WEBVTT 00:00:07.440 --> 00:00:09.380 Welcome to the PsyD webinar. 00:00:09.440 --> 00:00:14.180 I'm Bradley Seifer, and I'm the PsyD admissions advisor here at Divine Mercy University. 00:00:14.945 --> 00:00:21.445 The goal of today's session is to provide an overview of the doctoral program here at Divine Mercy University. 00:00:21.985 --> 00:00:32.080 So should you have any questions at any point during the presentation, please lodge your questions in the chat box, and I will be happy to field them at the end of the presentation. 00:00:33.020 --> 00:00:37.900 I've also listed my email as well as my Calendly link in the chat box. 00:00:37.900 --> 00:00:41.020 So please, I'd be happy to hear from you. 00:00:41.020 --> 00:00:47.835 Send me an email, register for a time to meet with me on Calendly, and I will very much look forward to speaking with you. 00:00:48.295 --> 00:00:57.755 Now before we get started, I would like to say a very, quick brief word about myself, explain sort of why I'm who I am, why I and why I do what I do. 00:00:58.060 --> 00:01:02.960 So when I was an undergraduate, I studied history, at the University of Mary Washington. 00:01:03.420 --> 00:01:07.980 And at first, I, you know, had plans on maybe going to law school and things like this. 00:01:07.980 --> 00:01:17.615 But as I became more immersed in my academics, I became more interested in, actually philosophical and and theological questions along with my, you know, history studies. 00:01:17.835 --> 00:01:21.755 And after graduation, I, was a teacher for a few years. 00:01:22.635 --> 00:01:23.935 You know, I taught history. 00:01:24.075 --> 00:01:25.055 I taught Latin. 00:01:25.435 --> 00:01:30.570 I taught, English among other things at a, at a Catholic school. 00:01:31.350 --> 00:01:36.330 And so that was enjoyable, but I I, you know, I wanted to I enjoyed teaching, but I wanted to teach at a higher level. 00:01:36.870 --> 00:01:41.130 And so, I decided to go to graduate school, and I went to grad school in theology. 00:01:42.195 --> 00:01:50.855 And I got degrees from Christendom College and Dominican House of Studies before, going to Ave Maria University for my PhD in theology. 00:01:51.715 --> 00:02:05.710 And while I was, you know, sort of immersed in my studies, I became increasingly interested with, mental health because, you know, of issues that were going on in my own life and in lives of others that I came to that I loved and my friends and family. 00:02:06.010 --> 00:02:19.795 I saw that, human flourishing concerned not just knowing what reality was and through the lens of philosophy and and sacred theology, but also, honoring the subjective nature of the human person. 00:02:20.575 --> 00:02:26.770 And so what during my course of studies when I was writing my dissertation, I decided to write about addiction. 00:02:26.910 --> 00:02:33.890 And so this was one of these, integrative projects where I use the insights of philosophy, theology, and psychology. 00:02:35.150 --> 00:02:44.665 And this is one of these these these projects that's very divine mercy as it were as our school is very much committed to the inter of the project between these three disciplines. 00:02:44.965 --> 00:02:49.605 And so as I learned more about divine mercy, I wanted to become a part of it. 00:02:49.605 --> 00:02:57.060 And so when the, chance to come here and work, emerged, I I seized I seized it, and here I am before you today. 00:02:57.600 --> 00:03:18.255 As my passion is to get people like you into, their dream career into the mental health profession as as specifically as clinical psychologists, as I care very deeply about, the mental health of of our worlds and the role that faith plays in helping, direct the psychological disciplines. 00:03:18.955 --> 00:03:19.195 Okay. 00:03:19.195 --> 00:03:21.455 So that's a little bit about me, in a nutshell. 00:03:22.610 --> 00:03:29.750 So without further ado, let's hop into the webinar for today where we're talking about the PsyD program at DMU. 00:03:31.970 --> 00:03:35.990 So Divine Mercy University is a Catholic graduate school of psychology. 00:03:36.130 --> 00:03:37.990 It was founded in 1999. 00:03:38.105 --> 00:03:41.805 At that point in time, we were known as the Institute of the Psychological Sciences. 00:03:42.585 --> 00:03:44.905 And our we expanded, you know, since our founding. 00:03:44.905 --> 00:03:53.420 We included a counseling program at the master's level, as well as a psychology program also at the master's level and a program in spirit reduction. 00:03:53.560 --> 00:04:02.140 So we changed our name from Institute of Psychological Sciences to Divine Mercy University to facilitate this growth, and that occurred in 2016. 00:04:05.395 --> 00:04:05.715 Okay. 00:04:05.715 --> 00:04:08.355 So in other words, we're one major university. 00:04:08.355 --> 00:04:14.835 We're one school, to have Mercer University, but we have, I should say we were one university with two schools. 00:04:14.835 --> 00:04:20.490 So we have a school of counseling, which offers, you know, a master's program, which is mostly online. 00:04:21.110 --> 00:04:28.250 There there are episodic, residency requirements for our counseling students, so they they come to campus from time to time. 00:04:28.550 --> 00:04:38.265 The Institute of the Psychological Sciences, we retain that name for our psychology programs, specifically, for the doctoral program, which is residential on campus. 00:04:38.725 --> 00:04:42.725 And then we have a master's program that's on that's entirely online. 00:04:42.725 --> 00:04:43.865 There's there's nonclinical. 00:04:44.165 --> 00:04:47.720 It's entirely nonresidential online program. 00:04:49.620 --> 00:05:01.240 So our university's mission is to provide students with an effective academic and educational environment that supports the integration of the psychological sciences and a Catholic Christian understanding of the person through teaching and learning both knowledge and critical skills. 00:05:01.715 --> 00:05:07.735 Also, to assist students intellectually and professionally as they prepare themselves to respond to the location as mental health professionals. 00:05:11.075 --> 00:05:15.815 We are located outside of the Washington DC area in the suburbs of Northern Virginia. 00:05:16.270 --> 00:05:20.370 So this is truly a wonderful area to live, to work, and to study. 00:05:20.990 --> 00:05:46.990 You have easy access to the city to enjoy all of the artistic and cultural opportunities that come with being near a major metropolitan area while also having easy access to, a lot of view a lot of beauty, a lot of natural beauty, to the west, part of Virginia where the Appalachian Trail, for example, runs down the western part of the states, states, or if you enjoy hiking, canoeing, camping, all of that is is also on access. 00:05:46.990 --> 00:05:52.130 So this is just a really rich and and wonderful area to, go to graduate school. 00:05:54.545 --> 00:05:59.025 So we have a series of institutional accreditation, of which we are quite proud. 00:05:59.025 --> 00:06:04.405 So we are institutionally accredited by SACS, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. 00:06:05.185 --> 00:06:13.200 SACS is recognized an accreditation agency by the Department of Education, and Divine Mercy has voluntarily participated in this accreditation process. 00:06:13.200 --> 00:06:16.740 We met or exceeded all of the standards and thoroughgoing evaluation. 00:06:17.280 --> 00:06:29.125 Also, we've been approved to participate by SHPE, the State Council of Higher Education in Virginia, and and the PsyD program has been recognized since 2006 as a national research designation program by the Association of State and Provisional Psychology Boards. 