curiouscat777
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Hello! I am in a unique position that I would appreciate your opinions on.
To start off, it might be best to state that my dream job is to run a OON group practice.
Now, a little about the situation...
I am currently a LCSW, and I have a small OON practice that I started about a year ago. In this practice I have a caseload of 8 clients (4 that continued with me from a previous workplace and 4 that have found me since venturing out on my own).
Around the time that I started my practice I also started a fully funded PsyD program. I enrolled in this program for two reasons:
I have about 3 years of my PsyD program left including internship year (I'm in an accelerated program/track), but the workload is about to drastically ramp up to the point where I don't think that I would be able to continue working with my clients in private practice.
Fortunately I have enough saved up so that I could still live my life throughout the rest of the program without taking out loans, but I am trying to decide if it is going to be worth it for me long term (AKA help me achieve my goals).
I know that a select number of clients look for therapists with doctorates, but do you think this benefit would outweigh the cost of shutting down my practice for the next 3 years?
It might also be worth mentioning that I am in a major metro area where there is a decent amount of other therapists that clients can choose between, however I am somewhat unique in that I am younger (late 20's) and male-identifying.
Thanks for all of your thoughts!
To start off, it might be best to state that my dream job is to run a OON group practice.
Now, a little about the situation...
I am currently a LCSW, and I have a small OON practice that I started about a year ago. In this practice I have a caseload of 8 clients (4 that continued with me from a previous workplace and 4 that have found me since venturing out on my own).
Around the time that I started my practice I also started a fully funded PsyD program. I enrolled in this program for two reasons:
- I wanted to become the best possible therapist I could/learn as much as I could
- I thought having the extra credential would make me more marketable as a therapist long-term
I have about 3 years of my PsyD program left including internship year (I'm in an accelerated program/track), but the workload is about to drastically ramp up to the point where I don't think that I would be able to continue working with my clients in private practice.
Fortunately I have enough saved up so that I could still live my life throughout the rest of the program without taking out loans, but I am trying to decide if it is going to be worth it for me long term (AKA help me achieve my goals).
I know that a select number of clients look for therapists with doctorates, but do you think this benefit would outweigh the cost of shutting down my practice for the next 3 years?
It might also be worth mentioning that I am in a major metro area where there is a decent amount of other therapists that clients can choose between, however I am somewhat unique in that I am younger (late 20's) and male-identifying.
Thanks for all of your thoughts!