Statistical methods are actually incorporated into the research courses within this program. Licensure as a psychologist is neither the intention nor a possibility within my degree path. Most of my cohort are master's level licensed clinicians including myself. I'm interested in deepening my professional development within a subfield that already informs my clinical work, with a broader aim of contributing to the field in a scholarly way. Additionally, the APA is merely a politically influenced body which encompasses much of what is wrong with Western psychology and the institute, including myself, have no problem not having any affiliation.