The Colorado School for Family Therapy, founded in 1995, is approved and regulated by the Colorado Department of Higher Education, Private Occupation School Board. The School provides an advanced learning
experience and direct clinical practice with families, couples, and individuals. It provides clinicians with the necessary education to become skilled system/relational therapists and leaders in the MFT discipline. The
Commission on Accreditation accredited the Colorado School for Family Therapy for Marriage and Family Therapy Education from July 1, 2001, to November 1, 2012.
A certificate in Marriage and Family Therapy is awarded upon successful completion of the course and supervision requirements in the Marriage and Family Therapy Training Program. The program emphasis is placed on the clinical practice of marriage and family therapy and the leadership, business, and career development of the student. All MFT courses are taught from a systemic/relational perspective.
Academic Courses
Students must complete a total of eleven graduate or postgraduate level courses to gain a Certificate in Marriage and Family Therapy. Prior to graduation, students must have completed these classes between their Master's program and the School's Marriage and Family Therapy Training Program. A minimum of 11 courses and the practicums must be taken at the School, totaling 330 contact hours. We are able to transfer courses in.
Available Courses May Include:
- Family Studies: Divorce and Remarriage I: Child and Family Investigations
- Family Studies: Divorce and Remarriage II: Family Mediation
- Family Studies: Divorce and Remarriage III: Parenting Coordination
- Family Therapy: Professional, Ethical, Legal, and Business Issues
- Family Studies Systems Theory
- Family Therapy: Systemic Clinical Supervision
- Family Studies: Theories of Family Development
- Family Studies: Human Sexuality and Couples
- Family Studies: Family Psychopathology
- Family Studies: Ethnicity, Culture, and Gender
- Family Therapy: Family Art Therapy
- Family Studies Theoretical Foundations I
- Family Studies Theoretical Foundations II
- Theories of Personality
- Family Therapy: Initial Session to Termination
- Family Therapy: Family Sandplay Therapy
- Systemic Theory and Research Methods
- Family Therapy: Supervised Clinical Practicum
- Family Therapy: Family Play Therapy
- Family Therapy: Psychopharmacology
Certification and Licensure
Colorado Students preparing for LMFT, LPC, LCSW, and LAC licensure and CAC or other professional certifications may receive post-master's supervision for these disciplines through the program. The post-Master's supervision and client contact hours can be applied to the requirements for Colorado licensure. Each board and certifying group makes its own policies; therefore, students must contact the group of their choice or their licensure board for the appropriate information. Colorado residents may call the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) for database registration, LPC, LMFT, LAC, CAC, and LCSW applications. Group supervision is provided in the practicums/case conferences. Marriage and family therapy licensure in Colorado is contingent upon educational equivalency evaluation by CCE.
Clinical Supervision
All students participate in supervision by licensed or AAMFT Approved Supervisors. "Live" supervision and videotape review are the primary methods of clinical supervision. Fifty hours of all clinical supervision is required to be "live", direct observation, videotape, or audiotape. Families or couples are provided by the school clinics. Supervision includes a meeting to discuss case planning, therapist style, theoretical orientation, and directly observe clinical work.
Clinical Praticum
Students need 2,000 documented systemic client contact hours, 1,000 of which must be with couples or families. All clinical practice must utilize a systemic/relational perspective. Students must complete group supervision in practicums/case conferences.
Tuition
Tuition is payable at the beginning of each course. The entire program cost is $7,700.
Virtual Weekend Classes
Academic classes are scheduled over alternating weekends and Saturdays, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (with a lunch break). Classes are $700.00 each.