WEBVTT 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:02.900 Let's go ahead and get started then. 00:00:04.160 --> 00:00:05.460 Minimize this screen. 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:11.700 Hopefully, all of you can see the blue screen that says Divine Mercy University. 00:00:13.435 --> 00:00:18.495 If not, raise your hand, please, and let me know, but we'll go ahead and get started. 00:00:21.275 --> 00:00:43.745 So for those of you who don't know about Divine Mercy University, we were born as a Catholic Catholic understanding a Catholic understanding of the person, marriage, and the family. 00:00:44.205 --> 00:01:05.400 The university offers a doctoral or a PsyD degree in clinical psychology, a doctoral PH degree in counselor education and supervision, which is what we're here to talk about today, a master of science degree in psychology, and a master of science in counseling, and then we have a certificate in spiritual direction. 00:01:10.595 --> 00:01:33.420 Won't go through all of the vision and mission, but the the part that's kind of important on the mission side, the university provides students an appropriate academic and educational environment that supports the integration of science, scholarship, and a Catholic Christian understanding of the person through a rigorous, critical, and objective search for a truth. 00:01:33.960 --> 00:01:44.835 It assists the students intellectually, humanly, and professionally as they prepare themselves to respond to their location as a mental health professionals or as men and women helping professions. 00:01:45.695 --> 00:01:54.470 The university's mission also involves dialogue with its integrative approach of practitioners, scholars, and cultural leaders nationally and internationally. 00:01:55.090 --> 00:02:00.470 And in case you're wondering, we run about 20% international student wise. 00:02:03.090 --> 00:02:08.950 So as I mentioned, we're here to talk about the PhD in counselor education supervision program. 00:02:10.585 --> 00:02:27.300 It's a 90 credit doctoral program that builds on DMU's master's in counseling, clinical mental health health counseling program as a foundation incorporates 30 credits from the program or the 90 credit doctoral program. 00:02:27.300 --> 00:02:39.560 Students with graduate degrees in counseling or related fields from accredited institutions can transfer up to 30 credits into the t PhD program depending on courses taken in their prior graduate programs. 00:02:40.245 --> 00:02:56.660 The doctoral program requires an additional sixty credit hours of coursework addressing professional roles in five areas, counseling, supervision, teaching, research and scholarship, and leadership and advocacy. 00:02:57.520 --> 00:03:07.380 Additionally, students are required to complete internship experiences in advanced counseling, supervision and teaching, and a doctoral dissertation of original research. 00:03:08.415 --> 00:03:14.755 Students are also required to travel to complete three extended weekend residencies in the duration of the program. 00:03:15.295 --> 00:03:25.050 The residencies are designed as working residencies where students gather to encourage each other, practice skills they are work learning, and focus on the completion of the dissertations. 00:03:26.070 --> 00:03:33.850 The PhD in counselor education and supervision program, its curriculum is aligned with premier industry programmatic standards. 00:03:38.595 --> 00:03:39.575 Program requirements. 00:03:40.115 --> 00:03:48.275 So, again, transferring in 30 credit credits from our previous master's degree, what you would have left is the following. 00:03:48.275 --> 00:04:01.010 Seven core content courses, three courses in internships, two courses in integration, three courses in research, and 17 credits in dissertation research and write. 00:04:02.270 --> 00:04:08.915 The program is really set up for a full time participation. 