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HOW TO INTERVIEW AND PREPARE FOR THE DSW

The Admission Interview

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  • Dive into the literature

 

  • Think about your clinical experience

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  • Consider why other clinicians would want to know about your work

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Erica Goldblatt Hyatt DSW, LCSW, MBE

Interview: Be Yourself

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  • Take a breath 

 

  • Relax

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  • Be true to yourself

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Emma Riley DSW, LICSW

It Is A Journey​

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  • Develop endurance to achieve the degree​​​

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  • Lean on your classmates

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  • Learn from your mistakes

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  • Push yourself to grow

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Alba Lopez DSW, LCSW

Prepare Yourself

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  • Review the fundamentals of English

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  • Be prepared to defend your position

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  • Make room in your life for the program

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  • Prepare your loved ones for the many late nights

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  • Give yourself positive affirmations​​

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Asa Paris DSW, LCSW

The Struggle

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  • When you feel alone, lean on your cohort

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  • It is not easy

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  • You will struggle​

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  • "The juice is worth the squeeze"

 Asa Paris DSW, LCSW

Expect Negativity

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  • You may experience resistance from colleagues 

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  • Some clinicians won't understand your pursuit of the DSW

Alba Lopez DSW, LCSW

Discredit Happens

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  • Some see the degree as a junior Ph.D.

 

  • You will need to correct people

 

  • Get into a peer group to network​

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  • Respect for the degree has grown in the last decade​

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Erica Goldblatt Hyatt DSW, LCSW, MBE

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