Marriage And Family Therapy Mercy College

Graduates of the marriage and family therapy program are eligible to seek initial employment towards meeting the 1 500 hour externship required for licensure.

Marriage and family therapy mercy college.

Our program is grounded in the idea that individuals who seek psychotherapeutic assistance are influenced by a complex set of factors. Academic programs of study evan imber black ph d program director 914 674 7800 eimberblack mercy edu. Mount mercy s accredited master of arts in marriage and family therapy program is designed to train therapists to work from the systems perspective to help individuals and families live more productive lives. Marriage and family therapy s prominence in the mental health field has increased due to its brief solution focused treatment its family centered approach and its demonstrated effectiveness.

The sexually well informed clinicianlearn some of the basic principles and practices of sex therapy. The event will be held in the main hall lecture hall. Knowledge is power and nowhere is that truer than in the practice of sex therapy at a time when the science of sexuality is expanding exponentially. The purpose of the 48 credit master of science in marriage and family therapy program is to provide a comprehensive education in marriage and family therapy through a course of studies designed to meet the educational requirements for licensure as a marriage and family.

Handbook marriage and family therapy. His time as a dancer wound down in 2015 which led him to pursue a career in marriage and family therapy at the encouragement of his own therapist who happened to be a mercy college alumnus. Master s degree program in marriage and family therapy 2019 2020 handbook. Today more than 50 000 marriage and family therapists treat individuals couples and families nationwide.

Students receive marriage family therapy licensure exam preparation. Mft handbook mercy 2019 2020 doc. April 30 2014 mercy college s marriage and family therapy professor and program director evan imber black ph d. Ten mercy college marriage and family therapy mft graduate students will be awarded full scholarships to attend the psychotherapy networker.

Evan imber black phd is a senior faculty member at the ackerman institute and the director of ackerman s center for families and health evan is currently professor and program director of the marriage and family therapy masters program at mercy college. Has been selected to receive the caron foundation s award for educational excellence. Creating a new wisdom symposium the premier psychotherapy conference in the nation in washington d c we are proud that the symposium s leadership group recognized the outstanding student population and superior educational programs. Join us on april 10 for the marriage and family therapy spring workshop.

The award recognizes an outstanding individual who has demonstrated exceptional wisdom and leadership educating students families and communities.