GMAFT-MAJOR - Marriage and Family Therapy (MS)
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CLINICAL PLACEMENT AND ASSOCIATED REQUIREMENTS:
Students must complete a minimum of 500 clinical contact hours (includes 300 direct contact hours of which 100 hours must be relational), plus 100 hours of supervision prior to graduation.
For their clinical year, students are encouraged to seek placements in agencies that would foster skills in areas of personal interest. The Family Center is an off-campus outpatient mental health center operated by the graduate program as a training facility and an outreach service of Edgewood University. It provides for low-cost, quality mental health services to the people of the greater Madison area and allows interns to experience working with individuals, couples and families facing a broad range of clinical concerns.
Due to the important consideration that needs to be given to the potential clients with whom students will be working in the clinical experience, each student will be evaluated for personal and professional competence and for suitability for clinical placement by the MFT program faculty in the semester before clinical placement. This should be a natural outgrowth of the close contact and communication that has occurred with each faculty member as the student progresses through the semesters.
Admission into the MFT graduate program does not imply a right to admission into the clinical experience. If the student has not demonstrated sufficient mastery of course and clinical skills, or if the student’s emotional stability and maturity create a concern about ability to work with clients effectively and professionally, the student will be denied admission to the clinical experience.
Even after the student is admitted to the clinical placement, the on-site supervisors, in communication with the Program Director, may determine that the student does not have sufficient entry-level mastery or stability to work in the agency. In such cases, students would be withdrawn from the clinical experience. The Program Director would then advise the student on the necessary steps for reinstatement into the clinical portion of the program. Remedial coursework, training experience or personal or family therapy are options the Program Director might suggest.
All remedial options are the student’s responsibility to initiate and verify to the satisfaction of the Program Director and any expenses incurred are the obligation of the student. Failure to be admitted to and complete the clinical experience necessarily precludes completion of the degree.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
Applicants for any of the student classifications except non-degree must meet all of the requirements for admission to the graduate programs.
Provide evidence of a baccalaureate or more advanced degree from a United States regionally accredited or equivalent postsecondary institution with a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale for regular admission status. The cumulative grade point average is computed on the highest degree held at the time of application to the Edgewood University graduate program.
Complete and submit graduate application (including $30 fee).
Request that official transcripts for all undergraduate and graduate academic credits received from any post-secondary institutions be sent directly to Edgewood University Graduate and Professional Studies.
The MFT Program Reference Form, must accompany two letters of recommendation from individuals qualified to comment on the candidate’s potential for success as a therapist.
The MFT program requires a two-page typewritten statement indicating motives and professional goals for pursuing a degree in MFT. The written statement should include:
Interests and motivation for wanting to be a therapist
Ability to succeed in graduate school
What preparation, either through coursework, internship, volunteer work or job experience, has been undertaken that provides basic therapy skills.
Applicants must also submit a resume.
Applications will be reviewed upon completion. A follow-up interview may be requested by the program at that time.
The Marriage and Family Therapy Program begins the fall of each academic year. It is a highly-competitive cohort-based graduate program with rolling admissions opening September 1st for the next year’s Fall cohort.
Applicants are strongly advised to apply early as applications are reviewed and spots are filled throughout the year.
An Orientation Day for newly admitted students will be held in August.
Admission into the graduate program does not imply the right to admission into the clinical year. The last three semesters of the program contain clinical experiences. Students are separately reviewed for “readiness” for the clinical experiences during their second semester.