00:04:09.935 --> 00:04:16.435 It's also meant to be something that allows you all to continue your day jobs as they say. 00:04:17.455 --> 00:04:22.035 It is a rigorous program, but it was designed with working, counselors in mind. 00:04:22.680 --> 00:04:32.140 So the idea is that you don't really need to go anywhere or outside of what you're doing to work on, like, an internship or these other things. 00:04:32.840 --> 00:04:35.100 A lot of folks will get it done pretty quick. 00:04:35.405 --> 00:04:36.625 Some will take longer. 00:04:37.005 --> 00:04:50.945 As you can see down there where it says degree time limit, you have up to seven year calendar years from the date that you start the program, and we have a fall semester, spring semester, and summer semester. 00:04:51.690 --> 00:04:58.350 Doctoral students must remain continuously enrolled until they've completed all program requirements, including the dissertation. 00:04:59.050 --> 00:05:03.230 So you have up to seven years to complete it based on what we know. 00:05:03.565 --> 00:05:07.105 Most folks will get it done between two and a half to three and a half years. 00:05:07.565 --> 00:05:21.820 And the reason that it we think that way is unlike a lot of programs that you go into at a PhD level, you don't wait until the very end to start worrying about what your dissertation is gonna be on. 00:05:22.360 --> 00:05:49.790 At DMU, the director program director and, the vice president of global campus decided that, ideally, everybody should get through this in in a pretty quick time, but they moved most of the stuff up front where you're gonna work with a a dissertation I'm sorry. 00:05:50.330 --> 00:06:00.675 Dissertation team and your adviser so they can work on figuring out what your dissertation will be on, And it allows you to build on that throughout the program. 00:06:01.215 --> 00:06:09.535 So when you get to the end, you're not sitting there trying to figure out how am I gonna write this, you know, you know, dissertation and defend it and everything else. 00:06:09.535 --> 00:06:12.595 And and, ideally, you were already kind of there. 00:06:15.970 --> 00:06:23.670 Again, you will have support from a dissertation, research and divide I'm sorry. 00:06:24.610 --> 00:06:25.430 Let's see. 00:06:26.455 --> 00:06:29.115 You will have, a dissertation chair. 00:06:31.895 --> 00:06:39.915 You'll where you'll work on research design and methodology courses, library resources, and three residencies as we mentioned earlier. 00:06:41.220 --> 00:06:45.080 You'll also have folks that, you'll have an academic adviser. 00:06:45.140 --> 00:06:46.680 They'll be working with you. 00:06:47.540 --> 00:06:49.480 And this is in addition to your instructors. 00:06:49.940 --> 00:06:55.720 At Divine Mercy University, we're kinda small in our program, and we try to keep it that way actually. 00:06:56.235 --> 00:07:04.095 And it allows more interaction with your professors, your chair, your dissertation committee, and so on. 00:07:04.795 --> 00:07:07.455 As me mentioned earlier, there are three residencies. 00:07:08.155 --> 00:07:10.095 They're either three days or four days. 00:07:10.490 --> 00:07:14.510 If there are four days, they start on Wednesday and they go through Sunday afternoon. 00:07:14.970 --> 00:07:18.830 And if it's three days, you start on Thursday evening through Sunday afternoon. 00:07:19.850 --> 00:07:23.070 They are at our campus, and we're located in Sterling, Virginia. 00:07:23.715 --> 00:07:30.215 We're pretty close to, Dulles International Airport for anybody who would have to fly in. 00:07:30.995 --> 00:07:35.575 But if you look up Dulles International Airport, our address would find exactly where we're at. 00:07:37.050 --> 00:07:40.670 The participation in the residency is mandatory for all students. 00:07:41.610 --> 00:07:47.310 Since the residency includes group activities, the missing parts would be disruptive for the overall learning environment. 00:07:47.850 --> 00:07:52.270 Attending the entire time is obligatory to receive credit for the residency. 00:07:53.025 --> 00:07:57.925 If a student is not able to participate in the residency, they can attend the next scheduled residency. 