我们的婚姻与家庭疗法专业拥有60学分，可为学生提供与个人，夫妇和家庭在各种环境中合作所必需的核心知识。该计划需要进行广泛的临床培训，并满足纽约州婚姻和家庭许可证的教育要求。要获得许可，学生必须完成教育要求，1,500小时的婚姻和家庭疗法实践指导经验以及婚姻和家庭疗法监管委员会协会开发的婚姻和家庭疗法考试及格分数。家庭治疗师提供个人，夫妇，家庭，关系和小组治疗。他们评估，治疗和实施个人，夫妇，家庭以及其他恋人的总体长期健康状况的变化。传统上对个人的强调扩大到包括考虑个人与他人（特别是在家庭制度中）相对于他人
Our 60-credit M.S. in Marriage and Family Therapy provides students with the core knowledge necessary to work with individuals, couples and families in a variety of settings. The program requires extensive clinical training and satisfies the educational requirements for the New York State Marriage and Family License. To receive licensure, students must complete the educational requirements, 1,500 hours of supervised experience in the practice of marriage and family therapy and a passing grade on the Examination in Marital and Family Therapy developed by the Association of Marital and Family Therapy Regulatory Boards.<br>Marriage and family therapists provide individual, couple, family, relational and group therapy. They assess, treat and implement change in the overall, long-term well-being of individuals, couples, families and those in other relationships. The traditional emphasis on the individual is expanded to include consideration of the nature and roles of individuals in relation to others, particularly in the family system.<br>Marriage and family therapy focuses not only on the individual patienteven if it is a single person seeking therapybut on the context and relationships in which the person participates. All relationship contexts are considered, including the married or committed couple, family, school, work, social, community and other relational systems.<br>Marriage and family therapists treat a wide range of clinical problems including: depression, marital problems, anxiety, nervous and mental disorders, as well as relationship, couple, family and child-parent problems.<br>Marriage and family therapy is often brief and solution-focused and it is designed to achieve specific therapeutic goals of individuals and families.