Master of Family Therapy
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Clinical Experience
The Program requires 300 hours of direct clinical experience and 100 of those hours must be with relational/systemic. Students receive a minimum of 100 hours of supervision, at least 50 hours will be observable data. Students complete 10-16 hours of clinical practice per week and receive individual, dyadic and group supervision.
The first-year practicum is designed to help students develop the basic clinical skills and competencies necessary to conduct couple, family and individual therapy. The second-year practicum help students broaden and integrate advanced clinical skills in working with diverse populations.
Practicum placements are available at a variety of clinical settings in the Philadelphia and surrounding areas in Pennsylvania.
Jefferson’s clinical starts in that sweet spot: the middle of the first year when you’ve had some classroom experience and time with your supervisor. Starting this early gives you more opportunity to integrate clinical experience with early learning, which I think is really important. We would talk through theory and clinical technique in the classroom, through videos and role play during the day, and then immediately apply it in a clinical setting that evening with a client. That’s something you don’t see until the second year in most programs.
In partnership with the Jefferson Clinical Skills and Simulation Center, the Couple and Family Therapy (CFT) program offers standardized patient experiences as a way to strengthen clinical education. Students work with trained actors who simulate real client scenarios, allowing them to apply therapeutic skills in a realistic and supportive environment. In this experience, students practice building rapport, conduct assessments and apply family therapy modalities and interventions, while receiving immediate feedback from both instructors and the simulated patients. This approach enhances the traditional learning space, bridging the gap between theory and application. The standardized patient experience empowers our students with the confidence, competence and practical expertise needed to prepare them for clinical work. This initiative emphasizes the CFT program's commitment to graduating highly skilled and prepared professionals, ready to make a profound impact in the Couple and Family Therapy field.
For more information, please visit the Jefferson Clinical Skills and Simulation Center page.