The program offers a rich and diverse clinical experience for students . Students gain a minimum of 500 hours of therapy experience working in agencies within the San Diego community. The agencies available for clinical experience offer a wide range of clinical opportunities. Other agencies offer a broad range of services for individuals, couples, and families. All of the agencies will offer the therapist an opportunity to work with clients from ethnically and racially diverse backgrounds.
Students receive extensive supervision from both agency and faculty supervisors.
The faculty are highly committed to teaching and training . The faculty and University of San Diego are committed to excellence in teaching. All of the faculty are clinically active, which enhances their teaching of clinical courses. Some of the MFT faculty have written a book for beginning therapists that has been widely adopted by other schools. In addition, the full-time faculty have conducted research and published several articles on teaching, training, and supervision.