Most of you probably know that I just started the Master of Arts in Counseling program at Lincoln Christian Seminary. I was feeling pretty good about this decision until I started doing the reading for my first counseling class. The particular reading was all about proper diagnostic interviewing in order to prove medical necessity so that third-party payers (insurance companies) can be billed.
And I realized that I didn't want to do that. A lot of people do not have access to health insurance and there are people who need the help of a counselor but they lack the resources to do so. That is the segment of the population I want to work with.
That being said, I have decided to pursue a Masters of Social Work (MSW). I have no idea where, but I know that this will be my only semester at LCS (or LCU). I am going to finish my classes for this semester and take classes at a community college next semester so that I am ready to start the MSW.
Overall I feel really good about this decision, but at the same time it is really overwhelming and I greatly covet prayers. I'm not guaranteed by any means to even get into a MSW program and if I do then there is another level of overwhelming. The whole time I was in Thailand I wondered what God was trying to prepare me for and I think this is it.
Questions? Ask.
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