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The
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS) at
Nova Southeastern University (NSU) offers a new,
innovative academic program designed for professionals and
others interested in the field of Family Therapy at select
NSU’s Student
Educational Centers. Our Master’s Degree Program in
Family Therapy is intended to develop the skills and abilities
of practitioners to create and maintain high-quality programs.
Dedicated professionals are needed in the family therapy profession
to work with individuals, couples, and families. Students
are prepared to assume professional positions in private practice,
employee assistance programs, managed care and health care
organizations, child care and child development systems, family
service agencies, schools, churches, hospitals, and other
clinical and organizational settings.
THE
PROGRAM
The M.S. in Family Therapy is designed to help students develop
clinical and professional excellence and prepare for careers
as marriage and family therapists. The 48-credit hour degree
program consists of coursework and clinical practice. Training
is concentrated on brief, systemic, and interactional models
of family therapy, preparing our graduates to practice in
a time-sensitive, cost-effective manner.
The
program fulfills the academic requirements for MFT state licensure
in Florida and for clinical membership in AAMFT. Additional
post-master’s clinical experience is required for both
credentials.
Student Educational Centers in
Jacksonville, Orlando, West Palm, and Miami offer the the M.S. in Family Therapy.
NSU has the only M.S. in Family Therapy Program in Florida that is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education
- 48-credit hour degree program
- Two year degree program, depending on pace of accruing required clinical hours
- Courses offered at same time across SEC locations using a combination of live instruction and compressed video
- Three courses each trimester – Sequence of courses
FIRST TRIMESTER:
- Introduction to Systems Theories
- Legal, Ethical and Professional Issues
- Introduction to Marriage and Family Therapy
- Elective: Academic Writing (if needed)
SECOND TRIMESTER
- Human Development and Individual/Group Psychotherapy
- Theories of Marriage and Family Therapy
- Internal Practicum I
THIRD TRIMESTER
- Human Sexuality and Gender
- Theories of Personality and Psychopathology
- Internal Practicum II
FOURTH TRIMESTER
- Assessment in Marital and Family Therapy
- Substance Abuse/Addictions & Critical Issues in Systems Theories
- External Practicum I
FIFTH TRIMESTER
- Clinical Practice in MFT
- Diversity in Human and Family Development
- External Practicum II
SIXTH TRIMESTER
- Research in MFT
- External Practicum (if needed)
SEVENTH TRIMESTER (if needed)
- Additional External Practicum (if needed)
- Instructors live at each site on a rotating basis (first in Jacksonville, next in Orlando, West Palm, and then Miami; rotations continue throughout program)
- Each course meets two weekends (materials are provided two to three weeks prior to first meeting with required readings and assignments; meet at SEC; projects/papers due between weekends; two or three weekends later final class meeting; final project/papers due within two week after last class meeting.
Schedule Friday 5:00-10:00 p.m.; Saturday/Sunday 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
- Students required to participate in New Student Orientation, Library Training, and WebCt Training at their SEC
- Interactive online component, WebCt, required for all courses
- Students in Jacksonville and Orlando – On site supervision for Internal and External Practicum
- Students in West Palm and Miami will take their Internal Practicum at Main Campus at the Brief Therapy Institute. Internal Practicum meets one time per week for 6 hours with live cases and live supervision; students choose day of week; External Practicum sites chosen based on location and clinical interests.
- Placement sites and contracts for students developed with Internship Coordinator
- Students required to participate in Clinical Institutes on Main Campus two times per year during their program in Fall and Winter trimesters; schedule to be announced at beginning of program
Students
in the program will also receive clinical training and experience
at various sites throughout their community. Available internship
sites offer students the opportunity to specialize in work
with individuals, couples, families with culturally diverse
backgrounds, families with a child experiencing school problems,
families coping with a chronically ill family member, and
other special populations.
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Your first step
in becoming a
family therapist!
“The
program works from a systemic model which allows us to appreciate
all the models... it allows me to look at a system... It’s
taught me to think on a much more global perspective. You
develop as a well-rounded professional. I am a clinician,
researcher, teacher, and supervisor because of the program.
I love what I do.
NSU/SHSS
is looked at as a unique program, because of its innovative
ways of teaching.”
Arlene
Gordon, Ph.D.
Graduate of SHSS-Department of
Family Therapy
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