License: Marriage and Family Therapists

Department of Health Professions Board of Professional Counselors

6606 West Broad Street

4th Floor

Richmond, VA 23230-1717

(804) 662-9908

Degree program requirements. A. The applicant shall have completed a graduate degree from a program that prepares individuals to practice marriage and family therapy or a discipline related to the practice of marriage and family therapy as defined in _x0015_54.1-3500 of the Code of Virginia from a college or university which is accredited by a regional accrediting agency and which meets the following criteria: 1. There must be a sequence of academic study with the expressed intent to prepare students to practice marriage and family therapy as documented by the institution; 2. There must be an identifiable marriage and family therapy training faculty and an identifiable body of students who complete that sequence of academic study; and 3. The academic unit must have clear authority and primary responsibility for the core and specialty areas. B. Programs that are approved by CACREP as programs in marriage and family counseling/therapy or by COAMFTE are recognized as meeting the definition of a graduate degree program that prepares individuals to practice marriage and family therapy or a discipline related to the practice of marriage and family therapy as defined in _x0015_54.1-3500 of the Code of Virginia.