Please bare with me as I have just entered my 1/3 life crisis (I'm 31). My background is I'm set to graduate from a well ranked CACREP Master's program in Counselor Education with a 4.0 GPA, having completed a 100hr practicum in a school setting and a 600hr internship in a community mental health setting. I also taught English overseas, have done volunteer work as a mentor, four years in the military, and have zero research experience. My undergrad GPA in Psychology was 3.3.
Long story short due to a myriad of reasons I won't bore you with I've decided to pursue a Ph.D in Counseling Psychology to work primarily in psychotherapy. I've been looking at a few APA accredited programs and it looks like best case scenario (University of Miami) I'd be lucky to transfer around 20 of the credits I have. Is this assessment about right or am I basically looking at starting from scratch again?
Also, assuming my GRE scores are great and I work as a volunteer research assistant for 6 months after I graduate am I a competitive doctoral candidate? I'm hoping my high graduate GPA and experience might compensate for the lack of research experience I have.
Thanks for taking the time to read this,
Chris
Long story short due to a myriad of reasons I won't bore you with I've decided to pursue a Ph.D in Counseling Psychology to work primarily in psychotherapy. I've been looking at a few APA accredited programs and it looks like best case scenario (University of Miami) I'd be lucky to transfer around 20 of the credits I have. Is this assessment about right or am I basically looking at starting from scratch again?
Also, assuming my GRE scores are great and I work as a volunteer research assistant for 6 months after I graduate am I a competitive doctoral candidate? I'm hoping my high graduate GPA and experience might compensate for the lack of research experience I have.
Thanks for taking the time to read this,
Chris