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Additionally, the program emphasizes professional development by assisting students in
strengthening their professional and personal qualities necessary for successful
participation in the medical milieu.
The student's growth as a reflective practitioner is encouraged through clinical research in
physician, patient, therapist, family communications, adjustments to acute, chronic, or
terminal illness, social effects and ethical dilemmas of new medical technologies, and other
issues that transcend historical distinctions between physical treatment and psychosocial
interventions. Program faculty and students cooperate to publish research findings and
clinical experiences. Also, faculty and students of the program contribute to the growth of
Family Systems Health Care and medical family therapy by supporting and participating in
professional groups such as the Collaborative Family Health Care Coalition, the Society of
Teachers of Family Medicine, Bereavement, Gerontology, and others.
In addition to degree requirements, students must complete the following coursework to
receive a Concentration in Family Systems Health Care (24 credit hours):
FSHC 5000 – Family Systems Health Care I
FSHC 5010 - Family Systems Health Care II
FSHC 5100 - Practicum I in Family Systems Health Care*
FSHC 5110 - Practicum II in Family Systems Health Care*
FSHC 5300 – Integration and Collaboration Among Health Care Systems
FSHC 5500 - Politics and Economics of Health Care
FSHC 6400 - Understanding Human Systems in Health Care Settings
One Elective
* Students may choose to complete their clinical internship in a medical setting to obtain
the required 200 hours of face-to-face client contact for this concentration.
*The catalog is periodically updated online.
Doctor of Marriage and Family Therapy (D.M.F.T.)
Vision Statement
The Doctor of Marriage and Family Therapy, D.M.F.T., with a focus on advanced human
systems, is an innovative program dedicated to advancing the practice skills for
practitioners in mental health fields. This program will foster professional advancement
and excellence that provides graduates with high level training that supports the needs of
our communities of interest, while focusing on inclusion, diversity, and cultural issues
across all settings in which clinical and supervisory services are provided.
Mission Statement
Graduates of the D.M.F.T. program will be trained to work in multiple settings on multiple
levels in agencies, treatment facilities, medical facilities, and other locations that provide
clinical services. Graduates will be sufficiently trained to develop their own clinical
programs, businesses, and educational trainings related to the therapeutic community.
Graduates will obtain the coursework and clinical requirements to become a licensed
marriage and family therapist intern and with additional clinical hours become a LMFT.