00:06:29.425 --> 00:06:38.570 And probably most notably of of all is that we are, accredited by the APA, the American Psychological Association since 2016. 00:06:39.190 --> 00:06:45.750 And finally, Don Murphy has been approved of state in in the National Council for State Authorization reciprocity agreement. 00:06:45.750 --> 00:06:52.570 So as you can see, we have, basically every accreditation, relevant to our line of work. 00:06:55.115 --> 00:07:12.750 Now, when it comes to distinguishing clinical psychology from, say, getting a master's in counseling, for example, both types of clinicians, both of the masters and at the doctoral level, do wonderful work, in terms of the clinical practice as a psychotherapist. 00:07:13.370 --> 00:07:22.125 But one key differentiating factor among a few others when it comes to becoming a clinical psychologist at the doctoral level is the focus on testing. 00:07:22.265 --> 00:07:31.245 So the psychological assessments that come with getting a doctorate, are very much part and parcel to our curriculum in the PsyD program at Divine Mercy. 00:07:31.465 --> 00:07:47.650 So you're going to get very well educated in the entire battery of psychological assessment, from IQ testing or cognitive testing, to all the hosts, personality assessments, including the Rorschach, test, the MMPI, big five among others. 00:07:47.710 --> 00:07:48.210 Okay? 00:07:48.430 --> 00:07:56.035 So that's sort of, you might say, the bread and butter of clinical psychology that you will encounter, here at Del Marcy. 00:07:57.855 --> 00:08:00.255 The doctoral program is a five year program. 00:08:00.255 --> 00:08:04.035 It includes a hundred and twenty two credit hours, all told. 00:08:04.340 --> 00:08:09.540 It does also include a master's degree in passing on your doctorate degree. 00:08:09.540 --> 00:08:15.800 So in other words, after the first two years of successful coursework, you will be awarded a MSci degree. 00:08:16.900 --> 00:08:22.915 That MSci is not a in itself, a stand alone degree or to be a clinician. 00:08:22.975 --> 00:08:23.375 Okay? 00:08:23.375 --> 00:08:44.850 So, you know, God forbid, if you got into the program and you needed to leave after, the masters, that would not, in fact, prepare you to become a clinician of of any kind, because it's it's really meant to be part of the PsyD, and it's really kind of a a you might say again, like a degree in passing on route to the getting to the terminal doctorate. 00:08:45.310 --> 00:08:51.375 Now I wanna say a bit about the specifically about the curriculum itself, in the doctoral program. 00:08:51.835 --> 00:08:59.215 So if you take a look at this slide here, you can see that there's a great deal of coursework involved, especially within the first two years. 00:08:59.275 --> 00:08:59.775 Okay? 00:09:00.150 --> 00:09:07.690 The first two years, you know, I I like to draw the analogy to medical school, because there's so much there's so much similarity. 00:09:08.310 --> 00:09:12.790 For example, see how the coursework starts out rather dense. 00:09:12.790 --> 00:09:13.030 Right? 00:09:13.030 --> 00:09:15.115 And there's lots of coursework. 00:09:15.335 --> 00:09:18.935 Then as you as you move through it, you can see how it diminishes somewhat. 00:09:18.935 --> 00:09:19.175 Right? 00:09:19.175 --> 00:09:27.515 So the idea is that, when you come here, you there's lots of psychology knowledge that you sort of imbibe and kind of get under your belt as it were. 00:09:27.975 --> 00:09:33.150 But then as you move through it, the clinical piece becomes a lot more important and prominent. 00:09:33.770 --> 00:09:35.230 So you'll start to see patients. 00:09:35.690 --> 00:09:40.510 Beginning in your second year, you'll probably see a couple of patients, maybe two or three. 00:09:40.970 --> 00:09:42.170 We kind of ease you into it. 00:09:42.170 --> 00:09:46.305 And then by the third and the fourth year, you're probably seeing between seven and nine clients. 00:09:46.305 --> 00:09:53.845 And then finally, in your fifth year, this is where you go off to your internship much again, going back to the medical analogy. 00:09:54.705 --> 00:09:57.205 If you're a a medical student, you go to a residency. 00:09:57.585 --> 00:10:00.005 In psychology, you go to an internship. 00:10:00.225 --> 00:10:00.725 Okay? 00:10:01.340 --> 00:10:10.720 So you would you would apply to a doctoral internship in your fourth year hoping to get matched into that internship in the fifth year. 00:10:10.780 --> 00:10:11.020 Yeah. 00:10:11.340 --> 00:10:17.545 And these, can be all over the country, these internships, Some of which are are local. 00:10:18.005 --> 00:10:24.505 We've had a good many students in the past go to local, internships and do very well. 00:10:24.725 --> 00:10:26.665 Many of them are APA accredited. 00:10:27.525 --> 00:10:47.845 But many others go go all over the the nation, depending on where you wanna specialize in, regardless of whether it's a demographic focus in the case of work wanting to work with children or adolescents, or if you wanted to say, you know, work with an elderly population, or anything in the middle, you know, an adult population as well. 00:10:47.845 --> 00:11:01.145 Or if you wanted to do specialized, studies in addiction or bipolar, schizophrenia, or whatever the pathology might be, typically, there's a kind of an internship that suits those, interests. 00:11:02.260 --> 00:11:02.740 Okay. 00:11:02.740 --> 00:11:06.520 On the academic side of things, there's a couple of things to see. 00:11:06.900 --> 00:11:11.320 The first is is that this is a full year long, doctoral program. 00:11:11.380 --> 00:11:11.880 Okay? 00:11:12.340 --> 00:11:16.805 You're going to be engaged in studies, all year long, including the summer. 00:11:16.805 --> 00:11:26.245 As you can see, you know, there are certainly, summer courses in which you will become, engaged with as well as clinical duties that are ongoing during the summer months. 00:11:26.245 --> 00:11:26.745 Okay? 00:11:27.930 --> 00:11:32.650 Typically, students will pitch their dissertation proposal in the second year. 00:11:32.650 --> 00:11:38.350 So the goal is by the end of the second year that you submitted your proposal and it's been accepted by the faculty. 00:11:38.730 --> 00:11:42.190 And then another major milestone to point out is in the third year. 00:11:42.275 --> 00:11:49.075 So the idea here is that you take your comprehensive exams in the summer of year three, and God willing, you pass that. 00:11:49.075 --> 00:11:58.660 And then provided that you've also passed the, dissertation proposal, you're officially a candidate, in psychology here at Divine Mercy University, a PsyD candidate. 00:12:00.560 --> 00:12:00.880 Okay. 00:12:00.880 --> 00:12:04.900 I think that's we've said, all that needs to be said with the the curriculum. 00:12:05.120 --> 00:12:11.555 So, you know, if you have any questions about that, feel free to lodge a question in the in the chat box, and I would be happy to talk about it later. 00:12:12.575 --> 00:12:12.975 Okay. 00:12:12.975 --> 00:12:14.335 A couple of questions to discernment. 00:12:14.335 --> 00:12:14.655 You know? 00:12:14.655 --> 00:12:16.175 Is is this right for you? 00:12:16.175 --> 00:12:16.575 You know? 00:12:16.575 --> 00:12:19.235 Do you have a calling to become a clinical psychologist? 00:12:19.295 --> 00:12:21.155 So do you want to help people flourish? 00:12:21.855 --> 00:12:24.755 Are you interested in the science behind human psychology? 00:12:25.375 --> 00:12:28.800 Do you want to become an instrument of healing through the psychological sciences? 00:12:29.260 --> 00:12:34.960 Are you interested in performing a psychological assessment or test to diagnose your clients in a creative treatment plan? 00:12:35.260 --> 00:12:39.760 Are you looking to start a career as a licensed mental health professional, specifically as a clinical psychologist? 