Marriage and Family Therapy is one of many professions in the mental health field. If you explore the Association for the Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT)

Marriage and Family Therapy is one of many professions in the mental health field. If you explore the Association for the Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) website (www.aamft.org), you will find information and descriptions between MFT and other mental health professionals that are important. Include each question as a heading.

 address each of the five areas outlined below. Please utilize the required template and address each of these five components under the provided headings.

1. Please describe how your understanding of marriage and family therapy aligns with your academic and career goals.

2. Describe some of the differences between marriage and family therapy and other clinical disciplines.

3. How have your personal or professional experiences prepared you for this degree and profession?

4. Please discuss your ability based on life experience to relate interpersonally to individuals from different cultural contexts. In your answer explore some areas in which you have room to grow and what strategies can you use to do that?

5. Please add any information that you think will help the faculty in determine your fit for the MFT program (optional question).