I Passed!!

Some of you may already know, but on Tuesday I sat for my Clinical Licensing Exam. I have been a licensed social worker for 6 years, but have been needing to take this next level exam for over a year now since my clinical supervision hours have been complete. 2,000 hours of supervision, a little over $600, 4 days of mediocre studying (I must admit), and almost 3 hours of testing and its official. . . I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). This doesn't really change anything for me though. I don't get a raise and nobody really cares about these letters, including me. But, if I ever want to do private practice, now I can. And, I suppose it is a little boost to my resume too. I wasn't too nervous for the exam and during it I felt pretty good, but right at the end, right when I pushed "quit" on the computer I felt this pang of anxiety. Moments later my score popped up and I had made it. It felt really good. Better than I thought it would actually. I had already resolved myself to the fact that if I didn't pass, it would be okay and I could simply try again. I had decided that I could give myself a break and chalk up my failure to the lingering effects of chemobrain. Which by the way, I do believe is real. I have been feeling like my brain, particularly my memory has not been up to par the past few months and although I think it may be affected my the psychological stress, I'm pretty sure that poisoning my body has had an effect on my mental function too. Anyway, that said, I didn't even need to use the cancer card in this instance. (Jokes people, jokes) In spite of all the other stuff going on in my head, in my life, in my body. . . I made the grade. Mike, Kirsten, and I celebrated with a yummy Mexican dinner.

I made a slideshow today to post on my myspace page and realized that I can post it here too. . . so here you go. . .


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