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Sample Course DescriptionsAntioch's M.A. in Psychology with Couple and Family Therapy (CFT) concentration offers you comprehensive clinical training for a career as a licensed marriage and family therapist. Classes emphasize developing your capabilities to work at multiple levels of clinical treatment with children, couples and families.

The CFT is 75 quarter credits. Classes are offered Monday through Thursday late afternoons and evenings for students from the metropolitan Seattle area. Concentrated scheduling is available Thursday evenings and during the day Fridays for students commuting from more distant locations. You may begin the program in the fall, winter or spring quarter.

Core Courses (44 credits)
All coursework is completed prior to your internship.

  • Competency Assessment I, II, III
  • Family of Origin Systems
  • Multicultural Perspectives
  • Communication and Counseling Skills
  • Counseling Individuals in the Family System
  • Systems Perspectives in Family Therapy
  • Theories and Practice of Family Therapy I and II
  • Human Sexuality
  • Human Development in the Family Life Cycle
  • Psychopathology
  • Psychodiagnostics and Treatment Planning
  • Ethics and Professional Issues
  • Ethics in Family Practice
  • Research Methods: Introduction or Advanced
  • Research in Family Practice

Elective Courses (12 credits)
This concentration affords you the flexibility to individualize your studies based upon your professional goals and interests. Choose approximately four courses to satisfy your elective requirements. These include:

  • One elective in Family Practice Series
  • One elective in Multicultural Counseling Series: Counseling a culturally specific population
  • One elective in Abusive Relationships or Addictions
  • Three other elective credits

Internship Courses (19 credits)

  • Internship Preparation (taken two quarters before beginning internship)
  • CFT Internship I,II, III and IV
  • Case Consultation I, II, III and IV

Internship Experience
All students participate in an internship in a professional setting. This experience will enable you to validate and clarify the theory you acquire in the classroom as you develop your own role as a clinician. Examples of internship sites include the following:

  • College counseling centers
  • Group homes
  • Homeless shelters
  • Youth and family services
  • Community centers
  • Public mental health clinics
  • Jails
  • Penitentiaries
  • In-patient psychiatric hospitals

Program requirements and course offerings are subject to change.

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