 --> 00:13:50.075 Keyes and Doctor. 00:13:50.075 --> 00:13:53.615 Sharp, are our directors of internship. 00:13:54.235 --> 00:13:55.035 So Doctor. 00:13:55.035 --> 00:13:59.355 Keyes handles everything East Of The Mississippi, and Doctor. 00:13:59.355 --> 00:14:01.855 Sharp handles everyone West Of The Mississippi. 00:14:02.040 --> 00:14:05.980 So they will be the ones helping you to secure internship placements. 00:14:08.600 --> 00:14:12.540 All of the bios of our professors are available on the website. 00:14:13.400 --> 00:14:18.315 You can navigate there and see what they've been up to in their professional lives. 00:14:18.315 --> 00:14:23.695 There's also contact information for each of them if you have specific questions that only they can answer. 00:14:26.315 --> 00:14:28.415 Fourth reason to earn a master's in counseling. 00:14:29.450 --> 00:14:30.990 Well, you are employable. 00:14:31.130 --> 00:14:33.950 This is an extremely versatile, flexible degree. 00:14:35.610 --> 00:14:37.950 There are a number of jobs you can do. 00:14:38.010 --> 00:14:41.150 Most people do go into this to become a therapist. 00:14:41.685 --> 00:14:44.905 And you'll see that that's kind of what these jobs are focused on here. 00:14:47.045 --> 00:14:49.205 A lot of people wanna know how much am I gonna earn. 00:14:49.205 --> 00:14:52.325 Well, that varies widely depending on what you wanna do. 00:14:52.325 --> 00:14:56.425 If you want to go work in a homeless shelter, you're going to earn a homeless shelter salary. 00:14:56.920 --> 00:15:04.060 If you live in a metropolitan area and you go into private practice and hang up your shingle, you know, you can earn in the 6 figures. 00:15:04.440 --> 00:15:10.940 So, really, it depends on your choice, what interests you, what kind of area you go into. 00:15:12.895 --> 00:15:15.215 Some people also don't become therapists. 00:15:15.215 --> 00:15:24.595 You know, I in in my town where I live, the division of social services, the director of the whole division, is someone who has a master's in counseling. 00:15:25.810 --> 00:15:29.590 For a time at DMU, our dean of students had a master's in counseling. 00:15:29.890 --> 00:15:31.830 So like I said, it's extremely versatile. 00:15:32.130 --> 00:15:37.750 Most people go into it to become a therapist, but, there are lots of things you can do with the degree. 00:15:38.115 --> 00:15:43.175 And your search engine is your best friend to kind of figure out what kind of salary you might make. 00:15:45.155 --> 00:15:47.175 Fifth reason to earn a master's in counseling. 00:15:47.875 --> 00:15:49.395 Well, it's extremely flexible. 00:15:49.395 --> 00:15:53.495 It's available twenty four seven, whenever it suits you to access the material. 00:15:53.860 --> 00:16:00.600 So as long as you have your computer and the Internet, you can be anywhere in the world you wanna be and still get get your schoolwork done. 00:16:02.020 --> 00:16:13.005 As you move through your online classes, your professors will arrange for real time meetings between themselves and you students to do things like discussion group, question and answer, review, that kind of thing. 00:16:13.065 --> 00:16:18.045 So obviously, there will be times when it's just you and your computer and the work you have to get done. 00:16:18.505 --> 00:16:21.165 However, you will work very closely with your professors. 00:16:21.790 --> 00:16:34.130 You'll also work very closely with the other students in your cohort, to build your counseling skills, obviously, but also to build the professional friendships and relationships that you'll need once you become a mental health professional. 00:16:38.325 --> 00:16:41.765 Alright, so our interest requirements are pretty straightforward. 00:16:41.765 --> 00:16:50.505 A bachelor's degree, with a GPA of three point zero overall or in your major or in your last 60 credits. 00:16:51.120 --> 00:16:58.800 Now, if you're close to this, if you're, you know, if you're not quite making the mark, that's not necessarily a deal breaker. 00:16:58.800 --> 00:17:06.255 You would just need to contact me directly, and we could talk about, how to go about receiving a waiver of that requirement from the dean. 00:17:06.255 --> 00:17:07.795 That is entirely possible. 00:17:08.735 --> 00:17:10.515 We also require the GRE. 00:17:10.975 --> 00:17:13.555 If you've never taken that before, don't freak out. 00:17:13.855 --> 00:17:16.995 We do not use the GRE to make admissions decisions. 