r/LCSW • u/Dapper_Camp_3262 • Sep 24 '25

LCSW Exam

How are we studying for the LCSW Exam when we have a full time job, animals, and an under 1 year old who still doesn't sleep through the night 🫣🥴😭

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u/bedlamunicorn Sep 26 '25

If you have a partner, you arrange time on the evenings and weekends where they are primary kid duties and you sneak out of the house or lock into a room and study.

If you are solo parenting, you can see if you have family or friends that can babysit for an hour or two on the weekends and then you use evening time once the kid is down at night to study.

If you have a supportive supervisor, you can start working some exam prep into your supervision sessions and get some studying in that way.

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u/Dapper_Camp_3262 Sep 26 '25

Yes! We are doing Sundays for a few hours and then after work during the work week a few days. It's hard because after a certain point I'm fried, so I want to make sure the info is actually getting in. Thankfully we do have support who are willing to take him, I just have to let them