Nova Southeastern University
About the Program
The M.S. in Family Therapy is designed to help students develop clinical excellence and prepare for careers as marriage and family therapists. Students are prepared to assume professional positions in private practice, employee assistance programs, managed care and health care organizations, child care and child development systems, family service agencies, schools, churches, hospitals, and other clinical and organizational settings. The 48-credit hour degree program consists of coursework and clinical practice. Training is concentrated on brief, interactional models of family therapy, preparing our graduates to practice in a time-sensitive, cost-effective manner.
Program Overview
| Area | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|
| Family Therapy | 97% | |
| Family Systems Health Care | 2% | |
| Family Science | 1% |
Address & Contact Information
Graduate Program
- Introduction to Systems Theories
- Introduction to Marital & Family Therapy
- Legal, Ethical, & Professional Issues
- Human Development & Individual/Group Psychotherapy
- Theories of Marital & Family Therapy
- Internal Practicum
- Human Sexuality & Gender
- Theories of Personality & Psychopathology
- Assessment in Marital & Family Therapy
- Clinical Practice in Marital & Family Therapy
- Diversity in Human & Family Development
- External Practicum I & II
- Substance Abuse/Addictions & Critical Issues in Systems Theories
- Research in Marital & Family Therapy
- Assessment in Marital & Family Therapy
- Systemic Family Therapy I, II, & III
- Language Systems
- Personality Theories of Psychopathology
- Quantitative Research I, II, III, & IV
- Thinking Systems
- Qualitative Research I & II
- Academic Writing
- Family Therapy Topics
- Supervision & Teaching
- Independent Study
- Supervision Practicum
- Teaching Practicum
- Dissertation
- Internship
Master's Level
Doctoral Level
The Ph.D. in Family Therapy is a 78-credit-hour program designed for individuals holding master's degrees in a mental health field who wish to fully grasp both the historical as well as cutting edge theory informing the current practice of family therapy. The program is also dedicated to understanding the relationship between theoretical ideas and the variety of established and emerging schools of family therapy. The program is designed to enhance students' clinical skills in order to make them top level practitioners, while at the same time demonstrating the place of qualitative and quantitative research in this pursuit. Graduates of the program should look forward to productive careers in academic, supervisory, clinic, and community based employment settings. The Doctorate in Marriage and Family Therapy (DMFT) is a practitioner oriented terminal degree. The primary emphasis of the DMFT degree program is different from the Ph.D. program in that it seeks specifically to produce professionals whose chief contributions will be in the clinical rather than academic sphere. Still, there is a great deal of overlap in the core curriculum between the two programs.
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The M.S. in Family Therapy is designed to help students develop clinical excellence and prepare for careers as marriage and family therapists. Students are prepared to assume professional positions in private practice, employee assistance programs, managed care and health care organizations, child care and child development systems, family service agencies, schools, churches, hospitals, and other clinical and organizational settings. The 48-credit hour degree program consists of coursework and clinical practice. Training is concentrated on brief, interactional models of family therapy, preparing our graduates to practice in a time-sensitive, cost-effective manner.