Masters of Arts in Marriage & Family Therapy Degree Program
Are you being called to a theological or spiritual commitment to become a marriage and family therapist? Is Louisville Seminary the right stop on your vocational journey? We look forward to being a resource and friend as you discern your call.
Nationally Distinguished, Student Centered, Clinical Experience
The mission of the Marriage and Family Therapy Program is to educate persons with theological or spiritual commitments to become marriage and family therapists competent to practice in a diverse, multicultural, and interfaith world. We accomplish this by balancing classroom and intensive supervised experience in an on-campus counseling center and a broad range of off-campus sites.
At Louisville Seminary, Marriage and Family Therapy is framed as a professional expression of pastoral care and counseling. Individuals trained in the MAMFT Program gain theoretical and practical tools to work as comprehensive mental health providers in a broad range of treatment contexts with careful attention to human, family, and cultural diversity.
“I have learned so much that has strengthened my practice and that continues to prepare me to be my most authentic and successful self as a therapist and minister. The experience and study of serving the whole person – mind, body, spirit, and relational roles – is a gift that I will never take for granted in whatever spaces that I serve.”
Robin Kay Monk Self
MAMFT Student, (she/her/hers), Homestown: Fayetteville, NC
DECEMBER 1
International Students Application Deadline
FEBRUARY 1
Priority Deadline for Presidential Scholarship Consideration
JUNE 1
General Application Deadline
JULY 15
Application Extension Deadline
CONTACT US: Our staff in the Admissions Office is here to help.
Call (502) 992-9373 or (800) 264-1839, ext. 373
Louisville Seminary Counseling Center
At Louisville Seminary Counseling Center (LSCC), located on campus, MAMFT students learn and grow while providing affordable, quality, compassionate therapy services for individuals and families.
Through academic study and clinical experience working, in part, in Louisville Seminary's on-campus Counseling Center (as well as through opportunities to work in a broad range of off-campus sites), students gain intensive, supervised therapeutic experience—included in the program
Most students expect to become theologically and spiritually informed MFTs practicing in community settings. Others expect to express their ordained ministry through specialized skills as a professional marriage and family therapist and will earn an MDiv while at Louisville Seminary. Regardless of your unique goals and calling, the MAMFT is the quality program to prepare you.
Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education
THE MAMFT DEGREE PROGRAM IS FULLY ACCREDITED–MEETING RIGOROUS QUALIFICATIONS FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE.
The MFT Program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE) of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT). Graduates of the MFT Program meet all academic requirements for a Marriage and Family Therapy license in Kentucky and most other states. Entering students are required to work with the Clinical Director or academic advisor to determine requirements for licenses in states other than Kentucky.
Learn in a Supportive, Inclusive, Community Taught by Exceptional Faculty
“As a student who believes in God, but holds reservations about organized religion, I have felt genuinely welcomed, valued, and supported here, and I have forged lifelong friendships within this remarkable community.”
—Shannon Ely
MAMFT Student, (she/her/hers), Hometown: Newport Beach, CA
“Whether you are considering a career in therapy/counseling or are looking to bolster another career with the knowledge and skills of listening, reflecting, and guiding people to be better in tune with themselves, you owe it to yourself to give the MAMFT at Louisville Seminary a serious consideration. The program is not a pushover, nor is it one that seeks to weed out all but the strongest students; rather, it is a push-and-pull, graduate-level program that allows you to get out of it what you put in and also challenges you as a clinician and a human in ways you might not have considered before.”
—Daniel Killilea
MAMFT Student, (he/him/his), Hometown: Louisville, KY
“Having the opportunity to grow in my spirituality while developing my professional practice is just priceless. In learning to embrace the expansiveness of God, I’m preparing myself to better serve and hold sacred space for all people.”
—NeShaune Lasley
MAMFT Student, (she/her/hers), Hometown: Louisville, KY
“Seminary has taken me apart and tailored me into a better version of myself. Louisville Seminary teaches us to be guides for someone on their mental health journey, and their spiritual health journey as well. I wanted to train to help the whole person, the mind and spirit are not separate, and healing doesn’t happen in separately either.”
—Christopher Stewart
MAMFT Student, (he/they), Hometown: None/Army Brat
“Entering the MAMFT program at LPTS has been totally life changing for me. I feel valued for my authentic self and nurtured spiritually and professionally.”
—Ali Guess
MAMFT Student, (she/her/hers), Hometown: New Albany, IN