Marriage & Family unit Therapy, One thousand.A.

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Brand a Difference as a Matrimony and Family unit Therapist (MFT)

Receive grooming and supervision to provide mental health handling to diverse populations of individuals, couples, and families from a relational, systemic perspective.

The mission of the Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) Program at USJ is to set students to provide mental wellness treatment to diverse populations of individuals, couples, and families from a relational, systemic perspective. The MFT Program mission is realized by training students to implement ethically competent, theory-driven approaches while enhancing multi-cultural awareness. Grooming and supervision occur in a student-centered environment where students are encouraged to explore the influence of personal challenges, biases, and experiences on their clinical practice.

Program Facts

  • FLEXIBLE Course OFFERINGS
  • INTENSIVE CLINICAL INTERNSHIP Feel
  • ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS

Spousal relationship & Family unit THERAPY, M.A.

Programme Outcomes

  • Y'all will gain an agreement and clinical application of major theoretical approaches specific to MFT
  • You volition gain competency in evaluating and applying electric current MFT research
  • You volition integrate a contextual awareness into clinical practice with diverse clients
  • Y'all will proceeds an sensation of "self" as it applies to your clinical practice
  • You volition gain an agreement of ethically competent clinical practise by adhering to the American Clan for Marriage and Family Therapists (AAMFT) Code of ethics
  • Y'all volition meet the academic requirements to exist eligible for licensure as an MFT in Connecticut

Advantages

  • Emphasizes a broad alloy of theoretical knowledge and therapeutic approaches
  • Uses the "General Systems" paradigm as the basic orientation
  • Includes 12 sequent months (3 semesters/300 hours) of clinical internship
  • Offers a Document of Completion for preparation in Evidence-Based Do issued past Wheeler Clinic, funded by the Connecticut Section of Children and Families
  • Includes certification every bit a PREPARE/ENRICH facilitator to piece of work with couples in therapy
  • Is nationally accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Educational activity (COAMFTE)
  • For more information please download the MFT Student Handbook

Internships and Student Learning Outcomes

Variety Inside the MFT Plan

MFT Student and Graduate Accomplishments

As an MFT student, USJ gave me an opportunity to be the offset intern at a pediatric office (The Pediatric Intendance Center) which not only immune me to continue to work on my therapeutic skills but to work with doctors to motion towards collaborative care. Collaborative care in this surround has worked to bridge the gap betwixt medical and mental wellness services with the conjunction of my MFT teaching and the extensive knowledge from the doctors from the medical standpoint. This internship has been proven to exist successful for both my clients and I and has resulted in a post-graduate position for which I am incredibly grateful and excited!

– Megan Squadrito, LFMT, M'18
MFT Maria Munoz receiving the Kay Britton Honour

The 2017-2018 Kay Britton Award for exceptional academic and clinical performance was awarded to Maria Munoz at the Section's Hooding Ceremony on May 8, 2018. Maria demonstrates authenticity and genuineness that matches her passion for the MFT field.

Congratulations to Michael Roohr M'nineteen for his acceptance to the 2018 AAMFT Annual Briefing where he will exist presenting, "Autism and the Family unit: A Solution-Focused Approach" workshop based on Roohr's internship at the Infirmary for Special Care — Autism Center in CT.

FAQs

COAMFTE Accreditation

COAMFTE Pupil Achievement Criteria Data

  • Matrimony and Family unit Therapy Program
  • Accredited Baronial 7, 1989
  • Advertised length of Program Completion: 2.5 years
Accomplice Twelvemonth Students Entered Program* # of Students in Program Advertised Graduation Rate (%)** Maximum Graduation Rate (%)*** Task Placement Rate (%)**** National Exam Pass Rate (%)*****
2012-2013 17 24% 47% 100% 100%
2013-2014 xv 40% 73% 92% 100%
2014-2015 eight 75% 88% 100% 75%
2015-2016 4 25% 50% 100% 100%
2016-2017 10 seventy% seventy% 100% N/A* (No Students reporting pursuing licensure)
2017-2018 3 0% 33% 100% 100%
2018-2019 ix 78% 78% 100% 100%
2019-2020 10 70% 70%* 100% 100%
2020-2021 13 In Process In Process In Process In Process* None reporting yet
2021-2022 26 In Process In Process In Procedure In Process

*Still in progress

Programs are simply required to provide data on the past 10 years/accomplice or since the plan was initially accredited, whichever is shorter.

*Programs should report graduation rates for program's Advertised Length of Completion. The Advertised Length of Completion is how long the plan is designed to complete every bit written.

**Programs can enter graduation rates for 's Maximum Length of Completion which is the maximum allowable time in which a educatee could finish the plan.

***Masters and Doctoral programs are required to provide this information. Task Placement Rates by accomplice is defined equally the percentage of graduates from the cohort year listed that are employed utilizing skills learned in the COAMFTE accredited program. Task Placement rates are calculated using the following data:

0 # of graduates that reported their employment status to the programme

0 # of graduates, who entered in the year listed, that are employed utilizing skills learned in the COAMFTE accredited plan

****Master programs are required to provide this information. Doctoral and Postal service-Degree programs are encouraged to share this with the public. For Master's programs only, COAMFTE has established a criterion of 70% pass charge per unit for each cohort. Programs in California can use the California Constabulary of Ethics exam for MFTs to meet this requirement.

Contact:

Joan Calvert, Ed.D., MS., LMFT
Visiting Professor and Program Director, Marriage and Family unit Therapy
Phone: 860.916.9496 (Text Preferred)
E-mail: [electronic mail protected]


Patrick Nickoletti, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Chair, Psychology, Family & Justice Studies
Phone: 860.231.5313
Email:[email protected]