Section Mhp 306.01 - Educational Requirements for Marriage and Family Therapists(a) Applicants for licensure as a marriage and family therapist shall: (1) Have a master's degree or a doctoral degree in marriage and family therapy from a program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE);(2) Have a master's degree or a doctoral degree in a mental health field from a regionally accredited institution and have completed a post-graduate training program accredited by COAMFTE; or(3) Have a master's degree or a doctoral degree with a concentration in marriage and family therapy from a regionally accredited institution.(b) Applicants that have a degree with a concentration in marriage and family therapy as noted in Mhp 306.01 (a)(3) shall complete the following coursework:(1) At least 3 courses in marital and family studies, family development, and family interaction patterns across the life cycle of the individual as well as the courses or studies chosen from the following subject areas: b. Theories of family development;c. Marriage or family sociology of the family;d. Families under stress;e. The contemporary family;f. Family in a social context;g. The cross-cultural family;h. Youth, adult, aging, and the family;i. Family subsystems; andj. Individual, interpersonal relationships, such as marital, parental, and sibling;(2) The completion of at least 3 courses in marital and family therapy chosen from the following subject areas: a. Family therapy methodology;c. Treatment and intervention methods; andd. Overview of major clinical theories of marital and family therapy such as communications theory, contextual theory, experiential theory, object relations theory, strategic theory, structural theory, systemic theory, and transgenerational theory;(3) The completion of one course in diagnosis;(4) The completion of at least 3 courses in human development chosen from the following subject areas: (5) The completion of at least one course in professional studies chosen from the following subject areas: a. Professional socialization and the role of the professional organization;b. Legal responsibilities and liabilities;c. Independent practice and interprofessional cooperation;(6) The completion of at least one course in research chosen from the following subject areas: d. Research in marital and family studies and therapy.(c) The applicant shall have completed at least a one-year practicum or internship supervised by an American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) approved supervisor prior to the completion of the master's degree. This experience shall total a minimum of 300 hours of face-to-face client contact hours with individuals, couples, and families for the purpose of assessment, diagnosis, and treatment. At least half of these client contact hours shall have been completed with couples and families.(d) A minimum of one academic year of full-time academic graduate study in marriage and family therapy shall be completed in residence at the institution granting the degree, unless the program is accredited through COAMFTE.(e) Whether graduate study was completed in residence shall be determined based on criteria which include the following: (1) Predominant modality shall be face-to-face instruction;(2) Advising and evaluation shall be done face-to-face;(3) Students shall have face-to-face access to a core of marriage and family counseling faculty whose primary time and employment responsibilities are to the institution; and(4) Students shall have face-to-face access to other students matriculated in the program.N.H. Admin. Code § Mhp 306.01
Derived From Volume XXXV Number 27, Filed July 9, 2015, Proposed by #10857, Effective 6/24/2015, Expires6/24/2025.Amended by Number 45, Filed November 9, 2023, Proposed by #13786, Effective 12/19/2023, Expires 12/19/2033 (See Revision Note at chapter heading for Mhp 300).