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Hello!
I have my MSW and currently working as a therapist in non-profit getting my hours towards my LCSW. I primarily work with refugees.
I loved doing research in my undergrad and masters and did pretty well in both of my dissertation/theses. There are lot of things related to the work I do now that I would love conduct clinical research on, I would love to work as clinician-researcher.
I haven't really seen any Social Work PhDs conducting the kind of research that I'm interested in and getting a PsyD doesn't make sense for me so I'm focused on Counseling/Clinical Psych PhDs.
However, my last research experience was during my masters and neither my degrees were in psychology (BSc Biology then Masters of Social Work). I've been applying to paid research positions with no luck so far and I've started emailing PIs with similar research interests which looks promising so far.
However, my questions are:
Any advice/input is greatly appreciated!
I have my MSW and currently working as a therapist in non-profit getting my hours towards my LCSW. I primarily work with refugees.
I loved doing research in my undergrad and masters and did pretty well in both of my dissertation/theses. There are lot of things related to the work I do now that I would love conduct clinical research on, I would love to work as clinician-researcher.
I haven't really seen any Social Work PhDs conducting the kind of research that I'm interested in and getting a PsyD doesn't make sense for me so I'm focused on Counseling/Clinical Psych PhDs.
However, my last research experience was during my masters and neither my degrees were in psychology (BSc Biology then Masters of Social Work). I've been applying to paid research positions with no luck so far and I've started emailing PIs with similar research interests which looks promising so far.
However, my questions are:
- Should I bother to continue working towards my LCSW if I plan to get the Psych PhD?
- If I can't get a full time research position, will volunteer research while working clinically put me at a disadvantage for PhD admissions?
Any advice/input is greatly appreciated!