Owner, Therapist, Supervisor | Prism Therapy Group
Jessica Pladsen '08, '12 MA-MFT, ’24 PhD-MFT, found psychology to be the frontier for learning in her life and enjoyed the depth of understanding and innovation that followed.
Through our Master of Arts in Marriage & Family Therapy, you’ll gain the necessary skills to be an effective therapist or consultant in a variety of settings. After completing your post-graduate supervised hours, you’ll be eligible for state licensure as a marriage and family therapist.
Enjoy the flexibility to earn your master’s degree in marriage and family therapy with a format that helps you balance work, school, and all your other responsibilities.
Our marriage and family therapy master’s degree combines classroom learning with hands-on clinical experience. Work alongside professors who are practicing professionals. Gain beyond-the-classroom learning in our Olson Marriage & Family Therapy Clinic.
Our MA-MFT provides individualized and student-driven learning, allowing you to work alongside faculty within a highly personalized environment.
The marriage and family therapy master’s program merges two years of research-informed classes with a one-year clinical in your second year. Required classes include Family Systems, Ethics, Microcounseling, and Models of Marriage and Family Therapy, among others.
Take distinctive elective classes—including Neuroscience, Spirituality, and Trauma, Addiction & Violence.
Graduate with your master’s in marriage and family therapy prepared to help individuals, couples, families, and children.
Applications are accepted and reviewed by the first week of February for our August start. Our graduate admissions team is here to help you reach your educational goals and answer your questions.
Applications for the 2026 MA-MFT cohort open on September 2, 2025.
Students are required to have a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university or its equivalent before beginning the program. Documentation of degree equivalencies must be submitted by an agency authorized to do so. Undergraduate students who will earn their bachelor’s degree prior to starting the program are encouraged to apply.
Applicants of all majors and professions are welcome to apply.
Students are required to submit the following materials in order for their application to be complete:
Students are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. Program faculty invite qualified applicants to interview beginning in November and lasting through the spring. The priority deadline for applications is Saturday, January 31.