00:12:40.385 --> 00:12:47.685 And then finally, do you have the ability and desire to work with all types of clients for more acute care to more challenging long term client cases? 00:12:50.545 --> 00:12:50.865 Okay. 00:12:50.865 --> 00:12:59.740 So we have a series of goals in our program that we do aim to inculcate in all of our students by the time that they graduate, and these are as follows. 00:12:59.740 --> 00:13:12.405 So, foundations in psychological science and research, integrity and practice, assessment and diagnosis, therapeutic intervention, professional roles, and then clinical practice from a Catholic and integrative perspective. 00:13:12.945 --> 00:13:16.565 So I'm going to talk about all of these in a little bit more detail. 00:13:17.425 --> 00:13:25.560 You might notice how the first, several of them are quite common for, you know, a lot of Psyvey programs that are also APA accredited. 00:13:26.340 --> 00:13:28.420 The last, though, is quite peculiar to us. 00:13:28.420 --> 00:13:28.580 Right? 00:13:28.580 --> 00:13:30.680 We're Catholic, and we're very proud of that. 00:13:31.220 --> 00:13:42.675 We integrate theology and philosophy, into, not just the courses that are specifically, integrative studies courses, but also throughout the psychology curriculum. 00:13:42.815 --> 00:13:52.640 The questions of life's meaning and the bearing that has on clientele practice is the very essence of what we do here at Divine Mercy University. 00:13:53.340 --> 00:13:55.600 So we're I'm gonna talk about each of these in turn. 00:13:56.860 --> 00:13:59.820 The first, foundations in psychological science and research. 00:13:59.820 --> 00:14:15.270 Graduates will attain foundational psychological science knowledge of biological, cognitive, effective, social, and developmental is, aspects of the human person, as well as history and systems of psychology, psychological measurement, research design, and statistical method. 00:14:15.590 --> 00:14:18.810 Graduates have the skills necessary to conduct their own psychological research. 00:14:19.430 --> 00:14:20.630 Two, integrity and practice. 00:14:20.630 --> 00:14:26.970 Graduates be knowledgeable in the areas of diversity and ethics and display critical thinking, self aware and reflective practice, and self care. 00:14:27.455 --> 00:14:34.035 Graduates will demonstrate responsiveness to supervision, collegiality, and professional compartments in professional practice. 00:14:35.855 --> 00:14:37.315 Three, assessment and diagnosis. 00:14:37.375 --> 00:14:53.130 Graduates be able to conduct clinical interviewing, perform intake evaluation, demonstrate knowledge in administration, scoring, and interpretation of psychological assessment, integrate multiple sources of test data and clinical interview information into written reports, diagnose, and develop a treatment plan. 00:14:53.845 --> 00:14:55.205 Four, therapeutic intervention. 00:14:55.205 --> 00:14:57.545 Graduals be able to demonstrate case conceptualization. 00:14:58.725 --> 00:14:59.445 Excuse me. 00:14:59.445 --> 00:15:08.025 Treatment planning, building, maintaining a therapeutic relationship, psychotherapy skills, crisis management, urgent, special circumstances, and discharge planning. 00:15:10.230 --> 00:15:11.190 Five, professional roles. 00:15:11.190 --> 00:15:19.530 Graduates being able to function the right or required roles for professional psychologists to include consultants, educator, supervisor, practice manager, and program evaluator. 00:15:19.910 --> 00:15:23.530 They'll be able to work collaboratively within our teams and with clients. 00:15:24.315 --> 00:15:27.935 Six, clinical practice from a Catholic and interactive perspective. 00:15:28.395 --> 00:15:37.375 Graduates will build a Catholic understanding of human flourishing and individual person in marriage and family life and be able to integrate this psychological sciences in clinical practice. 00:15:39.930 --> 00:15:40.330 Okay. 00:15:40.330 --> 00:15:51.630 So as you might imagine, getting your doctorate will avail a great deal of opportunity to you, and this manifests itself in the different settings in which you might find yourself practicing as a clinical psychologist. 00:15:52.165 --> 00:15:54.025 And these are just a few among many. 00:15:54.245 --> 00:15:58.005 So working, for example, in a psychiatric hospital is a very common one. 00:15:58.165 --> 00:16:04.485 In fact, one of our recent PsyD graduates, doctor Charles Russell himself works in a, psychiatric hospital. 00:16:04.485 --> 00:16:09.530 He works alongside, an entire medical team comprised of physicians. 00:16:09.670 --> 00:16:17.370 So, especially, psychiatrists, those with MDs and DOs, and nurses, as as he says, a whole gaggle of nurses. 00:16:18.575 --> 00:16:20.495 But among other medical practitioners too. 00:16:20.495 --> 00:16:25.155 And you would be as the clinical psychologist on the team, you would be the mental health expert. 00:16:25.535 --> 00:16:35.310 In particular, as I mentioned before, should the patient need a psychological assessment or therapy, that would be your piece of the puzzle. 00:16:35.310 --> 00:16:35.630 Right? 00:16:35.630 --> 00:16:39.890 So and there are other components that, require healing of this person. 00:16:40.190 --> 00:16:44.430 You know, certainly, the other experts in the team would, weigh in. 00:16:44.430 --> 00:16:50.705 But when it comes to the mental health piece, especially the nonpharmacological piece, that would be your domain. 00:16:50.845 --> 00:16:51.245 Right? 00:16:51.245 --> 00:16:55.585 So when let's just say that the patient perhaps needed, a psychiatric medication. 00:16:55.885 --> 00:16:56.385 Right? 00:16:56.925 --> 00:16:59.265 That would certainly be the domain of the psychiatrist. 00:16:59.485 --> 00:16:59.725 Right? 00:16:59.725 --> 00:17:00.945 You know, the medical doctor. 00:17:01.550 --> 00:17:07.810 But you as a psychologist, again, it's sort of like you're the the testing and the therapy is sort of like where you shine. 00:17:09.150 --> 00:17:12.770 Also, of of notice, is military establishments. 00:17:13.070 --> 00:17:31.540 Now, the military, of course, you know, has a great deal of money that they're now, willing to spend on getting their people help treatments, especially with a very common phenomenon of PTSD and trauma that this has a lot of, veterans, and and a lot of these people need help. 00:17:31.860 --> 00:17:37.560 And this is where, again, a Divine Mercy doctoral graduate, could do very well indeed. 00:17:38.340 --> 00:17:54.475 In fact, you when it comes to the fifth year when you apply to that, some of the most lucrative, internships are in within the military, say, in the veterans affairs, departments, simply because they're very well funded. 00:17:54.475 --> 00:17:57.000 And so this is an authentic interest for you. 00:17:57.000 --> 00:18:05.180 This can be a fantastic, career, path for for, a divine mercy, doctorate, degree holder. 00:18:05.240 --> 00:18:05.740 Yes. 00:18:06.360 --> 00:18:12.405 Also, of course, you know, the probably the most common one, though, is, surprisingly working in private practice. 00:18:12.645 --> 00:18:12.885 Right? 00:18:12.885 --> 00:18:22.085 You know, being able to go off on your own, have your own business, hang your your shingle outside, and see people on a an entirely private basis. 00:18:22.085 --> 00:18:35.250 And you might, in fact, should you want to get into league with other clinicians, you know, either at the master's or at the doctoral level and, you know, expand that product practice to be an association, of other practitioners. 