Counseling and School Psychology Information Sessions
For prospective students
July 31st 4pm
To sign up, contact amy.cook@umb.edu
Family Therapy
The program of Family Therapy in the Department of Counseling and School Psychology is committed to a vision of strengthening healthy families by preparing ethical and qualified professionals who embrace an inclusive perspective of interconnected systems. The program's curriculum is comprised of basic professional counseling content and theory, and provides comprehensive framework for learning family therapy. The courses lead students to view families as entities within larger social systems and promote collaborative, inclusive, and integrative systems approaches. 
The curriculum offers students in the family therapy program an optimal perspective for supporting individuals, families, and communities in urban environments, and provides them with a framework for developing skills to facilitate dialogue with marginalized individuals, families, and communities.
The University of Massachusetts Boston Family Therapy program was granted full accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE) in 2003 and currently is the only Family Therapy program so designated within Massachusetts. The program also prepares students to meet the academic requirements for licensure in family therapy (LMFT) by the Board of Allied Mental Health and Human Services Professions in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and in other states.
The family therapy program is one of the five programs (family therapy, mental health counseling, rehabilitation counseling, school counseling, and school psychology) within the Department of Counseling and School Psychology, which is housed in the Graduate College of Education at the University of Massachusetts Boston . The aspirations of the family therapy program are consistent with the university and college mission and goals that reflect a commitment to serve urban communities. This urban focus of the university, college and the family therapy program provides a unique opportunity for students to understand the significance of facilitating dialogue for marginalized individuals, families, and communities.
Family Therapy Program Director: Gonzalo.Bacigalupe@umb.edu
For questions regarding admissions, contact: Amy.Cook@umb.edu
News Clip
On September 19, 2007 SB120, the MFT vendorship bill, was heard before the Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities. MAMFT coordinated a panel to testify before the committee. Laura Maggio, Melinda Stewart (UMB Grad 2007), Laura McLaughlin, Scott Cohen and Jeff Parks each provided compelling testimony and Darcey Surette, MAMFT President and UMASS Alumni, moderated. MaryAnna Ham, Professor Emerita, and Jeffrey McIntyre provided written testimony. The Committee was clearly impressed as they voted the bill favorably out of committee to Senate Ways and Means the same day! Congratulations to the MAMFT Legislative Committee, the MAMFT panel that testified at the committee, and all others who came out to show their support of the MFT vendorship bill. This is a major and well deserved victory for MAMFT specifically and MA LMFTs in general.