What is a Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT)?
Marriage and Family Therapists are mental health professionals trained to diagnose and treat mental and emotional disorders. MFTs specialize in treating mental disorders in the context of marriage and family relationships. Marriage and Family Therapists work with the individual, couple or family to change behavioral patterns so that problems can be resolved. What types of services do Marriage and Family Therapists provide? Marriage and family therapists regularly practice short-term therapy; 12 sessions on average. Nearly 65.6% of the cases are completed within 20 sessions, 87.9% within 50 sessions. Marital/couples therapy (11.5 sessions) and family therapy (9 sessions) both require less time than the average individuated treatment (13 sessions). About half of the treatment provided by marriage and family therapists is one-on-one with the other half divided between marital/couple and family therapy, or a combination of treatments. Marriage and family therapy services are: • Brief • Sol
