About Us
We prepare students to provide ethical, research-informed, culturally competent relational mental health services to a diverse array of clients.
We embrace a scholar/practitioner model of systemic family therapy training. Our program is a 2.5-year program, with a maximum completion time of five years.
Accreditation
We are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE). Our current period of accreditation is from 11/1/2017 to 11/1/2024. We have been accredited since 1994.
Faculty and Staff Directory
Director, Couple & Family Therapy | Associate Professor
(219) 989-2938
Hammond, IBCC 1028
Mialauni T. Griggs-Holke, M.S.
Visiting Instructor & Core Faculty
(219) 989-2101
Hammond – IBCC 1030
Administrative Assistant for Graduate Programs & Services
(219) 989-2027
Course Information and Curriculum
Courses in the couple and family therapy concentration are designed to comply with COAMFTE requirements, requirements for content set forth by the Behavioral Health and Human Services Licensing Board which oversees the licensure of marriage and family therapists in the state of Indiana, as well as prepare students to take the National MFT Licensure Exam. The program is a total of 60 credits without a thesis, and 63 credits with a thesis.
- CFT 60000 Basic Systemic Therapy Skills (3 credits)
- CFT 61000 Classic Theories in Couple & Family Therapy (3 credits)
- CFT 66000 Contemporary Theories in Couple & Family Therapy (3 credits)
- CFT 65500 Couple Therapy (3 credits)
- CFT 65000 Sexuality and Sex Therapy (3 credits)
- CFT 64500 Treating Trauma with Couple & Family Therapy (3 credits)
- CFT 64000 Diversity and Social Justice in Couple & Family Therapy (3 credits)
- CFT 69500 Introduction to Research and Writing in Couple & Family Therapy (3 credits)
- CFT 69600 Research Methods in Couple & Family Therapy (3 credits)
- CFT 69700 Research Analysis in Couple & Family Therapy (3 credits)
- CFT 69800 Research MS Thesis in Couple & Family Therapy (3 credits) *Optional – This is the Thesis / Defense Course
- CFT 63000 Ethics and Professional Issues in Couple and Family Therapy (3 credits)
- CFT 63500 Theories of Human and Family Development (3 credits)
- CFT 62000 Diagnosis and Assessment in Couple & Family Therapy (3 credits)
- CFT 59000 Special Problems in Couple & Family Therapy (3 credits) Optional/Offered as Needed
- CFT 67000 Topical Issues in Couple & Family Therapy (3 credits)
- CFT 67500 Practicum in Couple & Family Therapy (3 credits for 6 semesters, 18 total)