Practicum 2

This course offers the student an opportunity to practice family systems approaches to therapy in a mental health counseling setting, under the supervision of a licensed marriage and family therapist. Students will complete their practicum in a supervised mental health setting with a variety of populations including individuals, couples, groups, children, adults, and/or families working with problems and issues as substance abuse, domestic violence, developmental disabilities and/or problems of daily living. MFT students are required to complete 350 client contact hours in order to obtain their master’s degree in MFT. These hours are distributed between Practicum 1, 2, 3 and 4, with the expectation for Practicum 1 to be lower. Ideally, there will be an equal distribution of these hours during the last 3 terms, with an average of 100 hours per 3-credit practicum course.

Practicum will include the following:
• Client contact hours with individuals, couples and families (40% should be with couples and families)
• Audio/video recording as raw data to be presented in Practicum class
• A minimum of 15 (fifteen) contact hours per week