00:07:58.465 --> 00:08:04.565 The student will receive an incomplete with a course connected with the residency until the residency is successfully completed. 00:08:05.905 --> 00:08:07.845 The residencies are as follows. 00:08:08.840 --> 00:08:17.340 In week four of your first year, you'll start out in CS seven forty, which is the advanced seminar on professional identity, legal, and ethical issues. 00:08:18.200 --> 00:08:24.785 In week eight of your second year, you'll take the CES seven ninety one internship two supervision. 00:08:25.565 --> 00:08:35.825 And then week one in what would be the third year or, you know, about a half a year, would be the CES eight ninety nine, dissertation research and writing five. 00:08:42.680 --> 00:08:43.180 Alright. 00:08:43.720 --> 00:08:49.400 So if you're interested in applying to the program, there's a couple different things that need to happen. 00:08:49.400 --> 00:09:00.925 First, after this, if you're interested and you you have not already applied, we would set up an interview between yourself and and me to walk through the program again. 00:09:00.925 --> 00:09:03.480 I have several questions that I would need to ask you. 00:09:03.560 --> 00:09:08.220 I would be able to answer any of your particular questions and and then go from there. 00:09:10.840 --> 00:09:23.065 If you decide to apply, you would need to, have a master's degree in counseling or related mental health field from an institution accredited by an agency recognized by the US Department of Education. 00:09:26.565 --> 00:09:35.660 Preference will be given to applicants who are professionally credentialed in mental health occupation, clinical or school counseling, marriage and family therapy, social work psychology, etcetera. 00:09:36.360 --> 00:09:45.740 Those accepted without such credentials will need to take the necessary extra courses and internships for those credentials before graduating from the PhD in CES. 00:09:46.755 --> 00:09:54.935 So, basically, you need to be a licensed counselor, psychologist, somebody else like that, and you do need to have your master's. 00:09:55.875 --> 00:10:12.740 In addition, you would need a graduate degree cumulative GPA minimum score of three point o on GPA on four point scale, complete the application process, which includes the application for admissions document, and this you would do online. 00:10:15.795 --> 00:10:18.455 One recommendation form from an academic reference. 00:10:19.075 --> 00:10:28.135 If you believe you may have trouble obtaining an academic reference, you would just need to contact me, and we would talk about your options outside of that. 00:10:28.510 --> 00:10:29.790 And there's many. 00:10:29.790 --> 00:10:42.210 There we have we know that there's a lot of folks that are coming into the program that have been out of school for ten, twenty, even thirty years, and and, you know, it would be hard for them to find somebody to do them way back when. 00:10:43.285 --> 00:10:50.425 You would also need to submit your official transcripts from all post secondary institutions even if a degree was not awarded. 00:10:51.285 --> 00:11:05.670 Submission of essays is noted in the application for admissions document and two video clips of clinical work, role play, and and a teaching slash presentation, both a minimum of twenty minutes each. 00:11:06.050 --> 00:11:08.230 So I get a lot of questions on this. 00:11:08.865 --> 00:11:10.085 Again, there's two videos. 00:11:10.145 --> 00:11:12.485 One is actually on your clinical work. 00:11:12.705 --> 00:11:16.485 You can either do as many most of you are in a practice. 00:11:17.105 --> 00:11:31.220 If you have work that you filmed, as long as you meet the FERPA and HIPAA standards, you could supply that, or you can do a role play if you feel more comfortable doing that and submit that. 00:11:31.360 --> 00:11:36.755 And then you would need one on either a teaching session or a presentation. 00:11:37.375 --> 00:11:39.555 And, again, those can be mock as well. 00:11:39.695 --> 00:11:44.515 But if you already have those items, even if they're forty minutes, you don't have to cut anything. 