ProgramCIP 51.1511

Medical Family Therapy/Therapist

A program that prepares individuals to work with patients and their families who are experiencing emotional, physical, relational and spiritual difficulties related to acute and chronic illnesses. Includes instruction in cultural context, ethics, family dynamics, family therapy, gender, human development, marriage counseling, psychopathology, research design and methods, sexuality, and systems thinking.

Definition from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (CIP 2020).