00:18:36.910 --> 00:18:53.875 Also very common is, you know, working either in an outpatient clinic or in clinic or in a clinical facility, something like a addiction rehab, center, where you would, you know, be the doctoral level clinician, amongst other clinicians, you know, again, at either the masters or the doctoral level. 00:18:54.530 --> 00:18:57.270 And then this last one here, diocese and consultation. 00:18:57.570 --> 00:19:11.165 This is a huge one, especially for Divine Mercy graduates because what will often happen is diocese will have applicants, apply to become seminarians, and a lot of these seminary applicants require testing. 00:19:12.585 --> 00:19:24.360 And this testing is to ensure that these people, have sort of psychological, makeup that would make them, effective and good priests, good ministers, of the church. 00:19:24.420 --> 00:19:43.555 And so, again, this is one of these things that there's testing involved, and this is where the doctorates the doctoral on this or alum, would shine because you have such a thoroughgoing, training and testing, in in all the different batteries of tests where you would be able to provide the needed evaluation. 00:19:45.215 --> 00:19:45.715 Okay. 00:19:45.935 --> 00:19:53.800 Now we've had legions of students come through our school, and they've enjoyed a great deal of success, in the world of psychology after graduation. 00:19:53.800 --> 00:19:59.420 And these are just a few of our alumni, from the PsyD program that has spoken to the to our program. 00:19:59.880 --> 00:20:06.300 So Jane Rolovich has said, in our clinical psychology program, the training is focused on healing the whole person. 00:20:06.785 --> 00:20:12.725 Kristen Long, I was drawn to the study program and desire to serve others in a more profound way than my previous positions offered. 00:20:13.265 --> 00:20:20.820 Timothy White, this school is not afraid to teach you what it means to be human at every level psychologically, philosophically, and theologically, and that's why I like it. 00:20:21.380 --> 00:20:23.460 Kirsten Curtis, I'm so thankful for DMU. 00:20:23.460 --> 00:20:28.760 The faculty members are very supportive, and I received lots of hands on and clinical experience. 00:20:32.020 --> 00:20:32.500 Okay. 00:20:32.500 --> 00:20:47.855 This is a story of a current doctoral student with us, William Johnson, is in our in our PsyD program, and he is speaking as I was before about the role that the military now has with funding, psychological research, but also getting their people treatments. 00:20:48.930 --> 00:20:55.110 He came from a military background, and he has developed a great deal of interest in trauma and PTSD. 00:20:55.970 --> 00:20:57.270 So let's hear his story. 00:21:06.065 --> 00:21:06.305 Hi. 00:21:06.305 --> 00:21:14.885 My name is William Johnston, and I'm a PsyD student at Divine Mercy University, currently approaching the end of my third year in the program. 00:21:15.630 --> 00:21:23.390 Military service runs in my family, and, and so both my grandparents served. 00:21:23.390 --> 00:21:24.770 My parents both served. 00:21:25.470 --> 00:21:40.385 This door, the PsyD program at Divine Mercy University opened the opportunity for me to continue to get back to conduct research and hopefully implement a more robust program to treat PTSD as it relates to combat veterans. 00:21:41.245 --> 00:22:03.065 DMU 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, a psychological clinician. 00:22:04.325 --> 00:22:14.345 So in essence, the Catholic Christian meta model of the human person is is why I'm here, both for my own sake as well as the sake of my future clients. 00:22:19.050 --> 00:22:19.450 Okay. 00:22:19.450 --> 00:22:19.930 Very good. 00:22:19.930 --> 00:22:24.090 So we do have another, alumna story here. 00:22:24.090 --> 00:22:27.770 This one, was a recently graduated from our Saudi program. 00:22:27.770 --> 00:22:29.070 So let's hear her story. 00:22:37.425 --> 00:22:45.285 I would say that being a student at DUI Mercy University or DMU is one of the best thing that happens to me. 00:22:45.750 --> 00:22:50.890 I really appreciate a great support from faculty members and also classmates. 00:22:51.510 --> 00:22:59.370 I have gained a great deal of knowledge in all aspects of clinical practice, research, and also professional development. 00:23:00.255 --> 00:23:07.795 DMU not only provides students with strong academic skills, but also prepares them for a career in psychology. 00:23:08.735 --> 00:23:15.200 I personally benefit from mentorship with academic advisor and clinical supervisors. 00:23:15.500 --> 00:23:27.280 As a person, what I most appreciate from DMU is that its mission helped broaden my perspectives in understanding a human person through the lens of Catholicism. 00:23:28.405 --> 00:23:37.785 Catholic principle, especially in hope, love, and faith are very valuable and certainly helped me become a better clinician. 00:23:42.645 --> 00:23:43.125 Hey. 00:23:43.125 --> 00:23:43.945 Very good. 00:23:44.190 --> 00:24:04.645 Now we offer a generalist program in psychology, which means that we don't have a particular focus, say, in one special area of psychology, such as forensics or forensic psychology or educational psychology rather, our faculty have an expertise that spans the curriculum of psychology. 00:24:04.645 --> 00:24:11.690 So you're going to get coursework in all the different fields from social, personality, adolescent, and child psychology. 00:24:12.710 --> 00:24:28.575 In addition to all of the intense training, with a clinical setting, so all the different clinical modalities, from CBT, to group therapy and marriage therapy and family therapy, DBT, EFT, internal family systems, the whole shebang. 00:24:28.715 --> 00:24:29.215 Okay? 00:24:29.515 --> 00:24:33.755 Now, so I would do wanna speak about a few of our faculty members here. 00:24:33.915 --> 00:24:35.595 Doctor Lisa Kolecki is our dean. 00:24:35.595 --> 00:24:38.095 She's a specialist in assessment and therapy. 00:24:38.555 --> 00:24:43.700 Doctor Diane Graves is, the assistant program director, and she's a specialist in child and developmental psychology. 00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:47.940 Doctor Elena Oriana is our director of clinical training. 00:24:49.120 --> 00:24:54.580 You're bound to run into her and especially in second year when you, begin your clinical work here on CMU. 00:24:55.445 --> 00:25:02.265 And the three gentlemen here at the bottom were actually were among the founding faculty members from our school dating back to the late nineties. 00:25:02.805 --> 00:25:08.665 Doctor Striffani is a specialist in CBT and group therapy, doctor Nordling in child, marriage, and family. 00:25:09.140 --> 00:25:16.040 And doctor Vitz's work really hinges at the intersection between theology, Catholic theology, and modern psychology. 00:25:16.580 --> 00:25:23.000 In fact, doctor Vitz's own story, is really part and parcel to the founding of Divine Mercy. 00:25:23.625 --> 00:25:28.185 In fact, as a young man, doctor Bitz was an atheist, believe it or not. 00:25:28.185 --> 00:25:34.925 You know, he was, he went to University of Michigan and majored in psychology and then went to graduate school at Stanford. 00:25:35.465 --> 00:25:51.795 And this whole sort of period of time, he he lost his childhood faith, you know, in in in a way that many, academics, you know, that in a way that secularism is sort of, has a hegemony within the academy today, he became part of that sort of institutional thinking, you might say. 00:25:52.515 --> 00:25:59.175 And then when he, you know, graduated with his doctorate, he got a job at New York University back in 1965. 