00:11:44.895 --> 00:11:47.955 You just need to give us at least twenty minutes. 00:11:48.390 --> 00:11:53.930 And I've had several folks that have submitted forty five minute videos, all kinds of different things already. 00:11:54.790 --> 00:11:56.570 We'd want we would need your resume. 00:11:57.110 --> 00:12:00.250 There is a $55 application fee. 00:12:00.835 --> 00:12:04.935 And as you can see on here, there's a waiver code, so hopefully you're writing that down. 00:12:05.235 --> 00:12:09.255 It's CCMMP1999. 00:12:10.195 --> 00:12:15.335 Availability for two video conference interviews after submission of all application materials. 00:12:17.880 --> 00:12:37.995 Your your first one is actually with me, and that's as soon as you submit the app just the paper of the first part of the application, we would have a discussion, and then we would talk through how you can work through submitting the rest of your application, which is the videos, the, essay recommendation, all those kind of things. 00:12:37.995 --> 00:12:41.695 So to get started, you would just need to do the first part, which is online. 00:12:42.320 --> 00:12:52.580 You'll go on to divinemercy.edu, and that would then go to academics and then go to the PhD in counselor education and supervision. 00:12:53.200 --> 00:12:54.740 You'll see the apply button. 00:12:55.040 --> 00:12:58.425 Most of the time, you can see it through the whole, website. 00:12:58.885 --> 00:13:04.265 And, once you start applying, it's pretty easy to figure out how to move through the process. 00:13:04.805 --> 00:13:12.990 And then after you finish getting your application completely together, you would do a group interview with other applicants and the CES faculty. 00:13:13.530 --> 00:13:27.215 And the way that works is you would be part of a group of four, and you would normally sit with either the program director, program dean, and usually a faculty member. 00:13:27.275 --> 00:13:29.695 At least two of those three would be in the interview. 00:13:30.315 --> 00:13:41.700 And, you know, they're gonna obviously ask each one of you questions, but the idea is to get you all to kinda work together a little bit, list of each other's answers, and then, you know, kinda walk through that. 00:13:41.700 --> 00:13:51.140 It's a very strong, in my opinion, way of of of doing a group interview for something like this because it helps you relax a little bit. 00:13:51.140 --> 00:13:56.095 It definitely helps in terms of hearing other folks, their answers, and things like that. 00:13:56.395 --> 00:13:58.955 This is not something the faculty is trying to trip you up on. 00:13:58.955 --> 00:14:01.375 They're trying to make sure that this makes sense for you. 00:14:01.435 --> 00:14:10.730 So you get your questions answered from them based on, you know, the academic side, and they they can understand you better to make sure this is something you're you're ready to do. 00:14:14.630 --> 00:14:16.810 I don't there's nobody on here that's international. 00:14:16.950 --> 00:14:17.450 Correct? 00:14:21.885 --> 00:14:22.285 K. 00:14:22.445 --> 00:14:24.545 I am Asian, but I am American too. 00:14:24.605 --> 00:14:25.485 American Asian. 00:14:25.485 --> 00:14:25.985 K. 00:14:26.525 --> 00:14:26.845 No. 00:14:26.845 --> 00:14:27.825 You're fine then. 00:14:27.885 --> 00:14:28.385 K. 00:14:29.805 --> 00:14:35.930 One question I get asked an awful lot is, how can I get a break on tuition? 00:14:36.870 --> 00:14:43.370 You go online again to divinemercy.edu, you'll find the tuition breakdown is in there. 00:14:44.630 --> 00:14:56.625 But DMU has spent a lot of time over the last six, seven years working with all kinds of different institutions to create what we call tuition reduction agreements. 00:14:57.325 --> 00:14:59.665 So most parishes not most. 00:14:59.910 --> 00:15:07.050 There's parishes and diocese around the country and and and, quite frankly, in other countries where we have tuition reduction agreements. 00:15:07.430 --> 00:15:14.145 So it knocks off anywhere from, you know, 10 to 20% of your tuition costs. 