Overview

Marriage and Family Therapy at the Southern California Seminary teaches students to incorporate popular family systems theories with other psychological, empirically validated theories and techniques to tailor effective therapy for each individual, couple, or family.

Program Objectives

Upon successful completion of the MAMFT program the student will be able to:

Apply a variety of evidence-based psychotherapeutic techniques and modalities that may be utilized to improve, restore, or maintain healthy individual, couple and family relationships.

Identify and apply cross-cultural mores and values to effective therapy, including the wide range of racial and ethnic backgrounds common among California’s population.

Demonstrate values such as integrity, sensitivity, flexibility, insight, compassion and Christian ethical standards of conduct throughout the academic process.

Prove competency in the assessment and treatment of diverse people groups within a recovery-oriented philosophy.

Bring glory to God by understanding and applying biblical truth to the study and application of marriage and family therapy.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

counseling theory
marriage and family therapy
human growth and development
counseling techniques
crisis and suicide risk intervention

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-01 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2027-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-03-01 00:00:00 , International

More details

All parts of a student’s application should be received by SCS six months before the beginning of the fall or spring trimester.

Language

English

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Credits

72 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

El Cajon, United States

Disciplines

Family & Consumer Science Counselling Psychology View 772 other Masters in Counselling Psychology in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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General requirements

Apply for admission

Request Official Transcripts

Submit Essay (2-essays for DMin)

Submit Reference (Pastor/Chaplain)

Apply for Financial Aid

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

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Non-residents

23760 USD / year

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Out-of-State

23760 USD / year

≈ 23760 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

23760 USD / year

≈ 23760 USD / year

Living costs

El Cajon

United States

1100 - 1600 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Overview

Program Objectives

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

Prepare for Your English Test

Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

What students do after studying

Academic requirements

English requirements

Prepare for Your English Test

Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic

Living costs

El Cajon

Funding

Scholarships Information

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