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Occupational Opportunities

Graduates of the Marriage and Family Therapy Program have found employment in a variety of settings:

· outpatient community mental health centers
· youth and adolescent treatment programs
· inpatient psychiatric facilities
· crisis intervention programs
· residential treatment facilities
· substance abuse treatment facilities
· private practice

Over forty-eight states now license marriage and family therapists. The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and state divisions of marriage and family therapy are continuing to work with legislatures to certify/license marriage and family therapists in the remaining states.

A recent report from the U.S. Department of Labor cited in the July/August 2007 issue of Family Therapy Magazine, published by the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy, Inc., indicated that marriage and family Therapists are "the highest paid of master's mental health professions", with an average annual salary of $44,700.