00:25:59.875 --> 00:26:04.050 And it was there that he met his now wife, Timmy Bitz. 00:26:04.370 --> 00:26:06.630 She was a professor of French at the time. 00:26:06.850 --> 00:26:12.150 And Timmy was actually, believe it or not, an even bigger a bigger atheist than than Paul was. 00:26:13.170 --> 00:26:19.755 And so she was so, so much of an atheist that she actually got rid of all any reference to God in their wedding vows, believe it or not. 00:26:20.155 --> 00:26:20.635 Not. 00:26:20.875 --> 00:26:44.010 So they had a sec a very secular beginning of their relationship, but, what ended up happening is once Timmy became pregnant, with their first child, doctor Evits, Paul, you know, he had a little bit of a life a quarter life crisis, you might say, because he thought to himself, well, I mean, what am I gonna tell my my children about the meaning of life and why we're here? 00:26:44.010 --> 00:26:53.885 And are we really just sort of the an amalgamation of of of atoms and and we just where we live for a while and then we we pass out of existence and, like, that's all there is to it. 00:26:53.885 --> 00:26:54.545 You know? 00:26:54.605 --> 00:26:57.825 And it was kind of very materialist atheist kind of picture. 00:26:59.020 --> 00:27:02.640 So this prompted a search, and he wanted to know what was the meaning of life. 00:27:02.780 --> 00:27:04.700 And so he ended up reading all a great deal. 00:27:04.700 --> 00:27:09.600 He read GK Chesterton and CS Lewis among other, Christian and Catholic apologists. 00:27:10.380 --> 00:27:16.385 And at the end of the search, he came down to, four different options as as it were. 00:27:16.385 --> 00:27:25.045 So the first option was, basically, careerism and a kind of almost like a kind of narcissism really, you know, self promotion, self aggrandizement. 00:27:26.370 --> 00:27:33.670 As a professor, there, you know, he had plenty of opportunities to do that, to make himself, you know, a big deal in the field. 00:27:34.130 --> 00:27:46.175 The second option would have been, sort of new agey spirituality and Buddhism, things like that, which, you know, was big at the time in the late sixties, early seventies. 00:27:46.875 --> 00:27:50.975 The third option was Marxist and leftist politics. 00:27:51.115 --> 00:27:58.780 So he had been involved in leftist politics, from his days at Stanford, and he was he was in California for, I think, eight years. 00:27:59.240 --> 00:28:02.060 And that was sort of his his gig for a while. 00:28:02.360 --> 00:28:10.905 And following the the dictates of Marx, you know, the idea that, you know, metaphysics is irrelevant and really philosophy should, bring about social change. 00:28:10.905 --> 00:28:11.225 Okay. 00:28:11.225 --> 00:28:15.885 So this is very much, you know, something that doctor Bitts was already accustomed to. 00:28:16.105 --> 00:28:21.805 And then the final, possibility was Christianity, Catholicism in particular. 00:28:23.305 --> 00:28:43.405 And in a in a final, you know, examination of all these options, this saw from, frankly, from the position of reason that it was actually, you know, Christianity that made the most sense, despite the cultural narrative to the contrary that was very popular in the academy at the at the time and still very much is to this day. 00:28:44.025 --> 00:28:50.605 And so what happened is he converted to Catholicism, as did his wife, and this was happened over the course of the nineteen seventies. 00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:58.360 And then he reached another problem, another sort of complication, you might say, in his life journey in a story, which was, okay. 00:28:58.360 --> 00:29:02.040 Now that I'm Catholic and my wife is Catholic, what am I gonna do? 00:29:02.040 --> 00:29:09.555 And in this very secular, you know, environment at NYU at the time, in a very secular discipline, you know, psychology. 00:29:10.575 --> 00:29:13.775 And so this prompted, yet another intellectual journey. 00:29:13.775 --> 00:29:25.800 It's like so he examined the course of the twentieth century humanistic psychologists, especially Abraham Maslow, Rogers, Eric Frum, among other people. 00:29:26.020 --> 00:29:33.720 And he saw that a common denominator that, you know, sort of held them all together as it were was this concept of self actualization. 00:29:34.465 --> 00:29:48.085 You know, the idea that, you know, the human person, the individual self is our own end, and, like, the meaning of life concerns basically fulfilling our own desires, you know, and living a rather self absorbed existence. 00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:54.300 And, that saw that this was rather at odds with the gospel, you know, as Christ describes. 00:29:54.300 --> 00:29:58.540 So as because for Christ, it's sort of like for human life, what does it mean in human life? 00:29:58.540 --> 00:30:06.505 It's really found in others, you know, and giving yourself to the other, and then, of course, in God, the love of God and the love of others. 00:30:06.505 --> 00:30:18.310 And this stands at large, this kind of self absorbed, narcissistic, you know, self actualized kind of philosophy of the humanistic psychologists. 00:30:18.850 --> 00:30:24.610 And so this publishes this, what became known as a very seminal work, and it came out in 1977. 00:30:24.610 --> 00:30:26.210 It's called psychology as religion. 00:30:26.210 --> 00:30:29.510 I highly recommend it to you, if you're interested in this. 00:30:30.130 --> 00:30:35.125 And there this caused a huge, kind of rippling effect in the psychological community. 00:30:35.985 --> 00:30:41.125 Many people really, really liked it and others didn't at all for obvious reasons. 00:30:41.425 --> 00:30:49.310 But people that got wind of it, doctor Strefani, Phil Strefani and, Bill Nordling, you know, were reading this at the time, and they said, oh my gosh. 00:30:49.310 --> 00:30:50.750 Like, we gotta get in touch with this guy. 00:30:50.750 --> 00:30:52.350 This is such a great this is such a good idea. 00:30:52.350 --> 00:30:56.910 So these three got in league with each other, and they said, oh, like, this is great. 00:30:56.910 --> 00:30:58.690 What are we gonna do about it, though? 00:30:58.990 --> 00:31:10.575 So they decided to found a school that really kind of brought together Catholic theology, good, solid, realist philosophy, and the best insights of modern psychology. 00:31:10.795 --> 00:31:21.170 And bring this together, this would be a truly interesting, different, unique, but really powerful school that was unlike any other in many in some respects. 00:31:22.270 --> 00:31:24.350 And so the sure enough, that's exactly what they did. 00:31:24.350 --> 00:31:26.430 And they got together in the nineties, and they were planning. 00:31:26.430 --> 00:31:32.685 And finally, they came together in '99 and founded Divine Mercy University, then known as the Institute of Psychological Sciences. 00:31:33.065 --> 00:31:33.545 Okay? 00:31:33.545 --> 00:31:34.985 And then we've been growing ever since. 00:31:34.985 --> 00:31:38.765 I mean, that's sort of like the genesis of our of our founding. 00:31:39.545 --> 00:31:41.145 But the rest, as they say, is history. 00:31:41.145 --> 00:31:43.165 You know, we now have four wonderful programs. 00:31:43.770 --> 00:31:47.070 The doctorate was the original, the OG, as they say. 00:31:47.370 --> 00:31:53.930 The the the first program that was with us from the beginning, and it's still the case today, our flagship, doctoral program. 00:31:53.930 --> 00:32:02.085 So that's the the story, the genesis of, you know, Divine Mercy University, which really originated with this great this great man, doctor Paul Bitz. 00:32:03.745 --> 00:32:04.145 Okay. 00:32:04.145 --> 00:32:08.325 So to bring things down to earth just a little bit, this is, a bit about licensing. 00:32:09.710 --> 00:32:26.765 Certainly, to get licensed as psychologists and as in many other similar professions, you know, in law or in medicine, you know, you get your doctoral degree, and then you have to take the board exam to get become an attorney like the bar or to to get your, to a physician to take the the state and national exams. 