00:15:14.525 --> 00:15:17.345 We have articulation agreements with several universities. 00:15:19.805 --> 00:15:31.130 If you're affiliated with the military, either as a spouse, independent, active duty veteran, whatever, then we do honor pretty much all the military chapters as they say, plus the yellow program program. 00:15:34.230 --> 00:15:36.490 We also have DMU scholarships. 00:15:37.270 --> 00:15:43.415 As you can see in the bold red over there, last year, we awarded 2,300,000 in scholarships. 00:15:45.155 --> 00:15:48.535 So, you know, we are a nonprofit school. 00:15:48.835 --> 00:15:55.770 Our our vocation is to train, educate, and graduate mental health experts. 00:15:56.150 --> 00:15:58.090 We're not trying to make a million dollars. 00:15:58.710 --> 00:16:00.010 Again, it's a nonprofit. 00:16:00.870 --> 00:16:07.210 You know, our goal is to make sure we do better than break even every year, and then the rest we pass on to our our students. 00:16:08.465 --> 00:16:17.125 We do have Newman School Scholarships and CCMA, which is the Catholic Campus Ministry Association scholarships for anybody that's gone to a school. 00:16:17.585 --> 00:16:18.945 Focus is another one. 00:16:18.945 --> 00:16:20.485 We have Focus School Scholarship. 00:16:21.265 --> 00:16:34.150 So just between Newman FOCUS and CCMA, it pretty much covers the bulk of Catholic undergraduate schools and probably another three or 400 schools across the country. 00:16:34.625 --> 00:16:38.245 And each one of those also provides discounts and tuition reduction. 00:16:39.425 --> 00:16:50.270 If you want to learn more about scholarships, you would go to, again, the divinemercy.edu, find the financial aid area, and underneath the drop down, you'll see scholarships. 00:16:51.450 --> 00:16:58.990 If any of you are interested in loans and you're interested in applying at Divine Mercy, this is another thing you would need to write down. 00:17:00.345 --> 00:17:12.685 If you're looking at a federal loan, you would need to fill out the FAFSA, and you would use our school code, which is G38724, which is the the number down there in the red. 00:17:14.400 --> 00:17:18.660 So, hopefully, you know, some of you have already worked on that. 00:17:18.880 --> 00:17:20.160 If not with us, with others. 00:17:20.160 --> 00:17:23.860 And, you know, if there's something you wanna do, you'll, you'll go from there. 00:17:24.720 --> 00:17:28.835 So that was a pretty quick down and dirty on the program. 00:17:30.335 --> 00:17:34.915 Some of the requirements, both about the program and, admissions. 00:17:35.775 --> 00:17:43.810 And if right. 00:17:44.590 --> 00:17:50.610 So I think we can take everybody off of mute. 00:17:51.055 --> 00:17:55.055 If anybody has questions, I'll be more than happy to answer those questions. 00:17:55.055 --> 00:17:56.595 I think we lost one person. 00:17:58.335 --> 00:18:01.155 Tamika, I think you're you're already an applicant. 00:18:02.175 --> 00:18:03.635 I appreciate you showing up. 00:18:04.255 --> 00:18:04.735 Yes. 00:18:04.735 --> 00:18:05.555 Thank you. 00:18:06.300 --> 00:18:06.800 Okay. 00:18:07.900 --> 00:18:11.760 Fenely, anything I can answer for you now? 00:18:13.260 --> 00:18:18.000 Do you have any like you said, we could talk with you after this? 00:18:18.700 --> 00:18:19.200 Yes. 00:18:19.260 --> 00:18:26.895 If you go to divinemercy.edu and find our program Mhmm. 00:18:27.195 --> 00:18:33.135 You'll find, my Calendly link, which is also let me cover up that weird face. 00:18:33.195 --> 00:18:34.095 There you go. 00:18:34.235 --> 00:18:38.430 You can also see the Calendly link right there in red. 00:18:38.430 --> 00:18:39.250 Yes, sir. 00:18:39.390 --> 00:18:39.890 Okay. 00:18:39.950 --> 00:18:42.610 So, I'll do it. 00:18:43.150 --> 00:18:43.650 Uh-huh. 00:18:43.790 --> 00:18:49.230 So meaning, I need to I need to do an appointment with you to to do it. 00:18:49.230 --> 00:18:53.005 We need to we need to go through a, just a quick interview. 00:18:53.305 --> 00:18:53.545 Mhmm. 00:18:53.545 --> 00:18:57.945 I just need to, you know, ask you a few questions, make sure I answer any questions you may have. 00:18:57.945 --> 00:19:03.005 And then, if you're interested in the application process, I can tell you how to get started. 