00:17:17.775 --> 00:17:19.055 We just need you to do it. 00:17:19.055 --> 00:17:21.090 We don't really care what your score is. 00:17:21.570 --> 00:17:24.450 If I had to take the test for this program, I'd go tomorrow. 00:17:24.450 --> 00:17:28.230 I'd mark c for every answer and just rip that Band Aid off. 00:17:29.490 --> 00:17:33.350 And, of course, I can share more information about that in writing. 00:17:33.825 --> 00:17:35.605 I will say all of that in writing. 00:17:36.145 --> 00:17:37.425 We just need you to do it. 00:17:37.425 --> 00:17:38.965 We don't care about your score. 00:17:39.505 --> 00:17:40.005 Alright. 00:17:42.625 --> 00:17:45.825 The first step in the application is just an online demographic form. 00:17:45.825 --> 00:17:47.185 It takes twenty or thirty minutes. 00:17:47.185 --> 00:17:48.780 You can do it today if you want to. 00:17:49.180 --> 00:18:00.560 Once we have that, our financial aid office will be in touch to discuss our scholarships, which ones you should pursue, and what you can reasonably expect from us given your particular financial situation. 00:18:02.315 --> 00:18:09.055 Once your application and your financial aid work is done, we do have an interview process. 00:18:09.755 --> 00:18:14.095 There are three on or excuse me, two online interviews to be done. 00:18:14.450 --> 00:18:15.490 The first one is easy. 00:18:15.490 --> 00:18:29.430 Just a quick thirty minutes with me where I will give you, personalized coaching session to help get you ready for the big interview, which is a three hour online group interview with two or three other applicants to the program and two faculty members. 00:18:32.585 --> 00:18:36.845 So tuition is $8.66 a credit. 00:18:37.225 --> 00:18:39.965 This is a 66 credit master's degree. 00:18:40.585 --> 00:18:47.360 So $8.66 times 66 is 57,156. 00:18:47.760 --> 00:18:55.540 We have an application fee of 55 that's not here because as a thank you for attending this webinar, we will waive that fee for you. 00:18:57.040 --> 00:19:01.965 There's also a $50 technology fee per class for a total of 1,100. 00:19:03.065 --> 00:19:05.085 Lab fees are $3.75. 00:19:05.625 --> 00:19:14.410 And the residency fee we talked about that covers your hotel and meals while you're on campus for your training, 1,500 per residency for a total of 4,500. 00:19:15.190 --> 00:19:23.370 All that together gives you a total tuition value for the whole program, start to finish, of $63.01 31. 00:19:23.830 --> 00:19:25.990 So that's $63.01 31. 00:19:25.990 --> 00:19:27.135 You see that there. 00:19:27.135 --> 00:19:27.635 Alright. 00:19:28.575 --> 00:19:31.555 We have a number of ideas for ways to make that affordable. 00:19:32.815 --> 00:19:35.775 We do participate fully with the federal loan program. 00:19:35.775 --> 00:19:40.515 So if you felt like you wanted or needed a student loan, we can certainly set that up for you. 00:19:42.200 --> 00:19:50.380 If you're working while you're going to school, some employers do offer tuition reimbursement, so it's worth investigating to see if that might be a benefit for you. 00:19:50.840 --> 00:19:53.980 We're also approved for the VA and the GI Bill. 00:19:54.715 --> 00:20:00.015 We if those benefits if you have them or if they can be assigned to you, we participate with all of those. 00:20:01.755 --> 00:20:04.895 We also have a very nice scholarship program available. 00:20:05.435 --> 00:20:07.615 You can find them very easily on our website. 00:20:08.310 --> 00:20:12.570 Our scholarships are designed very nicely so that everybody qualifies for something. 00:20:13.910 --> 00:20:19.210 The way scholarships work is you can apply for four and you can accept two. 00:20:23.355 --> 00:20:25.295 We also have a matching scholarship. 00:20:27.675 --> 00:20:37.215 So any nonprofit support you can find from outside the university, whether it's church related or not, we would match up to 2,000. 00:20:38.330 --> 00:20:42.190 We also have a cash plan we can set up internally that's interest free. 00:20:42.330 --> 00:20:47.630 So if you're working and you feel like you can chip away at it a little bit each month, we can set that up at no charge. 00:20:48.810 --> 00:20:54.315 As a Catholic counselor trained in this method, you do become quite a valuable resource. 00:20:55.095 --> 00:21:00.155 If you're a person of faith and you're not Catholic, you're still a valuable resource to any faith community. 00:21:00.535 --> 00:21:13.020 So I would for sure talk to your pastor, talk to your bishop, hit up any fraternal organizations you might belong to, like the Knights of Columbus, and see what kind of nonprofit support you can find from outside the university. 