Admissions

 
To meet the Priority Application date for Fall 2012, please submit your complete application on or before January 4, 2012. Complete applications that meet the priority date will be reviewed and applicant interviews scheduled in the order they are received. We recommend that you submit your application no later than February 9, 2012 in order to assure that you will receive an interview.


The Marital and Family Therapy Graduate program prepares students for a Master of Arts degree in Marital and Family Therapy. In addition to State of California required curriculum in traditional marital and family therapy coursework, the program is augmented with art therapy coursework. 



The program provides its graduates with comprehensive training in both verbal and nonverbal modalities. The structure of the program begins with the foundational marital and family therapy coursework, teaching sound theoretical understanding as well as a variety of clinical strategies, including art therapy as a modality. Additional coursework focuses on the art therapy process providing graduates with training in clinical art therapy and giving them breadth and skill in nonverbal modality.