Pacific Oaks is known for its progressive approach to learning, which provides an egalitarian academic environment where each student and each instructor is both teacher and learner and real-world experiences are valued as well as academic achievements. The marital and family therapy program is unique among other MFT programs in that it prepares graduates to consider issues of social justice within family systems and to explore how those factors directly impact family dynamics and the mental health of each family member, and students may select our specializations in African American or Latina/Latino studies to gain marketable expertise and cultural competence in these critical and underserved areas.