Overview

About Counseling and Family Therapy at La Salle University

Marriage and Family Therapy is an approach to mental health care, which seeks to help people within the context of their families and their relationships, using family systems theories and interventions. Its practitioners hold a common assumption that if the individual is to change, the context must change.

La La Salle University’s Marriage and Family Therapy degree prepares students for licensure as marriage and family therapists (LMFT) in Pennsylvania and most other states and for employment in many professional settings.

Upon graduation from the program, students meet the education eligibility requirement the national exam for licensure. The MFT degree also is excellent preparation for those students planning to pursue doctoral studies in marriage and family therapy or a related field.

Learning Outcomes

Marriage and Family Therapy students will use an ethical approach with developmental and cultural sensitivity.

Marriage and Family Therapy students will use MFT/systems theories to guide case conceptualization, treatment planning, & clinical practice.

Marriage and Family Therapy students will utilize appropriate systemic techniques and interventions to maintain collaborative relationships with clients.

Marriage and Family Therapy students will demonstrate the ability to assess and diagnose in their clinical practice.

Marriage and Family Therapy students will demonstrate the ability to critically evaluate research relevant to their clinical practice.

Marriage and Family Therapy students will develop professional identities as MFTs.

Marriage and Family Therapy students will demonstrate an understanding of oneself and professional maturity in their approach to responsibilities.

Accreditation

Accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE) of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Counseling Laboratory

Psychopathology

Human Behavior: A Developmental perspective

Systems, Systemic Thinking, and Ethic:

Therapeutic Approaches for Children and Adolescent:

Contextual Family Therapy

Multicultural Counseling and Therapy

Marital and Couple: Therapy

Understanding Relationship:

Addiction: and the Family

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months
Part-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-12 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-11-02 00:00:00
Starting 2027-08-26 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-03-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

60 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Philadelphia, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Evidence of completion of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution of higher education with a minimum of 9-12 hours in psychology, marriage and family studies or counseling

The online application for admission.

Three letters of recommendation.

Work experience (paid or volunteer) in an area related to marriage and family therapy or the mental health field is considered.

A personal statement

Evidence of the ability to meet the qualifications, both academic and professional, required for field placement in the profession.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

30450 USD / year

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Out-of-State

30450 USD / year

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In-State

30450 USD / year

≈ 30450 USD / year

Living costs

Philadelphia

United States

1313 - 2284 USD / month

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Overview

About Counseling and Family Therapy at La Salle University

Learning Outcomes

Accreditation

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

What students do after studying

Academic requirements

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic

Living costs

Philadelphia

Financing

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