Amazing
post from Shara on the SWTP Facebook
Group:
You are now looking at
Shara Ruffin, LCSW, ACSW, C-SWHC, BC-TMH
After 5 grueling hours !
Yes I have alphabet soup and I don't give a damn!!
Thought of the Day:
Shara Ruffin, LCSW
After 5 grueling hours of testing!
MY Testimony
10 years since I received my Masters in Social Work (MSW) at
Howard University School of Social Work .
7 years since passing my master level social work license.
(LSW)
It usually takes 2 years to get the LCSW, however life happened
between my masters degree and present day. 2010 -2020.
2011 -failed by 3 points LSW exam.
2013- passed by 15 points LSW.
2014- Marriage
Gave Birth to a still born daughter
Gave birth to a medically compromised son
2015-Managing single motherhood post-partum depression, anxiety,
trauma, while working a full time job as a mental health
professional and working toward clinical hours.
2016 -Military Divorce
November 2019 -failed LCSW exam by 2 pts
December 2019 - after I failed my exam. I put my failure aside
and I coached a social work colleague and college friend through
their LCSW and she passed.
March 2020 -Lost ability to work after the pandemic started due
to needing to homeschool son at home. I had to apply for foodstamps
due to loss in income.
April 2020 -Invested stimulus money and taxes
into increasing my clinical skills, while studying for the LCSW
exam.
July 2020
I applied for state insurance because I did not have health
insurance . Reach out to a mental health facility because my mental
health was declining for help, due to my GAD and ADHD symptoms
increasing. I got on medication for my anxiety and adhd through a
psychiatrist and received Individual counseling for my anxiety.
August 2020
Got testing accommodations through ASWB, separate testing room
for read aloud, 1 extra hour of testing after getting an updated
neuropsychiatric evaluation which my insurance did not pay for
which was an extra $500.00.
November 6th, 2020 I passed the LCSW exam.
BOTTOM LINE
"You have a dream go get it no matter what life throws at
you".
Advocate for yourself.
Get help when you needed it
November 6th, 2020 I passed the LCSW exam.
BOTTOM LINE
"You have a dream go get it no matter what life throws at
you".
Thank you for all the help to those that have
known and witnessed the journey ! 
She followed up today with this, alongside a picture of her
license.
So I just cried for 30 minutes I opened my mail today and it
became real
Congratulations, Shara! Proud to have played a small part in
helping you get to this moment. Go get 'em!
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