MA Program in Clinical Psychology with emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy Division of Psychology Pepperdine University

The ideal foundation for work in family therapy or clinical, counseling, community, or developmental psychology

The Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology with an Emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy offers an academic and practicum foundation for work in family therapy, or clinical, counseling, community, or developmental psychology. The curriculum is design to meet the academic requirements for the Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT or LPCC) license in California. As part of the program, students gain supervised counseling experience in approved clinical settings, and each earns a portion of the 3,000 hours of experience required for the MFT license.

Benefits of the Program

This program offers a clinical and practice-based course of study, emphasizing current, applied methods of psychotherapy, within the context of a values-oriented setting. Instruction is based on a variety of theoretical orientations and therapeutic modalities that are practiced regularly in today's mental health marketplace. After completing the prerequisites for practicums, students are assisted in locating appropriate field placements to begin their supervised clinical experience toward MFT license requirements. This program does not require a master's thesis; however, most courses include a formal paper or project and a final examination.

The Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology features both an evening format and a full-time, day format. Evening format is offered at the West Los Angeles, Encino, and Irvine Graduate Campuses, and the daytime format is offered at the Malibu campus. Additionally, Pepperdine offers a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology with an Emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy with Latinas/os, available in the evening format. A bachelor's degree in psychology is not required for the program's evening format.

The program meets prerequisite requirements for application to the Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) program at Pepperdine University, although completion of the degree does not guarantee admission to the doctoral program.

Financial aid, career services, and housing assistance are available.

LMFT Practicum Preparation

The LMFT Clinical Training Department serves all students and recent graduates of GSEP's Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology with an Emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy Program. Services include clinical training information meetings for new LMFT students, practicum students, and recent graduates. These meetings guide students and graduates as they prepare for the practicum experience (Psy 662) and for registration with the state board in California (Board of Behavioral Sciences) which licenses MFTs. The LMFT Clinical Training Department provides students and recent graduates with resources and connections in the LMFT field. Additionally, the department coordinates the practicum experience and classes needed to pass Psy 662.

More Information

More information on this program is available: Pepperdine University, Graduate School of Education and Psychology (GSEP).

• Degrees Offered
• Major Degree Levels Offered
• Marriage And Family Therapy Master of Arts (MA)

• Degrees Awarded
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• * Shows the number of degrees awarded for the last academic year that data was reported.

• Earning Your Degree
• Part-time study available? Not reported
• Evening/weekend programs available? Not reported
• Distance learning programs available? Not reported
• Terminal master's degree available? Not reported

• Degree Requirements
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• Acceptance Rate
• Applied204
• Accepted74
• Acceptance Rate36%
• Enrolled44
• Applying
• Application Fee - Domestic $55
• Application Fee - International $55
• Electronic applications accepted? Not Reported
• Applications processed on a rolling basis? Not Reported
• Application Deadlines
• Type Domestic International Priority Date
• Fall deadline February 1st Not Reported Not Reported
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• Entrance Requirements
• Master's DegreesGRE (taken within last five years) or MAT (taken within last two years), two professional recommendations, two- to five-page typed personal statement
• Doctoral's DegreesNot Reported
• First-Professional's DegreesNot Reported
• Other Advanced DegreesNot Reported
• International DegreesTOEFL required

• Gender
• Total Graduate Students91
• Female Percentage87%
• Male Percentage13%
• Participation
• Total Graduate Students91
• Part-time Percentage0%
• Full-time Percentage100%
• Ethnicity
• Hispanic / Latino0%
• Black / African American8%
• White / Caucasian49%
• American Indian / Alaskan Native1%
• Asian8%
• Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander8%
• Two or more races0%
• Unknown26%

• Faculty Breakout
• Total Faculty164
• Full-time Percentage30%
• Part-time Percentage70%
• Female Percentage59%
• Male Percentage41%