00:19:03.385 --> 00:19:03.865 Yes, sir. 00:19:03.865 --> 00:19:06.365 I'm very much interested, so I'll do it. 00:19:07.020 --> 00:19:07.260 Okay. 00:19:07.260 --> 00:19:08.160 Very good. 00:19:08.700 --> 00:19:09.200 Alright. 00:19:09.500 --> 00:19:12.240 Any questions right now that I can answer real quick? 00:19:13.100 --> 00:19:14.540 For you, no. 00:19:14.540 --> 00:19:16.620 Not not that I am thinking of right now. 00:19:16.620 --> 00:19:18.560 I will just do it with you later. 00:19:19.100 --> 00:19:19.500 Okay. 00:19:19.500 --> 00:19:20.000 Perfect. 00:19:20.300 --> 00:19:20.800 Alright. 00:19:20.860 --> 00:19:22.480 Tamika, anything from you? 00:19:26.835 --> 00:19:27.155 No. 00:19:27.155 --> 00:19:29.095 I don't have any questions right now. 00:19:29.875 --> 00:19:30.275 Okay. 00:19:30.275 --> 00:19:30.775 Excellent. 00:19:31.795 --> 00:19:33.555 Well, ladies, I appreciate your time. 00:19:33.795 --> 00:19:36.055 I'm glad to to talk with you again, Tamika. 00:19:36.275 --> 00:19:40.560 And if you got any questions, give me a yell tomorrow, and I'll I'll be more than happy to answer them. 00:19:40.940 --> 00:19:45.920 Eileen, if you wanna go ahead and get on my calendar, I'd love to talk with you as well. 00:19:48.300 --> 00:19:50.540 I'm doing it right now, sir. 00:19:50.540 --> 00:19:52.640 I will just do it because I also have Calendly. 00:19:53.375 --> 00:19:58.435 But then I'm gonna I'm gonna do this on my own on in here. 00:19:59.055 --> 00:19:59.555 Yes. 00:20:00.415 --> 00:20:00.915 Alright. 00:20:01.455 --> 00:20:01.855 Alright. 00:20:01.855 --> 00:20:04.995 With that being said, I'm gonna go ahead and end the session for everybody. 00:20:05.055 --> 00:20:09.135 I appreciate you showing up and and listening, and I look forward to talking to you. 00:20:09.135 --> 00:20:11.000 Oh, Oh, mister Brooks, I did have one question. 00:20:11.000 --> 00:20:11.660 I'm sorry. 00:20:11.800 --> 00:20:12.040 No. 00:20:12.040 --> 00:20:12.520 That's okay. 00:20:12.520 --> 00:20:14.200 What's your what's your question to me then? 00:20:14.200 --> 00:20:16.540 It was about the, the transcript. 00:20:17.560 --> 00:20:23.980 So we would need to submit the transcript, directly to the admissions department. 00:20:25.385 --> 00:20:25.625 Yes. 00:20:25.625 --> 00:20:32.925 So remember when you were loading stuff up, there should be if you're doing the unofficial, you'd submit them through that portal. 00:20:33.225 --> 00:20:39.725 Otherwise, they'll come into the admissions area, yes, and then they'll get forwarded to the registrar. 00:20:40.340 --> 00:20:47.480 If you have a university that does them electronically, we do accept electronic transcripts as well. 00:20:48.740 --> 00:20:49.140 Okay. 00:20:49.140 --> 00:20:51.880 I just wanted to make sure that I send it to the correct place. 00:20:52.500 --> 00:20:53.320 Yes, ma'am. 00:20:54.285 --> 00:20:55.025 Thank you. 00:20:55.805 --> 00:20:56.545 Thank you. 00:20:57.725 --> 00:20:58.225 Alright. 00:20:58.365 --> 00:20:59.265 Thank you, ladies. 00:20:59.405 --> 00:21:00.385 Have a good night. 00:21:01.005 --> 00:21:01.965 Thank you so much. 00:21:01.965 --> 00:21:02.945 Thank you. 00:21:03.165 --> 00:21:08.525 Sir, I'll do it right now, and then I could see also exactly when is it supposed to. 00:21:08.525 --> 00:21:08.765 Right? 00:21:08.765 --> 00:21:11.960 Because I'm just doing it right now, the Calendly, appointment. 00:21:12.740 --> 00:21:13.220 Okay. 00:21:13.380 --> 00:21:22.401 I'll when we get off, I'll look it up, and I'll go ahead and, make sure that I say yes to it. 00:21:22.401 --> 00:21:22.881 Okay? 00:21:22.881 --> 00:21:23.041 Yes. 00:21:23.041 --> 00:21:23.521 I will. 00:21:23.521 --> 00:21:24.721 I'm just doing it right now. 00:21:24.721 --> 00:21:25.461 Thank you. 00:21:25.521 --> 00:21:26.001 Okay. 00:21:26.001 --> 00:21:26.401 Alright. 00:21:26.401 --> 00:21:27.201 Thank you all. 00:21:27.201 --> 00:21:28.021 Bye bye. 00:21:28.081 --> 00:21:28.581 Bye.