Program Description
The Master of Family Therapy Degree is offered by our Couple and Family Therapy (CFT) Program. This is a full-time, two-year, 66-credit program, which is modeled on the core curriculum developed by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE), focusing on key areas of contemporary practice, including:
- Couple and Family Therapy
- Culturally competent practice with diverse populations
- Families in transition
- Family violence
- Grief and loss
- Medical family therapy
- Sex therapy
- Trauma
- Unique challenges with various types of couple and family relationships
The curriculum reflects a bio-psychosocial approach to understanding human behavior, viewing the behavior of individuals, couples, families and larger systems as the result of an interaction of biological, psychological, and social factors. It also reflects a commitment to training therapists to be aware of and sensitive to issues of cultural diversity and their impact on family functioning and the therapeutic process.
At the end of the first year of study, students will select one of three specialty tracks: the Family Therapy Track, Medical Family Therapy Track or the Sex Therapy Track. All serve to develop a deep understanding of some of today’s most pressing clinical issues. The Family Therapy Track requires coursework in family violence and grief and loss, while the Medical Family Track includes a course in integrated healthcare and a second course specific to medical family therapy. The Sex Therapy Track requires two advanced courses in sex therapy.
Curriculum: 2 years, 66-69 credits
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | |
| CFTP 501 | Theory & Practice of FT I | 3 |
| CFTP 503 | Foundations of Systemic Pract | 3 |
| CFTP 506 | CFTP Practicum I | 3 |
| CFTP 509 | Prof, Eth & Legal Issues/CFT | 3 |
| CFTP 513 | Sys/Rel Assess&MHDiag&Treatmen | 3 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| CFTP 502 | Theory & Practice of FT II | 3 |
| CFTP 507 | CFTP Practicum II | 3 |
| CFTP 514 | Theory&Practice/Couple Therapy | 3 |
| CFTP 511 | Intro Sex Therapy: Human Sexua | 3 |
| CFTP 515 | Sys App Of Fam Med, Hlth & Wel (Sys App Of Fam Med, Hlth & Wel) | 3 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Summer | ||
| CFTP 505 | Life Span Dvlp Systemic Perspe | 3 |
| CFTP 508 | CFTP Practicum III | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| CFTP 601 | Implications for Diver in Prac | 3 |
| CFTP 602 | Research in CFTP | 3 |
| CFTP 607 | CFPT Practicum IV | 3 |
| CFTP 610 | Trauma-Interv/ContempContext | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Sex Therapy 1 | ||
| Issue of Violence & Abuse Fami 2 | ||
| IntHlthcareSysCollab&ClinAppTx 3 | ||
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| CFTP 606 | Addiction/MultisystemicContext | 3 |
| CFTP 612 | Families in Transition | 3 |
| CFTP 613 | CFTP Masters Project | 3 |
| CFTP 608 | CFTP Practicum V | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Advanced Issues in Sex Therapy 1 | ||
| Grief and Loss in Family Thera 2 | ||
| Medical Family Therapy 3 | ||
| Credits | 15 | |
| Summer | ||
| CFTP 609 | CFTP Practicum VI (if needed) 4 | 0-3 |
| Credits | 0-3 | |
| Total Credits | 66-69 | |
- 1
Sex Therapy Track Course
- 2
Family Therapy Track Course
- 3
Medical Family Therapy Track
- 4
May be required to complete Practicum VI through the summer