Imagine helping families find better ways to communicate effectively, overcome day-to-day challenges, and strengthen relationships. This can be your future if you study to become a certified marriage and family therapist. Marriage and family therapists play an important role in helping parents, children, and relatives overcome a wide range of issues.<\/p>\n
Marriage and family therapy, as defined by the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy<\/a> (AAMFT), is a mental health discipline that focuses on the treatment of patients within the context of their relationships with others.<\/p>\n Capella University\u2019s marriage and family therapy program<\/a> teaches students how to apply research and relational theories to clinical practice and to communicate effectively across sensitive cultural and ethnic topics. In addition, the program is CACREP<\/a> accredited and gives students experience through academic seminars and residential fieldwork.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n