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ADDRESS
12101 E. Second Ave.
Suite 101
Aurora, CO
80011-8328
TELEPHONE
720-859-0464
FAX
720-859-2970
EMAIL
Director:
Dr. Reo Leslie, LMFT, LPC, CAC III, DAACS, School Director and Chaplain
Leslieinstitute@cs.com
Assistant Director:
Evelyn Leslie, MA, RPT-S, CAC III, DAACS
Leslieinstitute@cs.com
Body-Centered Psychotherapy Program Director and School Registrar:
Sarah Myers, MA, LMFT, LAC, CSPT
familytherapyregistrar@yahoo.com
Eating Disorder Treatment Program Director:
Isabelle Tierney, MA, CSPT, LMFT
Isabelle@thetierneys.org
(303) 817-6912
Dance and Movement Therapy Program Director:
Taya J. Matoy,M.A., CSPT
tayawoman@yahoo.com
720-323-8224
Counseling Center Director:
Marilyn Cook, M.Ed., LMFT, CACIII
MarilynCooklmft@qwest.net
720-329-1008
Webmaster:
Christopher M. Velayo
webmaster@familyplaytherapy.net
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 Marriage
and Family Therapy Program
Educational
Objectives | Training Program Goals
Graduation Requirements | Specializations
Available Courses
The Marriage and Family Therapy
Program at The Colorado School for Family Therapy has candidacy status
with the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education
of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, 112 Alfred
Street, Alexandria, VA 22314, 703-838-9808. The candidacy period is effective
July 31, 2001 to July 31, 2006.
A Certificate in Marriage and
Family Therapy is awarded upon successful completion of the course and
supervision requirements in the Marriage and Family Therapy Training Program.
The program emphasis is placed on the clinical practice of marriage and
family therapy and the leadership, business and career development of
the student.
Family and marital therapy
is taught from a systems/relational perspective for assisting and intervening
with a wide variety of human problems. Live supervision enables students
to extend their knowledge of effective systemic therapeutic skills.
Students must complete a total
of 12 Standard Didactic Units (SDUs)/12 graduate or postgraduate level
courses to gain a Certificate in Marriage and Family Therapy. Prior to
graduation, students must have completed these classes between their Master’s
program and the School’s Marriage and Family Therapy Training
Program. Students must also complete a professional project and presentation
prior to graduation.
The School offers twelve
distance learning/independent classes in
the areas most states require for LMFT licensure and the AAMFT requires
for Clinical Member status. There are classes in marriage and family studies,
human development, professional and ethical issues, research methods,
and marriage and family therapy.
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Educational
Objectives
- The program will maintain
a faculty, student body, and client population representative of the
program mission and the desired diversity for the marriage and family
field.
- The program will graduate
students prepared for the multiple accountabilities of state licensure,
professional organization membership and practicing the mental health
profession in the contemporary marketplace.
- The program will graduate
students able to effectively integrate theoretical, clinical, spiritual,
religious, cultural, ethical, personal, leadership, diversity, career,
and business issues in their practice of systemic/relational marriage
and family therapy.
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Training
Program Goals
- The program will supervise,
mentor, educate and graduate students competent to provide systemic/relational
marriage and family therapy in the unique context where they serve.
- The program will contribute
to the diversity of the marriage and family therapy field by training
and graduating students representative of the cultural, religious, spiritual,
ethnic, racial, gender, and other diversities of our area.
- The program will prepare
the graduated students for licensure, diversity, business and career
development, and leadership in the mental health profession and the
marriage and family discipline.
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Graduation
Requirements
Clinical Training
- At least 500 hours of face-to-face
clinical contact hours
- No more than 250 hours
of these same 500 hours may occur off site. 250 of these same 500 hours
must be relational in nature, meaning that two or more people are in
the room with the therapist
Supervision
- The ratio of supervision
may not exceed 5 hours of clinical to 1 hours of supervision, i.e.,
150 hours minimum
- 50% of supervision must
be based on Raw Data: video, audio or live
Academic Requirements
Students must have completed
the minimum courses prior to graduation:
- 2 courses - Theoretical
Foundations of Marriage and Family Therapy
- 4 courses - Clinical Practice
- 2 courses - Individual Development
and Family Relations
- 1 course - Professional
Identity and Ethics
- 1 course - Research
- 1 course - Additional Learning
(Electives)
If students have not met some
of these requirements in their master's or other graduate programs, the
coursework must be completed at the School prior to graduation.
Colorado LMFT License Requirements
- 3 courses - Marriage and
Family Studies
- 3 courses - Marriage and
Family Therapy
- 3 courses - Human Development
- 1 course - Professional
and Ethical Issues in MFT
- 1 course - Research Issues
in MFT
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Specializations
Those desiring to, may specialize
in one of five areas while completing their Certificate:
- Eating Disorders
- Christian Marriage and Family
Counseling
- Diversity and Specialized
Populations
- Play Therapy
- Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual,
and Transgender Families
Specialization may require
additional coursework.
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Available
Courses
Courses include, but are not
limited to:
- Family Therapy: Supervised
Clinical Practicum: The supervised clinical practice of marriage and
family therapy.
- Family Therapy: Couple
and Sex Therapy: Systemic sex therapy with couples.
- Family Studies: Family Psychopathology:
Systemic treatment of abused children and abusing families with family
therapy and play therapy.
- Family Therapy: Theoretical
Foundations: The major models of MFT and their historical development.
- Family Therapy: Family
Sandplay Therapy: The integration of MFT theory and the systemic/relational
treatment of families with sandplay and sandtray.
- Family Therapy: Systemic
Clinical Supervision: Clinical supervision of MFTs.
- Family Studies: Ethnicity,
Gender, and Culture : Contextual, cultural, and clinical issues facing
families in American culture.
- Family Therapy: Family
Play Therapy: The integration of play therapy and family therapy in
the systemic treatment of children and their families.
- Family Studies: Theories
of Family Development: Developmental issues in the life cycle of families
and family members.
- Family Therapy: Legal,
Ethical, and Professional Issues in Marriage and Family Therapy: Political,
social, ethical, legal, and professional issues in the MFT field.
- Family Therapy: Initial
Session to Termination: Family therapy from the first session to the
last session with couples and families.
- Family Studies: Research
Methods: Research methods and grant writing issues in the study of and
delivery of clinical services to couples and other family systems.
- Family Therapy: Expressive
Arts: The integration of the creative and expressive arts in the systemic/relational
treatment of couples, families, and children.
- Family Studies: Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual, and Transgender Families: Systemic issues in the dynamics
of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Families.
- Family Therapy: Family
Psychodrama: The integration of psychodrama and the creative and expressive
arts in the systemic/relational treatment of couples, families, and
children.
- Family Studies: Religious
and Spiritual Issues: The influence of religious and spiritual issues
in American family systems.
- Family Studies: The Theology
of Marriage and Family: Theological interpretations of the social constructs
of marriage, family, and gender.
- Family Studies: Systemic
Leadership: Issues of leadership, intervention, and management in systems
and organizations.
- Family Studies: Preaching
on Marriage and Family: Sermon construction and delivery on marital,
relationship, and family issues.
- Family Therapy: Supervision
Practicum: Supervision of Supervision in practice.
- Family Therapy: Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual, and Transgender Couples- MFT with GBLT couples.
- Family Therapy with Latinas/Latinos:
Cultural and Clinical Issues in MFT with couples and families from a
Latin American heritage.
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Educational
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Graduation Requirements | Specializations
Available Courses
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