The Marriage and Family Therapy Career Guide

The Marriage and Family Therapy Career Guide is structured around a series of interviews with successful graduates of accredited MFT programs and covers a wide range of career options. Not only is up-to-date information on licensure and practice requirements for each state included, the authors also present agency, residential, coaching, medical, legal, tribal, academic, corporate, faith-based, and private practice options.

Anne Rambo, PhD, has taught in Nova Southeastern University's family therapy program for over 20 years and supervised hundreds of students who are now licensed marriage and family therapists (MFTs). She has developed an innovative program in the public schools helping to employ family therapists. Tommie V. Boyd, PhD, is the chair of the family therapy department at Nova Southeastern University and is on faculty. She has over 30 years of clinical and supervision experience and is the recipient of an American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) Leadership Award. She has developed programs helping to employ marriage and family therapists in medical settings, and was a key player in developing guidelines for marriage and family therapist employments in military settings. Martha Gonzalez Marquez, PhD, has been an educator, clinician, and supervisor for over 20 years. She has a thriving couples therapy practice and has mentored others into launching their own practices in diverse settings. She is passionate about issues of ethics, inclusion, social justice, and supervision and has written and presented on these topics both nationally and internationally.

1. Introduction: About This Book and About Marriage and Family Therapy 2. Inclusivity in MFT: Working Across and Within Borders Christine Ajayi Beliard, Josiane Bonte Apollon, and Daniel MendelSuccess Stories 3. About Private Nonprofit Agencies Anne Rambo 4. About Residential Treatment Settings Tommie V. Boyd 5. About Private Practice Settings Martha Gonzalez Marquez 6. About School Based Settings Anne Rambo 7. About Collaborative Settings with Other Professions (Medicine and Law) Tommie V. Boyd 8. About Coaching Martha Gonzalez Marquez 9. About Military Settings Anne Rambo 10. About Managed Care Settings Tommie V. Boyd 11. About University and Postgraduate Settings Martha Gonzalez Marquez 12. About Faith Based Settings Anne Rambo 13. About Indian Health Services and Related Settings Tommie V. Boyd 14. About Corporate Settings Martha Gonzalez Marquez 15. About Equine Assisted Family Therapy Anne Rambo 16. About International Settings Tommie V. Boyd 17. And In Conclusion Anne Rambo, Tommie V. Boyd, and Martha Gonzalez Marquez