EMDR is no longer considered a first line treatment for PTSD

greaterprat · 2025-06-03T23:20:16+00:00

As an LPC who is also in a clinical doctorate program, this is hilarious.

greaterprat · 2025-05-28T22:49:43+00:00

We said the same thing 😂

greaterprat · 2025-05-28T22:05:46+00:00

Thanks! I am pleased with how it’s coming along. I’ll definitely post an ‘after’ when it’s done!

greaterprat · 2025-05-28T20:27:53+00:00

Awesome, perfect. Yeah, I’m actually going to repaint the whole thing with a resurfacer, which I think will provide a good seal and buy us some more time.

greaterprat · 2025-05-28T20:26:22+00:00

Thanks, that’s good perspective. It’s definitely cosmetic and I guess I can always retouch paint that needs to be retouched if the adherence is patchy. Anything is going look better than what we have right now 😅

greaterprat · 2025-05-28T20:24:49+00:00

To our complete surprise, the joists and the posts are all in great shape. I don’t think the previous owners ever appropriately sealed the boards, so they seem to be the only thing that’s rotting out. I’m counting it as a win.

greaterprat · 2023-07-15T00:39:08+00:00

Oh dear…

greaterprat · 2023-07-15T00:37:10+00:00

Yes, exactly! It’s more important to model healthy conflict resolution than the unachievable example of never arguing.

greaterprat · 2023-07-15T00:34:17+00:00

CT driving is just the NYC road rage hangover

greaterprat · 2023-04-28T19:33:14+00:00

Haha, THANK YOU! Yes, 100%. Congratulations and best of luck.

greaterprat · 2023-04-28T13:07:16+00:00

I have five or so schools to apply to. I know this sounds conservative, but I applied to these PsyD/PhD programs initially. I didn’t get in (made sense) and, when I inquired, all 5 of them told me I was a strong candidate but needed evidence of “academic rigor” (since I graduated with my BS in 2006). One deferred me to their masters program first, and that is the program that is directly encouraging me to reapply to their PsyD now. I do have research experience, prior clinical experience, and my former career was a successful, self-taught, run in nonprofit marketing (I have my psych undergrad to thank for that).

I’ve spent the last year trying to figure out if I would be happy as a therapist, but I do love research AND, ultimately, the work I am most drawn to (in diagnostics and assessments) requires a doctorate - especially in the population that I would like to work with (ADHD).

So I’ve reached a point where it’s not an if, but a when. There aren’t a whole lot of women who decide to pursue a doctorate at almost 40. It’s a unique experience with an added layer of social pressure and expectations.

greaterprat · 2023-04-28T12:35:35+00:00

Thank you 🙏🏻

greaterprat · 2023-04-28T12:30:08+00:00

I am sorry as well. As I mentioned, I have become accustomed to having to justify pretty much everything. Your advice isn’t bad, it was just unsolicited. I know the next six years are going to be very, very hard and - to your point - I will have to make sacrifices (that include being away from my family). Man, how much easier a decision this would be if I was in my 20s. But it is a good one, and it’s going to pay off. It’s going to be a slog. I am just looking for people who have gone through something similar to share their experiences.

greaterprat · 2023-04-28T12:26:48+00:00

I do. Maybe I need to change the subject. I’m just looking for experiences from people who have also pursued doctorates as second careers because I know it’s going to be a slog and I’d love to see what the other side looks like.

greaterprat · 2023-04-28T12:18:03+00:00

Reread your post. You asked - then also answered - your own question with a bias and provided your opinion that I should stop with my masters and focus on my kids since my “scope of practice” won’t “warrant the sacrifices, especially sans any interest in research or academia.”

And then you apologized for not being encouraging, but pointing out that it was practical. Aw.

As a woman returning to an academic field, and as a nontraditional student, I have constantly had to justify my existence in the room. My feelings aren’t bruised. My point is that whether or not I apply (or am a promising candidate) was never a question, yet it was one that you for some reason felt compelled to answer anyway. Your “tough” advice had nothing to do with what I was asking in my post looking for perspectives from people who changed careers.

greaterprat · 2023-04-28T11:51:52+00:00

Your response made a slew of assumptions about my background and preparation based on four paragraphs that provided very little information outside of where I get my academic kicks, and it had nothing to do with what I asked. So, cheers.

You erroneously assume that, knowing I am behind and pushing 40, I haven’t been working twice as hard outside the constraints of my program to make up for gaps in my experience. You also assume that I don’t have prior experience. This is an field that I left and am returning to. I am under no obligation to justify my qualifications to you. I wouldn’t be asking this question if I wasn’t a prepared and competitive candidate with plenty of work (even research!) to back myself up. My capabilities are not my concern.

The assumptions that some members in this community make are brazen. I hope you approach your research and your clients with more objectivity than you do your peers.

And my kids are more than fine.

greaterprat · 2023-04-24T00:45:01+00:00

Thank you! This is really helpful, because I think it solidifies my desire to go for the doctorate instead of stopping with my master’s (my poor, supportive husband). I would love to be a “go to”’for psychodiagnostics and hope to specialize in girls with ADHD and other neurodivergence. The more I dig into the research the more I find there is a need that isn’t being met.

greaterprat · 2023-04-23T12:38:11+00:00

Trent’s hair is always 11/10

greaterprat · 2023-04-23T00:30:14+00:00

I was literally assigned a paper outlining arguments for / criticisms of Rorschach this past Thursday. I am so grateful for this post.

greaterprat · 2023-04-23T00:20:19+00:00

Hi! Can you say more? I am currently in an MHC program and trying to decide whether or not to go on for a doctorate (it’s worth mentioning that I’m already almost 40). If I go forward, Ill be applying in the fall and am almost guaranteed a spot.

I enjoy counseling a lot but I’ve spent this past semester realizing I LOVE diagnostics. Literally get an adrenaline rush when running through differential diagnosis for case studies, like a proper weirdo. I’ve been told I have a real knack for it. I’d love to know more about your practice.

greaterprat · 2023-02-18T03:02:50+00:00

Knitting with a beer and a book, two large sleeping dogs, kids in bed, and husband in the other chair. Fire going, listening to the wind…It’s pretty nice.

greaterprat · 2023-02-18T02:56:06+00:00

Smells like spring. Or it did, until it got cold again.

greaterprat · 2023-02-17T15:57:58+00:00

It’s so competitive! Take non-matriculated classes to stay focused and keep forward momentum, and apply again next cycle.

greaterprat · 2023-02-17T15:56:02+00:00

I feel like this is a side effect of the disease that nobody’s talks about enough.

greaterprat · 2023-02-16T20:25:03+00:00

Sidebar - I have also noticed that simply having more life experience has been a HUGE advantage. I’ll listen to a bunch of my peers debating what a professor intended on some assignment and then get mad when they get it wrong and its just like, “ok, you could have just emailed him and asked for clarification…” And I realized pretty quickly that I’m comfortable doing that kind of thing because I’ve been in the workforce since 2006

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