MAMFT Program Celebrates 30th Accreditation Anniversary
The CTS MAMFT Program proudly celebrates its 30th anniversary of accreditation with the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE) this year. Last spring, the program was recognized for its 30th accreditation anniversary at the Spirituality and Psychotherapy Annual Conference with its plenary speaker, Celia Falicov, Ph.D., internationally known Latina scholar, author, and systemic therapist.
The celebration reaches its culmination November 1-2 with the MFT 30th COAMFTE Accreditation Celebration. Friday night, 6-8pm kicks off the weekend celebration with the MFT Family Celebration in the Common Room. MFT students and alumni are invited to an open mic experience to entertain MFT students and alums along with their families.
“We are hoping that we creative MFTs will share our artistic talents at this event. Instrumentalists, vocalists, musical groups, comics, poets, storytellers, and spoken word artists will share the performance stage. Visual artists are invited to share their art. Authors are invited to share their books for sale as well as reading portions of their books,” says Program Director Suzanne Coyle.
MFTs who are performing, written, and visual artists can share their interest by clicking this link: https://cts.jotform.com/241055289150049. Handheld food with sweet bites will be served to whet the appetites of toddlers to grownups. Fellowship and fun will be had by all.
The Anniversary Celebration Weekend will wrap up Saturday, November 2, from 10am-12pm with a MFT Showcase. MFT students and alumni are invited to share creative approaches with individuals, couples, and families in a virtual webinar format. Interested persons can reach out to Dr. Coyle.
This 30th COAMFTE Anniversary Celebration Weekend is an opportunity for CTS to highlight the significant impact the MAMFT program has had on training systemic therapists throughout Indiana. Contrary to some thinking, MFTs are trained to work with individuals, couples, and families all from a systemic perspective. “We are always thinking about the individual client’s family context, as well as community context which is incredibly helpful in our broken world,” says Dr. Coyle.
Recent research indicates that over 50% of clients’ initial concerns focus on relationship issues. What better way to start therapy than with a systemic therapist trained specifically to support clients with their relationships? Core faculty members Dr. Christina Davis and Dr. Jacquie Braeger see the MFT program as where self, systems, and spirit meet. Merged through courses and systemic supervision in Practicum is an emphasis on spiritual integration. Students see clients in the on-site, state-of-the-art Counseling Center as well as off-site internships. Some internships offer stipends. They range from private practice to medical settings to community agencies.
Students who graduate from the MAMFT program take the same national licensure exam in all 50 states. Most states require that licensed marriage and family therapists graduate from COAMFTE accredited programs. This gives CTS program graduates a strong position to work in other states.
The CTS MAMFT program has a 100% job placement rate in addition to a strong licensure pass rate. Together with its national COAMFTE accreditation, the CTS MAMFT offers students a program that is geared for adult learners. This 2024-2025 academic year saw the program shift its delivery format from a campus-based only program to a hybrid program. The hybrid program offers 50% of the classes in person and 50% of the classes online. The program also maximizes scheduling for not only day classes but evening classes for 15 weeks. In addition, Friday and Saturday all-day intensives are offered each semester.
Drs. Braeger, Coyle, and Davis along with the MFT clinical supervisors warmly invite the MFT students and alumni community to connect and share joy and passion in this culminating event of the 30th COAMFTE Accreditation year.