00:32:26.905 --> 00:32:28.925 The same is true, to do psychology. 00:32:29.465 --> 00:32:34.365 You finish your PsyD, and then you're in in a apprentice for about nine to twelve months. 00:32:34.665 --> 00:32:45.220 And then you take your your, state and national exams, and then you're a clinical psychologist, totally independent, licensed by the APA, and there you have it. 00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:46.920 And you're off you're off and running. 00:32:48.660 --> 00:32:49.060 Okay. 00:32:49.060 --> 00:32:52.020 These two charts depict a distinction that I like to draw. 00:32:52.020 --> 00:32:58.305 It could be helpful between buying something that's just rather material in case, like, car is a great example. 00:32:58.305 --> 00:33:01.365 It's like the the value that is going to diminish rather rapidly. 00:33:01.745 --> 00:33:07.285 By total contrast, though, when you invest in education I'm not just talking about any old education. 00:33:07.850 --> 00:33:14.190 But in cycle in psychology, this is a field that is absolutely booming. 00:33:14.250 --> 00:33:14.570 Okay? 00:33:14.570 --> 00:33:21.710 This it's growing on a rate of 30 higher than, basically, the average profession in America. 00:33:21.965 --> 00:33:27.425 And that is because we are undergoing we're in the midst of a mental health crisis. 00:33:28.445 --> 00:33:31.805 The culture is sort of coming apart at the seams. 00:33:31.805 --> 00:33:34.305 We find so many people that are alone. 00:33:34.365 --> 00:33:35.185 They're isolated. 00:33:35.325 --> 00:33:36.065 They're addicted. 00:33:36.125 --> 00:33:36.840 They're depressed. 00:33:37.080 --> 00:33:38.860 They're without hope, frankly. 00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:44.440 And so for all of these reasons, this profession is on the up and up. 00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:44.680 Okay? 00:33:44.680 --> 00:33:57.415 There's a ton of demand for therapists, good therapists that are that have strong moorings in the Catholic tradition, and divine mercy is the parag the paragon of that tradition and indeed. 00:33:57.475 --> 00:34:03.495 So, what another thing to consider is that there's a huge demand for testing. 00:34:03.990 --> 00:34:04.490 Okay? 00:34:04.630 --> 00:34:09.510 And the only people that can really do tests without supervision for the most part are psychologists. 00:34:09.510 --> 00:34:12.730 That's like again, as I said, that's the bread and butter of psychology. 00:34:13.190 --> 00:34:15.270 So this is another function of supply and demand. 00:34:15.270 --> 00:34:19.645 There's a ton of demand and not that money not a whole lot of supply. 00:34:20.265 --> 00:34:24.505 Do you stand to do incredibly well, as a clinical psychologist? 00:34:24.505 --> 00:34:29.005 So it's very much an investment that pays, pays for itself, you might say. 00:34:29.580 --> 00:34:30.060 Okay. 00:34:30.060 --> 00:34:37.680 Now the investment, the is $1,001.70 per credit for a 122 credits over five years is a $142.07 40. 00:34:37.740 --> 00:34:43.605 Now that does not include fees or indirect expenses such as, you know, housing, gas, food, things of this nature. 00:34:44.165 --> 00:34:52.505 Many of our students do get a federal aid, so the FAFSA will become available most likely, this coming December for this coming year. 00:34:53.445 --> 00:35:02.530 And, also, we offer a number of ways of defying excuse me, defying costs so that very seldom, if ever, does do our doctoral students pay this full sticker price. 00:35:03.150 --> 00:35:13.725 Most people are gonna get some sort of tuition, remission in the form of a a number of things, including work study, scholarships, things like this. 00:35:13.725 --> 00:35:14.225 Okay? 00:35:14.285 --> 00:35:22.600 So for example, in when it comes to work study, we offer that sort of throughout, the program on campus. 00:35:22.820 --> 00:35:31.560 In the first couple years, it's it's probably going to be jobs, such as working with me and my colleagues in the admissions office or in the business office side. 00:35:32.100 --> 00:35:37.155 In years three and four, though, once you have your masters, you can become a teaching assistant. 00:35:37.155 --> 00:35:40.995 You can help the professors teach their classes, which can be very interesting. 00:35:40.995 --> 00:35:41.075 Right? 00:35:41.075 --> 00:35:43.975 You're applying the psychology that you now that you now have. 00:35:44.835 --> 00:35:48.115 And then we have a whole slew of scholarships to which you could apply. 00:35:48.115 --> 00:35:48.355 Right? 00:35:49.730 --> 00:36:01.750 This one in particular is, a proposed to all of you listening now because we are very early on in the this is really sort of the first webinar of the admission cycle for 2024, 2025. 00:36:02.445 --> 00:36:12.065 So provide that you get all of the elements of your, application in prior to, October 25 is the deadline, which I'll talk about in a minute. 00:36:12.205 --> 00:36:14.865 You're gonna get 3,000 off of your first year's tuition. 00:36:15.220 --> 00:36:15.720 Okay? 00:36:16.180 --> 00:36:22.040 In addition, all these other scholarships that you see listed here today are those that you would be able to apply to individually. 00:36:22.100 --> 00:36:33.855 And I certainly encourage you to take a look at our website, divinemercy.edu, and see which ones apply to you because there are, certain things that are irrelevant to some and not to others, for example. 00:36:34.395 --> 00:36:40.495 We also offer merit scholarships, and these are our sort of, like, our top, biggest money scholarships. 00:36:40.555 --> 00:36:46.240 They range from half off tuition as our very best one, and they go down to 25% off tuition. 00:36:46.780 --> 00:36:54.800 And these are scholarships to which you don't specifically apply, but they're rather they're awarded to students based on, well, merits. 00:36:55.180 --> 00:37:06.625 So the faculty will evaluate all of our applicants in the all their respective interviews throughout the coming year, and then they'll dole out the top merit scholarships to the most deserving students. 00:37:06.625 --> 00:37:15.100 So, you will only be eligible for for for, consideration for these scholarships if you apply early, though. 00:37:15.100 --> 00:37:18.620 So our last interview in March is is too late. 00:37:18.620 --> 00:37:30.795 But so that you're, interested now, that you're hearing this now is really going to be helpful because you're going to be able to get into an earlier interview and be considered for these top, merit scholarships. 00:37:32.935 --> 00:37:36.375 In terms of entrance requirements, so what do you need to have to apply? 00:37:36.375 --> 00:37:36.875 Okay. 00:37:37.255 --> 00:37:42.530 All you need is a baccalaureate degree from any regionally accredited institution or school. 00:37:43.150 --> 00:37:53.950 We while it's true that we do prefer that you studied psychology, and I think that could be very advantageous as you're have already a a good familiar with the field, in no way is that required. 00:37:53.950 --> 00:38:04.445 We've received many, many, applicants and students that have matriculated in the past that have had no psychology background what whatsoever and have done very, very well. 00:38:05.545 --> 00:38:14.090 Everything from the hard sciences and mathematics and physics to the arts and the humanities and and the social sciences and everything in between. 00:38:14.090 --> 00:38:14.590 Okay? 00:38:15.450 --> 00:38:20.270 So we do need, a minimum, a three o GPA on a four o scale. 00:38:20.650 --> 00:38:29.975 Now if it's you are, in the position where your GPA is somewhat less than that, especially if it's like a two eight, two nine, don't despair. 