About Marriage & Family Therapy
Our goal is to teach students how to function with a high level of competence. We want students to make a contribution to the marriage and family therapy (MFT) field with intervention-based research looking at family systems. You'll graduate with your degree qualified to work in many different areas of the counseling field.
The Graduate Counseling Programs at Texas Wesleyan University welcome and encourage applications from potential students, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds in terms of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, socioeconomic status, age, physical abilities, religious beliefs, political beliefs and other ideologies.
The program is delivered and maintained from a multiculturally-informed perspective including course design, implementation and student and faculty experience.
A career in this field has specific eligibility standards to sit for a licensing exam. Before you start your degree, read our ineligibility policy.
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Student Learning Outcome Achievements
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Student Learning Outcomes |
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| Students will obtain sufficient knowledge that will show their ability to: conceptualize & distinguish the critical epistemological issues in MFT; demonstrate their understanding of the major models of marriage, couple, & family therapy; and, demonstrate their understanding of the historical development, theoretical & empirical foundations & conceptual directions of the field of MFT. Students will demonstrate their ability to apply this knowledge to teaching and practice. | Targets for this outcome were met. | While the targets were met, the program will be implementing additional videos of MFT therapists demonstrating the MFT models during MFT 8320 to give students more opportunities to observe the theories in action. |
| Students will demonstrate understanding of professional identity, ethical issues related to the profession of MFT, and the AAMFT Code of Ethics. | Targets for this outcome were met. | None taken |
| Students will demonstrate knowledge of research methodology in MFT including data analysis, evaluation of research, quantitative and qualitative research and its methods. | N/A – not measured this cycle. Measure will be assessed in the 24-25 cycle. | N/A |
| Students will demonstrate competency in providing marriage & family therapy face-to- face with a variety of clients, including couples and families, while in clinical practicum, dealing with relational issues. | N/A – not measured this cycle. Measure will be assessed in the 24-25 cycle. | N/A |
| Students will demonstrate the ability to work with ethnically diverse populations and teach from a multiculturally informed perspective. | N/A – not measured this cycle. Measure will be assessed in the 24-25 cycle. | While this target wasn’t assessed this cycle, the program will add an assignment to MFT 8414 requiring that students participate in a diversity experience that contributes to improved cultural competence. |
COAMFTE Accreditation
Our Ph.D. program in marriage & family therapy is accredited by the Commission of Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE). As a student in a COAMFTE-
accredited program, you'll meet your licensure requirements with more ease and you'll have more consideration when you're applying for jobs after graduation.
COAMFTE GAD Table 2024 Masters Program
COAMFTE GAD Table 2024 - Doctoral Program
At the end of Dec. 2025, the Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy program voluntarily withdrew its COAMFTE accreditation and will no longer be COAMFTE accredited.
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