To provide quality training in the theory and practice of marriage and family therapy.

We are committed to helping students become competent couple, marriage, and family therapy professionals through developing greater self-awareness, embracing diversity, and learning the importance of becoming critical consumers of research. We model ethical and professional behavior, and develop skilled practitioners who take an active role in leading and serving their communities.

• Diversity: Students will be multiculturally informed and practice inclusivity as part of their professional identity.
• Knowledge, Practice, and Ethics: Students will obtain the knowledge and skills necessary to ethically practice marriage and family therapy.
• Research: Students will be informed consumers of research and utilize evidence-based principles in their clinical practice.

• Diversity Knowledge: Students will understand the importance of cultural and contextual factors when working with diverse populations.
• Diversity Practice: Students will demonstrate an awareness of cross-cultural issues in their treatment of clients.
• Knowledge: Students will pass the Association of Marriage and Family Therapy Regulatory Boards (AMFTRB) national licensing exam.
• Ethics: Students will identify, define, and attend to ethical issues, legal responsibilities, and liabilities of clinical practice relating to the CFT profession.
• Practice: Students will develop the skills to assess and treat individuals, couples, and families from a systems perspective.
• Research Knowledge: Students will understand research methodology and exhibit critical thinking skills in reviewing systemic scholarship.
• Research Practice: Students will synthesize research and distill it into clinically diverse practice.

In December of 2007, our master's program was officially granted candidacy status by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE). To find out more about the accreditation process, visit the COAMFTE website.