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Doctor of Marriage and Family Therapy

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Doctor of Marriage and Family Therapy (DMFT)

Priority Application Deadline
May 15, 2024

Fall Term Begins
September 30, 2024

The Doctor of Marriage and Family Therapy (DMFT) is an advanced clinical degree program with a focus on service, justice, and peace applications to couple, marriage and family therapy. The DMFT program embodies a relational/systemic philosophy, follows the practitioner-oriented model and focuses on applied skill development for use in clinical practice, supervision, academia, and administration.

100% online (synchronous and asynchronous classes)

62 total credit hours

Finish in as few as 36 months

10-week terms

Cohort-based program design

Dissertation is part of coursework

  1. Students will develop a doctoral-level professional identity as marriage and family therapists and a specialized clinical area that is grounded in research and is at an advanced level of intervention and understanding
  2. Students will synthesize contemporary family and couple therapy models and be responsive to the societal, cultural and spiritual contexts of practice
  3. Students will synthesize the ethics and competency in peace, health, and justice approaches to MFT research, supervision, and practice, demonstrating attention to multiple domains of diversity
  4. Students will use and evaluate quantitative and qualitative MFT clinical to improve clinical process and outcomes
  5. Students will cultivate a coherent and competent program of MFT supervision
  6. Students will utilize systemic leadership, demonstrating sophistication in program building, leadership, and/or consultation
  • DMFT 8000: Professional Development Seminar 1 (Introduction to program & FCP)
  • DMFT 8050: Advanced Relational Systemic Theory and Applications
  • DMFT 8051: Legal, Ethical, and Professional Issues in Couple/Marriage and Family Therapy
  • DMFT 8010: Introduction to clinical research, research writing and research ethics
  • DMFT 8052: Assessment and Diagnosis in Couple/Marriage and Family Therapy
  • DMFT 8012: Quantitative Research methods and Statistical Analyses
  • DMFT 8013: Qualitative Methods and Analyses
  • DMFT 8015: Psychotherapy Outcome and Process Research
  • DMFT 8070: Fundamentals of Supervision in Marriage and Family Therapy
  • DMFT 8080: Advanced Supervision 1
  • DMFT 8081: Advanced Supervision 2
  • DMFT 8082: Advanced Supervision 3
  • DMFT 8055: Trauma Theory and Models with Vulnerable Populations and Systemic Approaches to Substance Treatment
  • DMFT 8071: Introduction to Teaching/Consultation/Leadership (start Teaching Practicum)
  • DMFT 8022: Portfolio Planning and Development
  • DMFT 8059: MFT through a Decolonized lens: Centering Indigenous healing practices in families
  • DMFT 8060: Sex Therapy
  • DMFT 8062: Medical Family Therapy and Introduction to Psychopharmacology
  • DMFT 8073: Program Development, Design, and Evaluation for Families and Communities: Holistic Approaches to Prevention and Enrichment
  • DMFT 8075: Family Healthcare Policy and Advocacy
  • DMFT 8900: Dissertation Seminar
  • DMFT 8999: Dissertation (minimum 9 credits)
  • Possess a master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy or a related field, and/or completed coursework sufficient for MFT licensure in your state.
  • Actively be working towards or have achieved your Licensure in Marriage and Family Therapy (LMFT) and are clinically active.
  • Completed program application and application fee
  • Official transcripts from all colleges/universities attended 
  • Current professional resume
  • Personal statement 
  • Academic writing sample
  • Two (2) letters of recommendations 
  • Admissions interview
  • Proof of clinical activity

$1,135
Per Credit Hour

62
Total Credit Hours

36 Months
Time to Completion

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Blendine Hawkins, PhD, LMFT
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(808) 739-7495

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Chaminade University of Honolulu is accredited by WASC Senior College and University Commission.

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