00:21:15.960 --> 00:21:21.565 There's also an interesting federal program called National Health Service Corps. 00:21:21.565 --> 00:21:25.985 And if you use your search engine and search that name, I promise you it'll come up first link. 00:21:26.685 --> 00:21:27.245 Excuse me. 00:21:27.245 --> 00:21:29.185 This is a tuition forgiveness program. 00:21:30.605 --> 00:21:44.120 And the way it works is if you're willing to work in an area designated either low income or underserved for a certain time after you graduate, towards your tuition cost in exchange for that service. 00:21:44.980 --> 00:21:51.225 Since you have to work under supervision anyway after you graduate, this is an excellent way to go if you can work it out. 00:21:52.085 --> 00:21:57.065 Again, just search National Health Service Corps and you can check it out online. 00:22:00.645 --> 00:22:06.660 We also partner with a number of diocese and, different organizations. 00:22:08.320 --> 00:22:32.045 So, if you have been a member of any of these organizations, if you're a FOCUS missionary, if you teach for Christ, if you attended Belmont Abbey College, or if you happen to live in the Diocese of Yakima or, Calgary, we do partner with these entities. 00:22:32.745 --> 00:22:38.080 And we have a tuition reduction agreement with them. 00:22:38.080 --> 00:22:45.940 So the way it works at DMU is you can apply for scholarships or you can take a tuition reduction through a partnership. 00:22:47.655 --> 00:22:51.995 Scholarship typical award varies by person. 00:22:52.695 --> 00:22:56.875 Partnership agreement usually is a better deal if you can arrange for one. 00:22:57.415 --> 00:23:01.435 If your diocese isn't listed, we would be happy to help you set one up. 00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:06.720 Just request you can email me and request the paperwork, and we will help you with that. 00:23:07.900 --> 00:23:08.400 Alright. 00:23:13.900 --> 00:23:14.400 Okay. 00:23:14.540 --> 00:23:15.740 We talked about this. 00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:18.605 I think this is was covered. 00:23:22.745 --> 00:23:25.885 So this I call the discernment page. 00:23:28.905 --> 00:23:34.340 These are some questions you should consider to try to figure out if this is the right path for you. 00:23:35.760 --> 00:23:40.020 Do you have a desire to help heal the whole person and to help people flourish? 00:23:41.600 --> 00:23:45.565 Do you want a career that enables you to answer the question, how can I help people? 00:23:47.385 --> 00:23:50.685 What can you do to make a positive contribution in others' lives? 00:23:50.745 --> 00:23:52.525 Can you be an instrument of healing? 00:23:53.705 --> 00:23:59.565 And fourthly, if you were to apply and be admitted, is this something you'd be committed to finishing? 00:23:59.910 --> 00:24:02.810 Are you someone who finishes what they begin? 00:24:03.990 --> 00:24:10.090 So I ask you to seriously consider these questions as you, consider making an application to our program. 00:24:12.815 --> 00:24:16.035 As I said, the application process is pretty straightforward. 00:24:16.575 --> 00:24:20.575 First step is just an online demographic form, takes twenty or thirty minutes. 00:24:20.575 --> 00:24:22.435 You can do it today if you want to. 00:24:22.575 --> 00:24:32.780 Once we have it in hand, Financial Aid will be in touch to begin talking with you about tuition and scholarships and what you can reasonably expect from us given your particular financial situation. 00:24:34.040 --> 00:24:41.405 Once we have your application documents, we will set you up for your interviews and hopefully admission. 00:24:44.345 --> 00:24:52.205 And then you will once you're accepted, you will begin your onboarding and orientation, and class begins on August 18. 00:24:57.040 --> 00:24:57.540 Alright. 00:24:58.640 --> 00:25:00.240 You didn't give me oh, there it is. 00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:01.540 This is what we're looking for. 00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:04.980 So this is my contact information. 00:25:05.520 --> 00:25:09.780 My direct number there, (540) 736-8442. 00:25:10.065 --> 00:25:11.605 That's my email address. 00:25:13.105 --> 00:25:17.765 And as a thank you, as I mentioned, we're giving you a waiver of the application fee. 00:25:18.225 --> 00:25:22.225 The code is CCMMP1999. 