Check us out in person!
The Fall Open House
will be held
TBA
- Learn about the program
- Meet the faculty
- Hear from current students
- Tour the on-campus Couple and Family Therapy Clinic
If you would like to attend please RSVP by emailing mfth@plu.edu or calling 253-535-7659.
*If
you were unable to attend our open house but would like to learn more about the
program please call to set up an appointment for a phone discussion regarding
questions. After the initial phone discussion we will be happy to set up an
appointment for you to come and tour the the facility as well as meet current
students and learn more about the program.
If
you have any questions, would like our information packet including an application, would like
to schedule a phone discussion or tour please call us at 253-535-7659 or send us an email
at mfth@plu.edu.
Online applications are avaliable.
<> Please
feel free to apply online at www.plu.edu, which will ensure a prompt
transaction, guaranteeing you to meet the application
deadline on January 31st.
Directions:
- When
visiting the PLU homepage, click on the tab that says “graduate”.
- Open the
link “Apply at PLU”.
- From this
page you can download a paper version, or apply directly by opening the link
“Master of Arts - Marriage and Family Therapy”.
This link
will supply you with the application requirements, and a direct link to the
application itself.
NS National Award
Roy
Fisher received the award in 2007.
ANNUAL PLU GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD
Suzanne Annest is
this year's winner of the PLU Graduate Student Award. Suzanne reports,
"The graduate student award
is extremely meaningful to me because it is peer generated. Having fellow
students consider that my class contributions were valuable is an incredible
honor. I learned so much from my classmates during our time together and
believe that I would not have received this award without their acceptance and
support. My life changed in incredible ways as a result of the MFT program at
PLU, and I hope to put the knowledge I gained there to use in the future. I am
currently looking for part-time employment in the MFT field. As an integrated therapist,
I blend a core structural approach with solution-focused, feminist, and
cognitive-behavioral techniques. The result is a method whose primary goal is
to help clients redirect their strengths in a structurally organized manner,
adding other ideas as needed that fit for the client."
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Previous Minority Fellowship Award Recipients
Katrina Robinson, class
of 2005, is the fourth PLU student to win the highly competitive
national Minority Fellowship Award of the American Association for
Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT). Katrina says, "As a clinician I
incorporate a multicultural perspective into my work regardless of the
cultural background of my clients." Katrina has a professional interest
in helping families and colleagues explore their cultural heritage. She
has been involved in Western Michigan University’s Multicultural
Affairs program, as well as being active with Pacific Lutheran
Uniniversity’s Diversity Center as a Graduate Assistant. She hopes to
combine her experience with her Family Life Educator background to
develop ways in which therapists can more easily incorporate cultural heritage into their clinical work.
Christina Holland received
the award in 2004. Christina's interest in diverse points of view
motivated her to join several groups that allowed different voices to
be heard. She participated in a Critical Race Dialogue group at PLU
over a 6-month period. Christina presented this work with her
colleagues at the 2004 AAMFT Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. She also
published a book review in the 2003 summer issue of the Journal of
Systemic Therapies about parenting boys in African American families.
Christopher Stevens, class of 2004,
received the award in 2003. Committed to creating a just, healthy, and
peaceful world Christopher describes his philosophy of therapy as: "I
will guide clients in finding their own epistemology on family,
ethnicity, and cultural differences in order for them to thrive in
their family structure. Marriage and family therapists are in a unique
position to help families to deconstruct how society defines gender,
culture, and class relationships in order to understand how family
processes are structured. As a male therapist, it is important to
address the inequality of women and the power differentials between men
and women in order to move towards egalitarian relationships."
Christopher participated in a Critical Race Dialogue Group sponsored
by the program and is writing a paper describing an exercise he
developed for helping therapists develop therapeutic relationships by
considering the intersection of social identities and social location
of therapists and clients.
Duke Wellington White was the first PLU student
to receive the award in 1996. Duke was recognized for his extensive, long
term work with disadvantaged youth, many of whom participated in gangs.
Since his award, Duke has continued to serve the minority community and
is co-director of the Foundation for Multicultural Solutions in Tacoma,
Washington.
Previous PLU Graduate Student Award Recipients
Phillis Williams-2002
Paula Olson-2001
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