Whats the difference between an MSW and a masters in counseling?
I am currently a student in a master’s program in psych. I will be finishing here this May, and am in the process of deciding where to go from here. I am certain of what I want to do with my future career, but I have been given mixed information from different people as to what the best way is to go about doing this. I am interested in working as a counselor with couples and families in a therapeutic setting (clinic, community mental health center…). I plan to pursue another masters degree these next two years, and was wondering if you could help distinguish between the MSW degree and the MA in counseling degrees (most of which lead to the LPC degree). I have been told that the MSW is more marketable and employable; I am concerned however that the perspective of those programs is not as similar to my own perspective/interests, which lie more in the family systems area. Also, does an MSW degree limit me to working with urban populations? Finally, what is the difference between the set
