Archive for the 'Counseling Career' Category

We updated our Credentials List!

Even though we run a website dedicated to marriage counseling and family therapy we sometimes come across an acronym for a counseling credential that makes us scratch our heads. For our sanity and for yours, we try to maintain an updated list of the credentials that are common in the counseling world and some that […]

Marriage and Family Therapist Salaries

How much do marriage counselors and family therapists make? This is a common question asked by visitors to our site. For the answer, we’re going to use the AAMFT Practice Research Survey conducted in fall of 2002, and the 2000 Fee, Practice and Managed Care Survey conducted by Psychotherapy Finances.
The participants of the survey were […]

Marriage and Family Therapist Career

A lot of our visitors end up here while searching for career information about becoming a marriage and family therapist. In their honor, we will start to post more information regarding this subject. To start, we have some information from the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists:
Who do MFTs treat?

Families facing severe mental […]

How To Become a Marriage and Family Therapist

With the incredible rise in demand for marriage and family counseling services, there has also been a demand in programs that educate and train people to perform these services. It isn’t easy to become one as marriage and family counselors are highly trained and have tremendous experience in their field. However, the need for these […]

U.S. Counselors Teach, Learn and Bond with Russian Counterparts

A dozen counselors with varying specialties left today on an intense professional journey to learn more about how counseling is practiced in Russia. Led by David Kaplan, PhD, the counselors will visit counseling centers, schools and the Russian Psychology Society. They are hoping to “learn… share professional techniques and strategies, and form long-lasting relationships.â€? The […]

Marriage and Family Therapists are in Demand

MFTs (Marriage and Family Therapists) are in demand
The use of marriage and family therapists has increased dramatically in recent years. Consumers increasingly seek the services of MFTs:

Sixty-two percent of managed mental health care providers and 52 percent of employee assistance programs (EAPs) employ MFTs as staff members or contracted providers (Business Insurance. 1993).
In 1994, […]