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Marriage and family therapists work in private practice, family services centers, outpatient care centers, residential care facilities, home health care, hospitals and mental health facilities, and for local, state and federal government agencies.

Marriage and family therapists are also called upon to help when disaster strikes.

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Becoming a Marriage & Family Therapist: Academic Training, Clinical Experience & Licensure

Becoming a marriage and family therapist requires both academic training at the graduate level and postgraduate clinical experience toward licensure. The program at Seton Hill provides students with the education necessary to seek licensure as a marriage and family therapist in all 50 states and a clinical membership in the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.

Becoming a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT) in Pennsylvania 

Supervised Counseling Hours
Upon completion of Seton Hill's master's degree program, graduates may begin accumulating the 3000 experience hours (direct and indirect hours) required for marriage and family therapy licensure. 



Counseling Licensure (LMFT Status)
After completing 3000 supervised hours of clinical practice graduates will be eligible to sit for examination to become licensed marriage and family therapists in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

The Pennsylvania State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors can provide detailed information on becoming a licensed counselor in Pennsylvania.