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"Welcome to ULM's Marriage and Family Therapy Programs. We offer COAMFTE Accredited Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. Our Master of Arts degree program is also dually accredited by CACREP. Any of our distinguished faculty or staff would be delighted to assist you in learning more about our programs. Contact us today and find out more about our foundational and systemically oriented approach to training and clinical practice." - Dr. Jana Sutton   MFT Programs Director
(318) 342-1208 Direct Line
(318) 342-1246 Main Office
sutton@ulm.edu

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FamilyMFT Clinic New Location!  We want to welcome you to our beautifully renovated clinic now located in 
500 Bayou Drive
Strauss Hall #112
Monroe, LA 71209


Contact us for more information at our new number 342-5678


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Dr. Simmons Dr. Bethany Simmons was a guest interviewer on KEDM. Listen to her conversation about starting out a new year can mean making changes in your life. Dr. Bethany Simmons, Director of the MFT Clinic, said that improving relationships can often give that added boost to any resolutions for the new year...
Listen to the full podcast here


PhD in MFT with a non-clinical concentration in creative systemic studies, fully online (GOLD) This is an elitist cohort program for professionals.



Dr. KeeneyBradford Keeney, Ph.D., 
Professor and Hanna Spyker Eminent Scholars Chair,  College of Education and Human Development, and Hillary Stephenson, Ph.D., Distinguished Visiting Professor, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla gave the Plenary Address to the Third International Conference on Psychology, in Puebla, Mexico on November 19, 2011.Their talk was entitled "Circular Poetics and the Art of Creative Transformation."
Marriage & Family Therapy Programs:

CounselingThe Ph.D. degree program in Marriage and Family Therapy at University of Louisiana at Monroe prepares graduates for careers as scholars/teachers, researchers, supervisors and senior clinicians. The 69 credit-hour program integrates systemically oriented philosophy and theory, clinical practice and qualitative and quantitative research.

The master degree program is an intensive, 60 credit-hour program requiring two years of full-time study. Graduates of the program meet academic requirements for licensure as a professional counselor in Louisiana as well as Clinical Membership of AAMFT and licensure in other states as marriage and family therapists. The program is dedicated to educating highly qualified masters level clinicians and scholars.

Recent graduates from the ULM program have found employment in settings such as:

  • private practice
  • program directors at hospitals
  • directors of services at homes for children
  • therapists performing a variety of services with a wide range of problems in mental health
Graduates are also active in family life education and enrichment in a variety of contexts. Approximately 10-15% of the graduates from the ULM program have pursued doctorates in marriage and family therapy or related fields.

For further information and application materials:

Main Office:
Strauss Hall #306
700 University Avenue
Monroe, LA 71209
(318) 342-1246

Dr. Jana Sutton, MFT Programs Director
-M.A. and Ph.D. programs
(318)342-1208 sutton@ulm.edu 


Dr. Marcela Polanco, Assistant Professor
-Ph.D. online program
(318) 342-1349 polanco@ulm.edu
Gail Lane, MFT Recruiter
(318) 342-1251  lanebg@warhawks.ulm.edu

Other MFT contacts
Gateway to Online Degrees (GOLD)
1-877-ULM-ONLINE 
(318) 342-DEGREE

Admissions (Undergraduate Studies)
800-372-5127
(318) 342-5430

Graduate School
800-372-5127
(318) 342-1036

Financial Aid
(318) 342-5320