Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy

Degree Overview

Our highly interactive, on-campus M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy degree prepares busy professionals for careers as marriage and family therapists who treat mental and emotional disorders, while promoting optimum relational health through a systemic, holistic approach. In Marriage and Family Therapy, the unit of intervention and treatment is not the individual person, even if only a single person is interviewed. Instead, the focus is systemic and relational, bringing together all involved individuals into the healing process. The Regis Counseling faculty is committed to fostering an open culture of social, relational and cross–cultural contexts of learning that are essential for effective therapist training.

The program curriculum provides you with hands-on training through 6-credit-hours of Practicum in the department's state–of–the–art counseling laboratory and in community agencies. You'll also gain essential clinical experience through two semesters of supervised internships at local mental health counseling agencies.

As a graduate of our 60-credit-hour program, you will be equipped to pursue a career as a marriage and family therapist at a private or group practice, or attain future advancements into teaching, research, consulting and administrative positions.

Total Degree Requirements: 60 credit hours
Core course requirements: 54 credit hours
Elective course requirements: 6 credit hours

Program Requirements

Listed below are the required courses for completion of this degree at Regis University. Please note that recent course requirement updates may not be reflected in the list below and you should contact an enrollment counselor at 800.944.7667 for recent changes and updates.

This degree program requires 60.00 credit hours for completion. Please contact your advisor or the Office of Enrollment Services at 303.458.4126.

Course Descriptions

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Materials Needed for Application and Admission

Applicants seeking a master's degree from the College for Professional Studies must possess a baccalaureate degree in any field of study from a regionally accredited college or university.

An academic background in psychology or family studies is preferred but not required for applicants seeking program admission. Applicants must demonstrate an ability to achieve graduate-level writing and skills in critical analysis before admission to the program.

• Application: Completed graduate application form
• Application fee: $75.00 non-refundable application fee (waived for Regis University graduates)
• Submit official degree-bearing transcript from a U.S. regionally accredited institution
• Required admission essays
• Two letters of recommendation
• Current résumé
• Criminal background check
• Faculty interview
• Additional admission requirements apply to international students who are non-U.S. citizens
• Please remember: Applications that are incomplete and/or missing information will NOT be processed.

All Counseling Division applicants must submit application materials to the program prior to the admission deadline to be considered for admission. In addition to submission of the online application, prospective master's degree students must also attend an admission interview with program faculty as part of the admission assessment process. During the half-day admission interview, prospective students participate in highly interactive group discussions and written reflective assignments designed to further assess each student's readiness for the program.

The faculty admits students who have demonstrated a readiness for the program both academically and psychologically. Admission is competitive and limited by the program's need to maintain appropriate clinical faculty/student ratios in the program.

A faculty admissions committee carefully assesses each applicant's appropriateness for the program through evaluation of application materials and assessments of the applicant during the admission process and admission interview. Applicants must complete the interview to be considered for admission and are required to attend an orientation upon acceptance.

Viable candidates for admission often have a background in psychology or family studies demonstrated by several or all of the following:

• An undergraduate degree in psychology or family studies
• Work experience related to psychology or helping relationships
• Participation in personal psychotherapy
• Personal life experiences that would indicate and ability for introspection, empathy for others and psychological maturity

Tuition

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Comparison is based on Regis Board Approved 2012 Tuition and Fee Rates. Rates were gathered from other university websites as of June 2012.