MFT’s (Marriage and family therapists) expand the traditional emphasis on the individual. MFT’s punctuate the nature and role of individuals in primary relationship networks, such as marriage and the family. MFT’s take a holistic perspective to healthcare, they are attentive to the overall, long term well being of individuals and their families.  In marriage and family therapy, the unit of treatment isn’t just the person – even if only a single person is treated – it is the set of relationships in which the person is a member of an emotional unit.

Marriage and family therapy is:

• brief
• solution-focused
• specific, with attainable therapeutic goals
• designed with the “end in mind.”

 LMFT’s (Licensed Marriage and family therapists) treat a wide range of serious clinical problems including: depression, marital problems, anxiety, individual psychological problems, and child-parent problems.

 MFT’s (Marriage Family Therapists) are the only behavioral health professionals that are required to receive specialized training and education in working with couples and families. Psychiatrists, psychologists, counselors and social workers can all attain their licenses without ever having experience treating a couple or a family.