Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy

The Marriage & Family Therapy program prepares graduates to believe in the inherent worth and dignity of all people and promotes the well-being of individuals, couples, families, and communities, is committed to serving a diverse society; and possesses strong conceptual and clinical knowledge and upholds the highest standards of professional conduct. Successful completion of our master's degree program qualifies students who have met additional postgraduate requirements to sit for the licensing exam in the State of Connecticut.

 

The program supports the development of intellectual rigor, personal integrity, multidisciplinary collaboration, informed decision-making, self-reflection, and social responsibility. The program seeks to educate students to be socially aware and ethically responsible professionals. When students meet requisite foundational courses, they transition into the clinical training sequence where they learn to practice based on the knowledge they have acquired.