Masters in Social Work

[TMW2010]

Wow. That's a lot of information. My head is spinning. Thank you. I'll sort it all out later.

I am not going to stay in California. I am moving to Las Vegas (don't ask) for at least a year at the end of the month. I don't know where I will live after that. I want to do whatever it takes to fulfill the educational requirements to become licensed in any state.

First I need to figure out how I am going to pay for this education... I wanted to go to the Jungian-based Pacifica University which is a non-resident program, but the Masters degree costs over $50,000 which is over $50,000 more than I have at the moment.

When do you start your program?

Yeah, I looked at Pacifca and Redlined it due to the price... ROFL I made an Excel Spreadsheet of the programs I'd been seeing that might fit my needs, let me know if you want it. Depending on how things go on Saturday, I may start as soon as September, but likely I'll start in January (Again, if my score doesn't suck on the GREsy, which I find out on Saturday.)

The thing I really like about NMSU & WNMU is the fact that if you take 6 or less credits per semester as an out of state student, you pay in-state tuition. Also, I've been communicating with the professor who's the liason for the online program in at NMSU, and he is pretty awesome.. Dr. Simon is quick to respond, and basically gives it to you like it is, what you can expect out of the program, what not to expect, and the like. He's been very helpful to me, and really has reinforced my wanting to enter this program once I'm finally done with my degree from EC.

[TMW2010]

The truth is that I'm most interested in Jungian theory. Beyond that, I don't really need to get a taste of anything - I've been working in the field for over 20 years already and just want to jump through whatever hoops I need to in order to get licensed...

Unfortunately, that's about 48+ hours of credits and the time to earn them plus a 3000 hour internship, I believe. (And passing the LPC test.)

Lowest hour requirement for the LPC that I've seen is 48 hours, but more have been in the 54-60 hour range.

LMFTs run around the same hours as the other two certs, but may be severly restricted depending on which states you're looking at.

[TMW2010]

The truth is that I'm most interested in Jungian theory.

The only thing I've learned about Jungian theory is that women can be a pain in the animus...:p