The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) is a professional association in the field of marriage and

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representing more than 50,000 marriage and family therapists throughout the United States, Canada, and abroad.

History

Founded in 1942 as the American Association of Marriage Counselors, the AAMFT has been involved with the problems, needs and changing patterns of couples and family relationships. A central premise of AAMFT is that marriage and family therapists should treat relationships within families rather than the symptoms of individuals based on a view that individuals are part of relationship systems.

Goals

The association focuses on increasing understanding, research and education in the field of marriage and family therapy. Goals of AAMFT are to: # facilitate research, theory development and education, # establish and implement standards for programs that serve as the basis for accreditation, # establish implement standards for clinical supervision, professional ethics and the clinical practice of marriage and family therapy. # serve as a recognized accreditor in North America for the accreditation of MFT academic programs in the United States and Canada.

Continuing Education

The AAMFT conducts an annual national conference in the United States each fall as well as a week-long series of continuing education institutes in the summer and winter.

Accreditation of Academic Programs

AAMFT's "is the nationally recognized accrediting agency that accredits Master's degree, doctoral degree, and post-graduate degree clinical training programs in marriage and

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Licensing of Marriage and Family Therapists

Within the

, marriage and family therapy is regulated by individual states.
- Association of Marital and Family Therapy Regulation Boards website.

Marriage and Family Therapy Journals

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Family Process ''Family Process'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on family system issues, including policy and applied practice. It is published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Family Process Institute. Since 2007, the journal ...

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Journal of Child and Family Studies ''Journal of Child and Family Studies'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Springer Science+Business Media that focuses on family child, adolescent, and family psychology. The editors-in-chief are Cheri J. Shapiro and ...

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References

External links

American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
– Internet Archive. Archived from th
official website

TherapistLocator.net
- a website of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy with a listing of over 15,000 marriage and family therapists {{authority control Counseling organizations Family therapy Professional associations based in the United States Relationship counseling School accreditors Organizations established in 1942 1942 establishments in the United States