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Alternate written component: Students may submit to the faculty committee
evidence that an article or chapter has been accepted for publication in a peer
reviewed, family therapy or other closely related professional journal or edited
book. Documentation that the article or chapter has been accepted for publication
is required.
Portfolio Timeline Information
Doctoral students may not begin their internship until they have successfully completed
their Clinical Portfolio. The presentation component of the Academic/Research portfolio
must be completed prior to registering for dissertation credits. Prior to their dissertation
final defense, students must show evidence that their manuscript has been accepted for
publication.
Internship
An Internship of one year, 3 consecutive trimesters, is designed to provide the student
with a full-time experience, emphasizing relationally focused practice and/or research. The
majority of a student’s course requirements must be completed before beginning the
internship experience. Students must have successfully passed their Clinical Portfolio
requirement before registering for Internship. The three internship types are as follows:
Clinical, Research and Hybrid.
Clinical Internship
The Clinical Internship is designed to provide students with professional experience
in the practice of marriage and family therapy. This internship option is designed
for students who do not have a clinical master’s degree or who would like to obtain
further clinical experience.
The institution sponsoring the internship site(s) will have been in operation for at
least two years. Internship site(s) will provide adequate facilities and equipment for
the intern to carry out designated responsibilities. Students will work with both a
faculty supervisor and a site supervisor. When requesting supervision from a full
time faculty AAMFT Approved Supervisor students will register for 3 credit hours
per term for a minimum of 3 consecutive terms. If students have an AAMFT
Approved Supervisor on site to supervise their clinical hours, or will obtain an
outside AAMFT Approved Supervisor, they will register for 1 credit hour per term for
a minimum of 3 terms. They will also work with their faculty supervisor as part of
their internship experience. When taking 1 credit hour, students need to review
their degree plan to ensure they will meet the required credit hours for their
degree, and/or they will be required to take two additional elective courses to meet
the credit hour internship requirement of a minimum of 9 credit hours.
Research Internship
The Research Internship is designed for students with an MFT, or closely related
field, master’s degree and license and provides students with an opportunity to
further develop their research skills and knowledge of research projects, grants,
and other available resources (i.e., working with faculty on research projects). The
Research Internship experience requires prior approval by the faculty
member/supervisor, Program Director, and internship site. The research internship
will also require students to register with a faculty supervisor for 3 consecutive
terms for 3 credits each term.