00:25:22.225 --> 00:25:23.825 I believe that's good for ten days. 00:25:23.825 --> 00:25:29.770 So you have till midnight on the June 27 to get that started. 00:25:30.790 --> 00:25:41.305 Now, I want to thank you for taking time out of your day to listen to this webinar on a master's in clinical mental health counseling at Divine Mercy University. 00:25:42.245 --> 00:25:45.865 As promised, if you have questions, I'll be happy to answer them. 00:25:46.085 --> 00:25:51.365 I'm going to go look at the chat now and see if some of you are out of time and you have to hop off. 00:25:51.365 --> 00:25:52.645 That's perfectly fine. 00:25:52.645 --> 00:25:53.305 I understand. 00:25:53.780 --> 00:25:57.960 You will be sent a recording of this webinar, after we finish. 00:25:58.820 --> 00:25:59.220 All right. 00:25:59.220 --> 00:26:00.600 So let's see what we have here. 00:26:03.140 --> 00:26:05.640 Is there mentorship in applying for licensure? 00:26:05.940 --> 00:26:06.760 So, yes. 00:26:08.005 --> 00:26:15.545 Our professors, as I said, will give you assignments that relate to licensure, just to make sure that you understand the process and that you're headed in the right direction. 00:26:21.430 --> 00:26:23.450 Licensure happens after you graduate. 00:26:23.990 --> 00:26:34.395 So, you know, you kind of are outside of the university once you begin the actual process of licensure, but they don't leave you hanging. 00:26:34.455 --> 00:26:36.615 The professors are here for you. 00:26:36.615 --> 00:26:37.755 You'll have a relationship. 00:26:38.215 --> 00:26:40.635 You will not be on your own at all, I promise. 00:26:41.095 --> 00:26:41.595 Okay. 00:26:43.655 --> 00:26:46.830 My GPA isn't I think that means I know what that means. 00:26:46.830 --> 00:26:51.250 Your GPA probably you're worried about it being less than what is required. 00:26:51.630 --> 00:26:53.570 That's not necessarily a deal breaker. 00:26:53.630 --> 00:26:57.810 So, what I would encourage you to do is to begin the application. 00:26:58.350 --> 00:27:03.895 I will assist you in requesting a waiver of the GPA requirement from the dean. 00:27:05.155 --> 00:27:10.775 I have had students request scores of them over my five years at the university. 00:27:11.395 --> 00:27:15.015 And in those five years, I've only had him say no to one person. 00:27:15.380 --> 00:27:17.220 And I think we just caught him on a bad day. 00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:21.800 So generally, those requests for a waiver are approved. 00:27:24.260 --> 00:27:25.000 All right. 00:27:26.580 --> 00:27:33.265 Our nonprofit, so FOCUS is a special, group to us. 00:27:33.265 --> 00:27:35.445 A lot of our students come from FOCUS. 00:27:36.625 --> 00:27:39.845 So we do have a partnership agreement with FOCUS. 00:27:40.545 --> 00:27:42.485 So it's tiered. 00:27:42.865 --> 00:27:53.170 So if you were a student in the bible study or a student leader, that's one tuition reduction, and then FOCUS missionaries have another tuition reduction. 00:27:53.170 --> 00:27:59.350 And then I think employees of FOCUS, get even a third amount. 00:27:59.410 --> 00:28:08.045 So if you were affiliated with FOCUS in one way or another, yes, there is a special scholarship, and yes, I'd be happy to talk with you about it. 00:28:08.185 --> 00:28:11.725 I'm sorry I don't have the numbers memorized off the top of my head right now. 00:28:12.905 --> 00:28:13.565 All right. 00:28:13.625 --> 00:28:15.325 Any more questions out there? 00:28:17.110 --> 00:28:19.510 Now's your chance. 00:28:19.510 --> 00:28:19.830 Alright. 00:28:19.830 --> 00:28:22.090 Thank you again, for attending. 00:28:22.710 --> 00:28:26.090 And I look forward to hearing from all of you. 00:28:26.470 --> 00:28:30.230 I'd be happy to answer any questions you might have. 00:28:30.230 --> 00:28:31.850 Feel free to give me a call anytime. 00:28:32.285 --> 00:28:36.865 If I can't answer immediately, I'll get back to you right away. 00:28:39.005 --> 00:28:39.505 Alright. 00:28:40.205 --> 00:28:45.810 We don't have any, lay members of religious orders except for Regnum Christy right now. 00:28:46.290 --> 00:28:48.630 However, we would be happy to set that up. 00:28:48.930 --> 00:28:51.430 Again, I would be happy to send you the paperwork. 00:28:51.970 --> 00:28:54.150 Just, send me an email. 00:28:55.250 --> 00:28:55.570 Right. 00:28:55.570 --> 00:28:56.870 Thank you again, everyone. 00:28:57.087 --> 00:29:02.707 Have a wonderful weekend, and I look forward to talking with all of you in another time. 00:29:03.087 --> 00:29:03.747 Bye now.