Master in Ehe- und Familienberatung

The Marriage and Family Counseling Program's mission is to help students acquire core competencies and specialized knowledge and skills necessary to perform marriage and family counseling effectively. Completing the program will assist graduates in making an application for licensure as a professional counselor (LPC) and National Counseling Certification. The program wishes to recruit students from diverse backgrounds who demonstrate character, maturity, scholarship, leadership, church/community involvement, and interest in the counseling profession. Students participating in the Marriage and Family Counseling Program receive training in the theories, models, and techniques of professional counseling with specialized preparation in work with couples and families, and other members of the behavioral healthcare and ministry teams in church, agency, hospital, and other marriage and family treatment settings. Students are expected to complete supervised clinical training in approved sites.