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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B‌oth our master's and Ph.D. programs in marriage & family therapy are 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

If you're interested in becoming a member of COAMFTE, graduating from an accredited program can speed up the membership process.