To be eligible for the award, students are required to take 30 credits of coursework (5 Required Subjects and 5 Elective Subjects). Students who have successfully completed 5 Required Taught Subjects and 2 Elective Subjects may exit the programme with a Postgraduate Diploma.

Students who wish to prepare for application for Clinical Membership in the AAMFT* should continue their study after completing the 30-credit MA award and take an additional 13 credits (3 credits of coursework and 10 credits in clinical training). Upon completion of the 43-credit study, these students should have taken 5 Required Subjects, 6 Elective Subjects and 4 Clinical Training Subjects. Clinical training consists of 300 practicum hours and 500 hours of clinical internship. For each Clinical Internship period, students undergo 250 direct practice hours with 50 hours of group supervision.

* To apply for AAMFT clinical membership, students are advised to refer to current course requirements laid down by the AAMFT by browsing the Association's website.

For MA Award: 30 Credits

Required Subjects (5 subjects, 15 credits)

• Evolution in Family Therapy: Structural & Systemic Approaches
• Marriage, Separation, Divorce & Reconstituted Families
• Practice Research
• Professional Identity & Ethics
• Social Constructionism & Collaborative Dialogic Approach

 Elective Subjects (any 5 subjects, 15 credits) #

• Advanced Practice Methods: Brief Therapy
• Advanced Practice Methods: Cognitive Behavioural Intervention
• Child & Family Psychopathology: Theory, Practice & Research
• Couple Therapy Processes & Techniques
• Family Systems & Adolescent Development
• Integrative Project
• Mental Health Practice and Interpersonal Neurobiology: Attachment, Trauma and Healing in the Context of Relationships
• Mindfulness-based Programme in Mental Health and Social Care
• Narrative Therapy
• Practicum A (2 credits)
• Practicum B (3 credits)
• Pre-Practicum General Counselling Theories and Skills Workshop (1 credit)
• Psychopathology: Holistic & Humanistic Orientations
• Violence in Intimate Relationships

For Application for AAMFT Clinical Membership: 43 credits

Required Subjects (5 subjects, 15 credits)

• Evolution in Family Therapy: Structural & Systemic Approaches
• Marriage, Separation, Divorce & Reconstituted Families
• Practice Research
• Professional Identity & Ethics
• Social Constructionism & Collaborative Dialogic Approach

Elective Subjects (any 6 subjects, 18 credits) #

• Advanced Practice Methods: Brief Therapy
• Advanced Practice Methods: Cognitive Behavioural Intervention
• Child & Family Psychopathology: Theory, Practice & Research
• Couple Therapy Processes & Techniques
• Family Systems & Adolescent Development
• Integrative Project
• Mental Health Practice and Interpersonal Neurobiology: Attachment, Trauma and Healing in the Context of Relationships
• Mindfulness-based Programme in Mental Health and Social Care
  
• Narrative Therapy
• Psychopathology: Holistic & Humanistic Orientations
• Violence in Intimate Relationships

Clinical Training (4 subjects, 10 credits) #

• Clinical Internship I
• Clinical Internship II
• Practicum B (3 credits)
• Pre-Practicum General Counselling Theories and Skills Workshop (1 credit)

# The department reserves the right to alter the subject offering pattern and subjects on offer.

# Not all elective subjects will be offered every year and registration is subject to the availability of quota.