Master of Marriage and Family Therapy

Program Objectives

This degree seeks to:

• Prepare students to ethically counsel individuals, couples, and families from a systemic perspective;
• Equip students with self-awareness, global-awareness, and spiritual-awareness in order to prepare them to become effective clinicians;
• Prepare students to read, interpret, and conduct empirically based research; and
• Provide students with an adequate understanding of various aspects of the mental health field including various levels of care.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this degree, students will be able to:

• Integrate empirically-based systemic treatment methods with a Christian worldview;
• Develop an ethical and legal understanding of the counseling field of practice;
• Develop the skills necessary to assess, diagnose and treat individuals, married couples, and families from a diverse background with a wide range of presenting problems;
• Critically analyze counseling theories from a biblical worldview.

Please Note: The Master’s of Marriage and Family Therapy degree is only offered at the Southlake, TX campus.

The King’s University (TKU) is an accredited, Spirit-empowered, evangelical university with branch campuses and teaching sites in multiple U.S. cities. TKU offers students a complete educational experience by combining higher education with practical ministry experience within dynamic local churches. This complete educational experience prepares and equips students to serve in the local church, the marketplace and around the world.

Dr. Jack Hayford, Founder and Chancellor of The King’s University, and Pastor Robert Morris, founding Senior Pastor of Gateway Church, have cultivated a unique partnership, in that Dr. Hayford serves as an apostolic elder of Gateway Church, and Pastor Robert currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees for The King’s University. Dr. Hayford and Pastor Robert share the value of excellence and professionalism in their vision to train men and women for the work of the Kingdom wherever God gives them influence. This shared vision led to the creation of a TKU campus at Gateway Church.

With more than 700 students university-wide, and 270 students at the Southlake campus in DFW, TKU’s dynamic learning environment and Spirit-empowered community enable its students to learn, develop skills and talents, and grow in relationships with fellow students, faculty and with the Lord.