106H00000X — Marriage & Family Therapist

Grouping

Behavioral Health & Social Service Providers

Classification

Marriage & Family Therapist

Specialization

None — this code IS the classification

Section

Individual

Definition

A marriage and family therapist is a person with a master's degree in marriage and family therapy, or a master's or doctoral degree in a related mental health field with substantially equivalent coursework in marriage and family therapy, who receives supervised clinical experience, or a person who meets the state requirements to practice as a marriage and family therapist. A marriage and family therapist treats mental and emotional disorders within the context of marriage and family systems. A marriage and family therapist provides mental health and counseling services to individuals, couples, families, and groups.

NUCC’s own wording, not a paraphrase.