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Each of these components and their requirements are described in detail below.
Annual Review (summer after each year)
Clinical Portfolio
Applied Clinical Project (third year)
Annual Review
As part of the graduation requirements, students must have an annual review at the end
of each of the first 2 years. This annual review will consist of an evaluation of the student’s
grades to date, the level of attainment of the program’s student learning outcomes,
student’s conduct, any concerns faculty might have, as well as their adherence to
ethical/legal and/or professional guidelines in the profession. The Annual Review is also
utilized for collection of feedback from students about the program. This review is
conducted in a manner needed for each individual student such as, but not limited to, a
meeting with a faculty committee, program director, or via email. The student will have
successfully passed the annual review once documentation from the department has been
received by the student. Students must register for the Annual Review during the summer
of each of the first 2 years.
Clinical Portfolio
The Clinical Portfolio is intended to provide an opportunity for students to demonstrate
their clinical competence, creativity, and theoretical clarity, in a manner and setting similar
to that which could be expected in a job interview situation. It is an assessment of the
student learning outcome associated with clinical competence. It should be viewed as the
culmination of the in-house clinical training aspect of the doctoral program, and it is
designed to allow students to demonstrate the full range and depth of their clinical skills
and theoretical knowledge. To submit a Clinical Portfolio for faculty review, a student must
have successfully completed the Internal Practicum sequence. Student’s wishing to
enhance their clinical skills or theoretical knowledge may do so with additional practica,
clinical work, or supervision before submitting their Clinical Portfolio.
Clinical Portfolio Components
The following are the 4 components to the Clinical Portfolio:
Statement of Treatment Philosophy (5-7 pages, double spaced; APA formatted)
Case Study (Written, single case from inception to treatment
completion/evaluation)
Video presentation (45 min–1 hour, professional audience)
Statement of Treatment Philosophy
The Statement of Treatment Philosophy document should be between 5-7 pages, double
spaced, and should adhere to all applicable APA formatting conventions. In this document,
students should articulate their current overall philosophy of treatment as it applies to
their work in the field of marriage and family therapy. This philosophy statement assumes
that the student under review is still in a formative stage of development in terms of their
clinical skills. Thus it is important for the student to talk honestly and openly about the
ways they assess their own current stage(s) of development. This statement may differ
from the case study or video materials presented in the other parts of the Portfolio, but if
it is, it would be important for the statement to address how these disconnects are part of
the overall development of the student.. An important part of this statement is the
honesty, maturity, integrity, and clarity with which the student describes their journey
