Family Therapy Training Program

Our program emphasizes strength-based and culturally-attuned approaches to individual, couple, and family therapy, based on a biopsychosocial approach across the lifespan. 

A rich, multi-disciplinary context prepares well-trained clinicians who can work in a variety of traditional mental health care settings, private practice, school-based, and integrated healthcare settings.

Learn more about the Family Therapy Training Program clinical settings and program goals. 

Opportunities for students to work closely with clinical faculty, supervisors, and staff therapists to provide students a broad range of experience with differences in client population representing the needs of the Rochester community.

Students will receive training in the major approaches to individual, couple, and family therapy conceptual and clinical models. They will learn theories of individual and family development across the life cycle, basic family research, and professional ethics as a relational systemic clinician with a focus on self-of-the-therapist and lifelong learning.