00:38:30.835 --> 00:38:47.450 I would encourage you to, again, reach out to me, via email or a register of time in Calendly, because it might not necessarily be a deal breaker, you know, provided that you're able to offer, you know, a compelling explanation as to, you know, what happened, why did why was my GPA as low as it was. 00:38:47.670 --> 00:38:48.890 We can make exceptions. 00:38:48.950 --> 00:38:54.025 So, if that's if that's you and you're in that boat, let me know, and and we'll see how we can help you. 00:38:56.005 --> 00:39:01.205 Now in terms of the application process, this is what, this is how it works. 00:39:01.205 --> 00:39:01.445 Okay? 00:39:01.445 --> 00:39:06.430 So if all this is making sense and you're convinced that this is for you, these are the next steps. 00:39:06.430 --> 00:39:08.450 The first thing is the online application. 00:39:08.670 --> 00:39:09.170 Okay? 00:39:09.550 --> 00:39:16.030 And the online application is, as it suggests, it's it's you can go to our website and you can find it online. 00:39:16.030 --> 00:39:21.855 It's a very easy kind of, straightforward data entry kind of thing. 00:39:21.855 --> 00:39:28.595 A lot of it is basic, facts about yourself, where you live, your email, your phone, things like this, where you went to school. 00:39:28.655 --> 00:39:36.320 And then toward the end of the application, it will ask you about who might be able to recommend you to our program. 00:39:36.540 --> 00:39:37.040 Okay? 00:39:38.380 --> 00:39:45.040 And there, all you need to do is put in the person's name, their phone number, and an email, and then you can submit. 00:39:46.060 --> 00:39:51.805 Notice, however, though, that this once you do that, your recommenders will not be contacted. 00:39:52.185 --> 00:39:52.685 Okay? 00:39:52.905 --> 00:39:58.345 So you don't need to necessarily get their permission, or anything like that. 00:39:58.345 --> 00:40:04.160 If you don't want to, you can simply put in their data, and then you later can reach out to them and say, hey. 00:40:04.160 --> 00:40:07.620 You know, I'm applying to Divine Mercy's, you know, doctoral program. 00:40:07.840 --> 00:40:09.440 Would you be able to recommend me? 00:40:09.440 --> 00:40:09.680 Okay? 00:40:09.680 --> 00:40:15.385 And then you would send them the link to the online portal to for them to submit online. 00:40:15.445 --> 00:40:16.885 And it is an online in process. 00:40:16.885 --> 00:40:27.450 It's not a letter, a recommendation, which, you know, I can explain in more detail, you know, should you want to, you know, proceed, and I can explain that later on more. 00:40:27.930 --> 00:40:28.430 Okay. 00:40:28.490 --> 00:40:34.110 So the program does start then, on 08/18/2025. 00:40:34.330 --> 00:40:34.830 K? 00:40:35.610 --> 00:40:40.810 And this is this this slide is helpful because it gives you a nice sort of overview of the deadlines here. 00:40:40.810 --> 00:40:45.275 Like I said before, early admit scholarship deadline is October 25. 00:40:45.275 --> 00:40:48.575 So that's where you get your 3,000 off of your first year's tuition. 00:40:50.075 --> 00:40:57.560 And then the so while the final application deadline isn't until, February 21, these are the interview dates. 00:40:57.560 --> 00:41:04.360 So these are the days that you would be coming to campus on campus on-site to interview for the doctoral program. 00:41:04.360 --> 00:41:04.860 Okay? 00:41:05.240 --> 00:41:12.875 Now like I said before, to be considered for a merit scholarship, you need to get into either the November interview or the January. 00:41:12.875 --> 00:41:14.495 The marks, you will not be considered. 00:41:14.555 --> 00:41:15.055 Okay? 00:41:15.835 --> 00:41:25.610 There's a lot of advantages, I think, to getting it early, because, you know, this is sort of where, historically, we've we've hand out most of the merit scholarships. 00:41:25.830 --> 00:41:26.150 Okay? 00:41:26.150 --> 00:41:30.410 So there's a you know, you know, that will certainly work in your favor if you get in early. 00:41:30.550 --> 00:41:34.010 At the same time, this November interview is very, very popular. 00:41:34.070 --> 00:41:34.470 Okay? 00:41:34.470 --> 00:41:35.610 So it is competitive. 00:41:36.605 --> 00:41:54.280 I for that reason, I highly, highly recommend, you know, getting things done sooner rather than later so you're not excluded, because this is gonna I'm telling you, like, this is gonna fill up quickly, and you don't wanna get kinda bun you know, sort of bumped to the next, interview because it's very good to get into this guy. 00:41:56.100 --> 00:41:56.420 Okay. 00:41:56.420 --> 00:42:00.260 Now once the online application is submitted, what else do you have to do? 00:42:00.260 --> 00:42:00.500 Okay. 00:42:00.500 --> 00:42:01.880 So these are is as follows. 00:42:02.340 --> 00:42:06.215 You do need to write, compose two essays. 00:42:06.675 --> 00:42:20.030 Each of them are 500 words a piece, admissions essays explaining why you want to study with Divine Mercy, what field of psychology might you want to research for your dissertation, and why you wanna be a psychologist in general. 00:42:20.030 --> 00:42:20.270 Okay? 00:42:20.270 --> 00:42:21.650 So they're very basic questions. 00:42:22.350 --> 00:42:25.410 Two two five hundred word essays a piece, very easy. 00:42:25.870 --> 00:42:28.270 And then updated resume, we'll need that as well. 00:42:28.270 --> 00:42:28.750 Okay? 00:42:28.750 --> 00:42:29.550 Send that to us. 00:42:29.550 --> 00:42:41.985 And then, as I was saying before, when it comes to recommendations, you want to make sure that your recommenders are either professors or a work supervisor. 00:42:42.205 --> 00:42:42.525 Okay? 00:42:42.525 --> 00:42:44.065 Here's what we don't want. 00:42:44.205 --> 00:42:44.705 Okay? 00:42:44.845 --> 00:42:53.270 We don't want friends, family, spouses, therapists, nothing personal. 00:42:53.270 --> 00:42:59.530 So we want to make sure that these are, totally professional or academic in nature. 00:43:00.525 --> 00:43:00.925 Okay. 00:43:00.925 --> 00:43:03.105 Again, if you have questions about that, let me know. 00:43:03.405 --> 00:43:08.625 We also will need, of course, official transcripts, from your all of your post secondary institutions. 00:43:09.405 --> 00:43:10.925 And then finally, the GRE. 00:43:10.925 --> 00:43:17.860 So the GRE is in fact required, and there's no exceptions to this regardless of how well educated you are. 00:43:17.860 --> 00:43:22.500 I mean, you could have a PhD, but you would still have to provide the GRE. 00:43:22.500 --> 00:43:29.380 I mean so as long as you've taken the GRE in the past five years, that's that will suffice. 00:43:29.380 --> 00:43:33.435 So if you if you took that, even a few years ago, it still will work. 00:43:33.435 --> 00:43:38.095 If you've never taken the GRE or if your GRE is dated, you will have to take it again. 00:43:38.235 --> 00:43:38.735 Okay? 00:43:39.115 --> 00:43:40.975 However and this is an important caveat. 00:43:42.315 --> 00:43:46.555 The GRE is hardly the most important part of the admissions process. 00:43:46.555 --> 00:43:49.690 So we're not looking for a perfect score by any means. 00:43:50.470 --> 00:43:53.930 We're not frankly, we're not we don't even have a minimum score. 00:43:53.990 --> 00:43:54.390 Okay? 00:43:54.390 --> 00:43:55.850 So that should give you an idea. 00:43:56.230 --> 00:43:59.910 The more important thing is that you take the test and do your best. 00:43:59.910 --> 00:44:00.410 Okay? 00:44:01.395 --> 00:44:10.695 Because there are as you can see from the slide, there's a whole lot of other things that are going to have to happen, for you to have your application con considered to complete. 00:44:10.755 --> 00:44:11.255 Right? 