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Why BYU?

The BYU MFT program is COAMFTE accredited and has been ranked #1 in research. Click the link above to watch a video of the BYU student experience.
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What is Marriage & Family Therapy?

Find out more about what a marriage and family therapist does with this Education and Career Resource report in the link below.
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Faculty Interviews

Listen to recent conversations our faculty members have had on podcasts and radio stations about strengthening marriages and other topics of interest.
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Therapy

Students learn and employ various types of therapy right here in the Taylor Building. Play therapy, shown here, is one of the types of therapy used in the MFT program.
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The MFT Career Spectrum

Magazine issue of Family Therapy that explores different career options for MFT's as well as giving tips on surviving Grad School. beginning a career, and more. Click title for link.
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BYU MFT Mission and Vision Statements

Vision:
In harmony with Brigham Young University's sponsoring organization, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and the university's mission and aims, the Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) programs seeks to promote the ongoing, balanced development and healing of all God's children.

Mission
We provide training that recognizes the divine worth of all God's children, and promotes spiritual, intellectual, and character growth in future professionals who will systemically understand and appropriately intervene to improve the health and well-being of people and relationships across the world.

Strategies:
1. Create a culture of whole person learning that focuses on spiritually strengthening, intellectually enlarging, and character-building experiences. These occur in an environment of growth and belonging for administrators, faculty, staff, students, and clients.
2. Attend to systemic processes across all areas of program functioning
3. Seek ways to broaden program influence in the world.


Applications for 2025

Thank to everyone who applied for the 2024-2025 school year. We will reach out with decisions once they have all been made. Applications for 2025 will open up sometime in Mid-September 

Our annual Grad Fair will be happening in the upcoming fall semester.

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Please email mftptsec@byu.edu or call 801-422-5680 with questions.

 

MFT Secretaries Office Hours:

Monday-Friday: 8:00am - 5:00pm

234 TLRB

 

COAMFTE Accredited Programs


Graduate Achievement Data for the BYU Marriage and Family Therapy programs (MS and PhD) can be accessed by visiting the following:

MS Program

PhD Program

 

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AAMFT Annual Training Award

Every year, the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy honors members and/or training programs for their advancement in the field of marriage and family therapy. This year, BYU has been recognized for its contributions to the field. BYU’s MFT program has been a leader in training MFT students for over 50 years, and the BYU training programs have trained over 350 Masters students and over 150 Ph.D. students. A conservative estimate is that the MFT training program has been influential in the lives of well over 100,000 people via training students and the impact of those students on their clients. BYU training programs focuses heavily on high quality training that will produce meaningful results.