Master of Family Therapy (MFT)

91.0 credits

About the Curriculum

The MFT curriculum assists students in integrating theory and practice. Issues of race, class, gender, sexual orientation, and ethnicity are addressed throughout the program. Students are fully trained to assume clinical practice in couple and family therapy and are prepared for associate membership in the AAMFT.

Required Courses Credits Theoretical Foundations CFTP 500 Systems Theory 4.0 CFTP 501 Introduction to Family Therapy 4.0 CFTP 503 Historical and Sociocultural Influences 4.0   Clinical Practice CFTP 505 Bowen Theory 4.0 CFTP 506 Contextual Therapy 4.0 CFTP 507 Collaborative Approaches 4.0 CFTP 508 Structural Therapy 4.0 CFTP 509 Couples Therapy 4.0 CFTP 510 Sex Therapy 4.0 CFTP 511 Object Relations 4.0 CFTP 512 The Behavioral Models of Family Therapy 4.0 CFTP 517 Addictions and Family Therapy 4.0 CFTP 518 Medical Family Therapy 4.0 CFTP 519 Family Violence 4.0 CFTP 537 Nosology and Couple and Family Therapy Practices 4.0   Individual Development and Family Relations CFTP 520 Family Life Cycle 4.0   Professional Identity and Ethics CFTP 522 Ethical and Legal Implications in Couple and Family Therapy Practice 4.0   Research CFTP 525 Research in Couple and Family Therapy 4.0   Additional Learning CFTP 526 Person of the Therapist: Therapist Experience I 2.0 CFTP 527 Person of the Therapist: Therapist Experience II 2.0 CFTP 528 Person of the Therapist: Therapist Experience III 2.0   Electives CFTP 515 Psychopharmacology 4.0 CFTP 521 Human Development 4.0 CFTP 529 Family Policy 4.0   Practicum CFTP 530 Practicum I 2.0 CFTP 531 Practicum II 2.0 CFTP 532 Practicum III 2.0 CFTP 533 Practicum IV 1.0 CFTP 534 Practicum V 2.0 CFTP 535 Practicum VI 2.0 CFTP 536 Practicum VII 2.0   Clinical Practicum Experience All interns must complete a continuous 12-month calendar year at one practicum site prior to graduation. Interns will be expected to spend 16-20 hours per week working at the approved program practicum site. Scheduling of specific times will be negotiated by the intern and the on-site supervisor. The practicum schedule must not conflict with class schedule. Clinical practicum sites are located primarily in Philadelphia, Delaware, and New Jersey. Settings include schools, forensic family therapy treatment programs, juvenile justice treatment systems, community health centers, family court, mental health agencies, outpatient psychiatry, and substance abuse facilities. For additional information, students should contact the Couple and Family Therapy Department.