00:44:12.595 --> 00:44:15.555 But the GRE is is morally something that just needs to get done. 00:44:15.555 --> 00:44:15.875 Okay. 00:44:16.850 --> 00:44:18.450 It's it's great if you do well. 00:44:18.450 --> 00:44:20.550 You know, that certainly will set you apart. 00:44:20.610 --> 00:44:28.470 But if you don't do well, please don't despair because, I don't know if we've ever turned anyone away nearly on the grounds of having a little GRE. 00:44:28.530 --> 00:44:32.310 So that should, you know, be a point of consolation to many. 00:44:34.605 --> 00:44:34.925 Okay. 00:44:34.925 --> 00:44:51.630 If you are an international students, please know that you you know, especially if your, degree program that you, degree that you have was not did did not have an American GPA attached to it, it will have to get evaluated for an American GPA distillation. 00:44:52.090 --> 00:44:58.510 So I would go to either west.org or educationalperspectives.org. 00:44:58.650 --> 00:44:59.150 Okay? 00:44:59.610 --> 00:45:10.795 And go to the website and then submit your to them, submit your, transcript for evaluation to, American Parlance, and then have that sent to us. 00:45:10.795 --> 00:45:11.295 Okay? 00:45:12.315 --> 00:45:18.670 The degree that you had from whatever the foreign country was needs to be the equivalent of American bachelor's degree. 00:45:18.670 --> 00:45:19.170 Okay? 00:45:20.110 --> 00:45:21.790 And that too needs to get sent to us. 00:45:21.790 --> 00:45:25.550 And if it's not in English, it must be, translated into English. 00:45:25.550 --> 00:45:30.155 And, of course, this is, you know, this is your responsibility to, make sure that that happens. 00:45:30.215 --> 00:45:46.580 And finally, and this is an important point often misunderstood, which is, if you're not a native English speaker, let's just say that, you know, you converse mostly in a foreign language. 00:45:46.640 --> 00:45:57.220 Like, you know, English is is sort of not your primary language, then you will have to take the TOEFL test, okay, to to prove that, you know, you have a a high level of English competency. 00:45:57.835 --> 00:46:17.480 However, if it's the case that, you know, you may have let's just say your native language is Spanish, but, you know, you've been in America, you know, basically your whole life and you're used to English, you do most of your business and personal affairs in English, you would be considered a English as your primary language even if it isn't your native. 00:46:17.700 --> 00:46:18.200 Okay? 00:46:19.300 --> 00:46:21.620 In which case, you would not need to take the TOEFL. 00:46:21.620 --> 00:46:21.940 Okay? 00:46:21.940 --> 00:46:27.605 So if that if that is unclear to you, please let me know, and I'd be happy to help you sort that out because that's important point. 00:46:28.085 --> 00:46:37.225 You can avoid, you know, taking one of their standardized test if English is your primary language, the one that you, you know, do most of your affairs in. 00:46:37.285 --> 00:46:37.785 Okay? 00:46:38.885 --> 00:46:39.385 Okay. 00:46:39.765 --> 00:46:42.890 That is all I have, for everyone. 00:46:42.890 --> 00:46:46.350 I'm gonna take a look at the chat box here and see what questions popped up. 00:46:49.770 --> 00:46:50.270 Okay. 00:46:50.330 --> 00:46:51.150 Let's see. 00:46:51.610 --> 00:46:52.510 Q and a. 00:46:53.050 --> 00:46:54.030 That's right. 00:46:54.170 --> 00:46:54.670 Okay. 00:46:54.730 --> 00:47:01.395 Chris, please can someone be a clinical psychology where it doesn't have psychology background? 00:47:01.395 --> 00:47:01.795 Yes. 00:47:01.795 --> 00:47:04.595 So, Chris, that that's what I was saying earlier in that one slide. 00:47:04.595 --> 00:47:04.835 Right? 00:47:04.835 --> 00:47:12.670 So even if you don't have a degree in psychology, like, or any background, you can still apply to, our doctoral program. 00:47:12.670 --> 00:47:17.410 Because we've had, you know, people from all different walks of life and all different disciplines apply. 00:47:17.470 --> 00:47:20.270 As long as you have a bachelor's degree, you can apply. 00:47:20.270 --> 00:47:20.770 Okay. 00:47:21.150 --> 00:47:22.050 Okay, Victor. 00:47:22.325 --> 00:47:25.305 Is it possible to get most, if not all, of those scholarships? 00:47:25.845 --> 00:47:29.065 What are the conditions to acquire some or all of those scholarships? 00:47:29.125 --> 00:47:29.625 Okay. 00:47:29.765 --> 00:47:30.805 Great question, Victor. 00:47:30.805 --> 00:47:36.025 So it's not possible to get, like, all the scholarships. 00:47:36.380 --> 00:47:40.140 You can maximally apply to four of them and receive two of them. 00:47:40.140 --> 00:47:40.460 Okay? 00:47:40.460 --> 00:47:43.340 So there are there are limitations that come with that. 00:47:43.340 --> 00:47:43.840 Okay? 00:47:44.380 --> 00:47:47.600 So if you have more questions about that, again, let me know. 00:47:48.715 --> 00:47:48.955 Okay. 00:47:48.955 --> 00:47:52.175 Juliana, what if you don't pass the comprehensive exam? 00:47:52.315 --> 00:47:57.215 What is the acceptance rate for PsyD at DMU, and what is the lowest GPA typically accepted? 00:47:57.355 --> 00:48:01.135 Can we tour campus before we submit an early application in October? 00:48:01.195 --> 00:48:01.695 Okay. 00:48:01.915 --> 00:48:03.695 So I'll take the first one first. 00:48:05.480 --> 00:48:11.580 If you don't pass the comprehensive exam, I believe you would probably be allowed to retake it, I think, once. 00:48:13.640 --> 00:48:34.830 But, I mean, that's pretty rare to fail, frankly, at the comprehensive exam, because you're typically so very well prepared, by the coursework and by the professors that by the time you get to that, you know, after basically three years of coursework So you know, there's a very high likelihood issue that you're gonna pass. 00:48:34.830 --> 00:48:39.650 If you don't, then I think there's something there's something awry, but for the most part, people do pass. 00:48:40.110 --> 00:48:48.945 The acceptance rate for side d, at DMU, though so those numbers when it comes to, like, acceptance rate, stuff like that, that's all on our website. 00:48:49.005 --> 00:48:57.245 If you go to, divinemercy.edu, and you go to data outcomes, subversity, that's all listed there. 00:48:57.245 --> 00:49:04.980 And there you'll find all kinds of data from, acceptance rate, attrition, retention, you know, graduation rates, things like that. 00:49:06.000 --> 00:49:13.280 However, when it comes to acceptance, our acceptance is usually somewhere between 3040% on average per year. 00:49:13.280 --> 00:49:16.725 It depends on the year, but that's usually where it where it, lies. 00:49:17.505 --> 00:49:20.885 And then can we tour campus before, we submit an early application? 00:49:21.905 --> 00:49:23.765 The answer to that is maybe. 00:49:24.385 --> 00:49:28.545 It depends on a lot of factors, you know, scheduling, things like that. 00:49:28.545 --> 00:49:33.880 But if you're interested in a in a in a visit, do let me know, and we might be able to set that up. 00:49:33.880 --> 00:49:36.920 So Okay. 00:49:36.920 --> 00:49:39.340 I think that covers it. 00:49:39.880 --> 00:49:40.680 I think so. 00:49:40.680 --> 00:49:41.180 Good. 00:49:41.240 --> 00:49:41.740 Okay. 00:49:42.200 --> 00:49:42.700 Excellent. 00:49:43.515 --> 00:49:45.455 Everyone, wonderful to have you. 00:49:46.475 --> 00:49:48.895 Again, let me know if other questions arise. 00:49:48.955 --> 00:49:50.315 I'd be happy to field them. 00:49:50.315 --> 00:49:55.232 Send me an email, bcipher@divinemercy.edu, and we can set up a time to meet. 00:49:55.293 --> 00:49:57.373 And I look forward to talking with all of you. 00:49:57.373 --> 00:49:57.932 Take care. 00:49:57.932 --> 00:49:58.573 God bless. 00:49:58.573 --> 00:49:59.073 Goodbye. 00:49:59.212 --> 00:49:59.712 Bye.