CONCENTRATIONS
All doctoral students in the Counseling and Family Sciences Department must complete a 12 unit concentration that helps students focus their expertise. Four pre-approved concentrations are available:
Family Studies
The family studies concentration focuses on the knowledge regarding family and child development that provides the theoretical basis for family interventions and programs. Students select from a variety of courses to enhance their skills in family life education and/or therapy.
FMST 518 Advanced Child Development (3 units)
FMST 526 Marriage and Family (3 units)
And at least 6 units from the following:
FMST 524 Family Resource Management (2 units)
FMST 528 Parenting (2 units)
FMST 529 Family Life Education (2 units)
MFTH 514 Child and Family Therapy (2 units)
MFTH 515 Couples and Sex Therapy (3 units)
MFTH 516 Divorce and Remarriage (2 units)
MFTH 519 Teaching Techniques (2 units)
MFTH 544 Health and Illness in Families (3 units)
MFTH 525 Advanced MFT Assessment (PhD only) (3 units)
CHLS 507 Child Life Program: Medical Family Issues I (3 units)
CHLS 508 Child Life Program: Medical Family Issues II (3 units)
COUN 576 Exceptional Learners & Medically Challenged Children (3 units)
Families, Systems, and Health
This concentration prepares marital and family therapists to work with issues related to health and illness in medical settings and/or in collaboration with other health care professionals. The concentration includes opportunities to work in the primary care LLU clinics to get real live experience with patients, doctors and other healthcare professionals (Family Medicine and SACH) as well as the opportunity to work with some specific health-related research projects. Required courses include:
MFTH 564 Social Context of Health (3 units)
MFTH 544 Health and Illness in Families (3 units)
MFTH 534 Family Therapy and Medicine (3 units
Prerequisites, MFTH 564, MFTH 544.
MFTH 637 Special Projects in Families, Systems and Health (3 units)
Prerequisite, MFTH 544, either before or concurrently.
Systems Consultation and Professional Relations
This concentration prepares qualified professionals for leadership and consultation in organizational development and systems relations. Courses help students understand how organizations operate and how to apply behavioral and family science knowledge to improve organization performance and functioning. Students develop specific skills for consulting and organizational assessment. MFTH 524: Administration in MFT is a prerequisite to the concentration. Required courses include:
MFTH 528 Organizations: Structure, Process, and Behavior (3 units)
MFTH 555 Organizational Development and Change (3 units)
MFTH 556 Management Consulting and Professional Relations (3 units)
MFTH 557 Organizational Assessment (3 units)
School Consultation
The School Consultation Concentration broadens the systematic work of professionals in marital and family therapy or family studies to include more knowledgeable consultation with school administrators, teachers, counselors, and psychologists regarding the well-being of children, adolescents, and college or university students in educational environments. Doctoral students may select 12 units of study for this concentration from the list of courses below:
COUN 574 Psychological Foundations of Education (4 units)
COUN 576 Exceptionally & Medically challenged Children (3 units)
COUN 577 Assessment in counseling (3 units)
COUN 578 College & Career Counseling (3 units)
COUN 678 Consultation & Leadership (3 units)
COUN 679 School Counseling: History & Practice (3 units)
Additional courses for MFT licensure in California
Ph.D. in MFT students who have not previously met academic requirements for MFT licensure may use the doctoral degree to qualify for licensure.
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MFAM 515 |
Crisis Intervention and Client Centered Advocacy |
3 |
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MFAM 524 |
Psychopharmacology and Medical Issues |
3 |
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MFAM 556 |
Psychopathology & Diagnostic Procedures |
3 |
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MFAM 614 |
Law and Ethics |
Choose one |
3 |
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MFTH 527 |
Advanced Legal & Ethical Issues in MFT |
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MFTH 525 |
Advanced MFT Assessment and Testing |
3 |
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MFAM 547 |
Social Ecology of Individual/Family Development |
3 |
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MFAM 644 |
Child Abuse & Family Violence |
3 |
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MFAM 604 |
Social Context in Clinical Practice: Gender, Class & Race |
3 |
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MFTH 564 |
Social Context of Health |
3 |
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MFTH 515 |
Couple and Sex Therapy |
3 |
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COUN 675 |
Dynamics of Aging |
1 |
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MFAM 566 |
Treating the Severely and Persistently Mentally Ill and Recovery Process |
3 |
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FMST 518 |
Advanced Child Development |
3 |
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MFAM 674 |
Human Sexual Behavior |
Choose one |
3 |
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MFTH 515 |
Couple and Sex Therapy |
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MFAM 638 |
Family Therapy and Chemical Abuse |
3 |
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MFAM 536 |
Case Presentation Seminar |
3 |
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MFAM 537 |
Case Presentation Seminar |
3 |
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MFAM 635 |
Case Presentation Seminar |
2 |
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CERTIFICATES
The Department of Counseling and Family Sciences offers certificate programs which can be combined with the Ph.D. to broaden a student's MFT skills and marketability. Students wishing to add specializations in the following areas must formally apply and be accepted into each certificate program. Prior to application it is advisable to consult the program coordinator for advisement. Link to http://www.llu.edu/science-technology/cfs/certificate.page?
v Child Life Specialist Certificate
v Clinical Mediation Certificate
v Drug and Alcohol Counseling Certificate
v Family Life Education Certificate
v Medical Family Therapy Certificate
v School Counseling Certificate: California
Pupil Personnel Services Credential (PPS):
Open to Counseling & MFT students only