Northwestern University Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy | Online

Work Directly With Clients and Make an Immediate Impact on Your Community

Learn to treat clients from diverse backgrounds and populations and to consider the larger systemic context within your practice.

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Changing the Big Picture Starts With You

Four Start Dates

January, April, June, September

24–36 Months

Minimum program duration

400 Hours

Of clinical fieldwork

Six Quarters

Of consecutive clinical training

Join Our COAMFTE-Accredited Program

A program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education provides the graduate education required for students to be license-eligible in most states. Each state also requires an examination and a specified amount of supervised postgraduate, clinical work for licensure.

Career Opportunities in a Field Projected to Grow 16% by 2033

A Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy degree is the first step toward preparing for LMFT licensure, which varies by state.

Graduates Found Success in These Settings as Licensed MFTs

Private Practice

Mental Health Agencies

Academics

Advance Your Leadership in Marriage and Family Therapy

The MFT degree from Northwestern prepares effective practitioners to help families, couples, and individuals thrive.

Gain a foundational base for MFT practice

Expand your knowledge of psychodynamics

Integrate methods and models into practice

Increase cultural sensitivity in clinical practice

Apply your learnings to real-world therapy

No GRE

GRE scores not required

One

In-person immersion experience

50+

Years of training MFT’s

Faculty Spotlight

Northwestern faculty comprises active practitioners who are leaders within prominent national, international, and state-level professional organizations, including the American Association for Marriage and Family.

Lisa René Reynolds, Ph.D., LMFT

Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology

Dr. Reynolds' academic focuses are on integrative and postmodern theories, intimate relationships, sexual health and wellness, the intersectionality of ethics and self-of-the therapist, and the impact of divorce on children and families.

Samuel Allen, Ph.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor

Grounded in a commitment to social justice, Dr. Allen’s program of research seeks to improve the health and wellbeing of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people across the lifespan, with careful consideration to their intersectional lived experiences.

Laura Golojuch, Ph.D., LMFT

Clinical Lecturer of Psychology

Dr. Golojuch considers herself to be a clinician-scholar-advocate and holds each of these identities as central to her professional identity. Her current program of research focuses on the promotion of social justice and equity within the field of Couple and Family Therapy.

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