La Salle University
About the Program
La Salle's Marriage and Family Therapy program strives to prepare professionals with abilities and competencies requisite for the practice of marriage and family therapy. The curriculum emphasizes a conceptualization of the role of an individual in primary relationships, such as marriage and the family. Students are provided with course work and clinical experiences, which encourages them to examine the complex interplay of all forces (scientific, interpersonal, and spiritual) which coexist within and exert influence on an individual and on a family system. The goals are to prepare marriage and family therapists who will competently develop and implement comprehensive interventions, acquire a holistic perspective to health care, understand the complexity of addressing the overall, long-term well-being of individuals and their families, evaluate and treat mental and emotional disorders, and address a wide array of relationship issues that will best meet the needs of clients within the context of a family system.
Program Overview
| Area | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|
| Core Mental Health InformationFamily | 30% | |
| Family Studies | 30% | |
| Family Therapy | 30% | |
| Child/Human Development | 10% |
Address & Contact Information
Graduate Program
- Counseling & Psychotherapy: Theories & Interventions
- Counseling Lab I
- Psychopathology
- Human Behavior: A Developmental Perspective
- Introduction to Systems & Systems Thinking
- Basic Principles of Research & Design
- Advanced Counseling Lab
- Human Sexuality
- Working with Families
- Ethnic, Gender, Class Issues in Counseling
- Marital Therapy
- Understanding Relationships
- Addictions & the Family
- Internship
- Professional Seminar
- Change Processes in Counseling & Psychotherapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Approach in Counseling & Psychotherapy
- Insight-Oriented Approaches in Counseling & Psychotherapy
- Group Processes in Counseling & Psychotherapy
- Contextual Family Therapy
- Child in the Family Context
- Counseling Families in the Face of Loss
- Assessment in Clinical & Career Counseling.
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While the program stresses skills training and clinical preparation for disciplined practice in Marriage and Family Therapy, it also requires a common core of psychological studies as a basis for improved understanding of the mental health field. Thus the program is excellent preparation for those who wish to continue their studies and pursue a doctoral degree or state licensure.