College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

 

Professional Diploma in Marriage and Family Therapy

 PRGORAM COORDINATOR:

Dr. Muriel Singer
Hutchinson (J) 334-F
(908) 737-4025/4000
msinger@kean.edu

 

OVERVIEW

The Marriage and Family Therapy Program is a 66 credit professional training program which is structured to satisfy the educational requirements for licensure as a marriage and family therapist in New Jersey. The program includes a two term internship that generally follows the marriage and family course work, but is largely free of other educational and professional demands. Students in the MFT program are required to complete a minimum of 500 client contact hours and 100 hours of face to face supervision during the course of their internship and practicum experience. Students may enter the program with either a Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree. All students who enter without an appropriate Master’s degree will earn the MA in Behavioral Sciences, Psychological Services Specialization after successful completion of the first 33 credit hours of the program (which includes a research thesis and a Master’s level comprehensive examination). Students will advance to the professional sequence of the Marriage and Family Therapy Professional Diploma Program only after the successful completion of a progress review.

Students entering with a Master’s degree in counseling, psychology, social work or an allied field must complete a minimum of 33 credits at Kean University. If applicants lack any of the foundation courses they may be required to complete additional courses beyond the minimum. The New Jersey licensure law requires specific competency areas. The curriculum, designed within the practitioner-scholar model, is devised to enable successful graduates to function as marriage and family therapists in a variety of settings. Through required course work, practicum and internship experiences, students are provided an opportunity to develop skills in assessment, interviewing and counseling with individuals, couples and families. The program stresses the need for marriage and family therapists to understand the varied religious, ethnic, cultural and national characteristics of their clientele.

 

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

In addition to the University’s admission requirements:

  • 12 credits in Psychology on the undergraduate level including General Psychology, Experimental Psychology, Tests and Measurements, and a Psychology elective. (These courses may be taken as co-requisites)
  • GRE (Graduate Record Exam) test scores taken within the last five years
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Departmental interview 

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

  • 66 credits - 33 credits must be completed at Kean University
  • Practicum in individual, marital and family therapy Internship
  • Thesis
  • Comprehensive examinations

FOUNDATION REQUIREMENTS 33 credits

  • ID 5020 Readings in the Behavioral Sciences 3
  • MATH 5500 Statistical Methods for Analyzing Data 3
  • PSY 5320 Learning Theory and Applications 3
  • PSY 5330 Advanced Abnormal Psych 3
  • PSY 5620 Lab Training in Human Relations I 3

or

  • PSY 5640 Analysis of Small Group Processes 3
  • PSY 5810 Introduction to Diagnostic Testing -Practicum 3
  • PSY 5510 Theories of Personality 3

or

  • PSY 5515 Advanced Psychology of Personality 3
  • PSY 5720 Advanced Psychological Counseling Techniques 3
  • PSY 5130 Human Development Across the Life Span 3
  • PSY 5910 Research Methods: Seminar 3
  • PSY 5920 Thesis Seminar 3
  • PROFESSIONAL COURSES 33 credits
  • PSY 5040 Psych of Human Sexuality 3
  • PSY 5730 Psychological Counseling Practicum 3

or

  • PSY 5710 Field Experience in Community Psychology 3
  • PSY 5740 Group Psychological Counseling Techniques 3
  • PSY 5780 Introduction to Marriage and Family Psychology 3
  • PSY 5770 Marital Therapy: Theories and Techniques 3
  • PSY 6600 Professional Seminar in Marriage and Family Therapy 3
  • PSY 6610 Advanced Seminar in Marriage and Family Studies/Therapy 3
  • SY 6620 Practicum in Marriage and Family Therapy 3
  • PSY 6700 Internship in Marriage and Family Therapy I 3
  • PSY 6710 Internship in Marriage and Family Therapy II 3

(Other courses by advisement and permission of program coordinator)

Total 66 Credits

 

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