Working with Master's Before Ph.D

[Le Chat]

For any of you that have a Master's level license- Social Work, MFT, Counseling etc... Did any of you work at the Master's license level before pursuing a Psychology program. I am still interested in being a Licensed Psychologist, but would like to gain experience in the field as a Licensed Counselor.

The supervision period is around 2 years before I am fully licensed, so I would like to work for about that long. Just trying to think of how to gain the experiences I need for PhD programs.

TIA!

[PsyDuck90]

I've heard that PhD programs typically prefer more research experience over clinical experience. They typically prefer to train you themselves and often find they have to "undo" prior training practices that may not be the best.