Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 24 - Occupational and Professional Licenses, Division of › Rule 24.15.01 - RULES OF THE IDAHO LICENSING BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS AND MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS › Section 24.15.01.238 - MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS

Current through August 31, 2023
An applicant for marriage and family therapist licensure must
				pass the required examination and meet the following: (3-28-23)
01.
Graduate Degree
. Possess a
			 master's degree or higher in marriage and family therapy or a related field
			 from an accredited university or college provided that the program is either:
			 (3-28-23)
a. Accredited by the Commission on
			 Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE); or
			 (3-28-23)
b. A program of at least
			 sixty (60) semester hours or ninety (90) quarter hours in length and that
			 includes at a minimum: (3-28-23)
i. Marriage
			 and family studies - Nine (9) semester credit hours or twelve (12) quarter
			 credit hours: includes theoretical foundations, history, philosophy, etiology
			 and contemporary conceptual directions of marriage and family therapy or
			 marriage and family counseling; family systems theories and other relevant
			 theories and their application in working with a wide variety of family
			 structures, including families in transition, nontraditional families and
			 blended families, and a diverse range of presenting issues; and preventive
			 approaches, including premarital counseling, parent skill training and
			 relationship enhancement, for working with couples, families, individuals,
			 subsystems and other systems; (3-28-23)
ii. Marriage and family therapy - Nine (9)
			 semester credit hours or twelve (12) quarter credit hours: includes the
			 practice of marriage and family therapy related to theory, and a comprehensive
			 survey and substantive understanding of the major models of marriage and family
			 therapy or marriage and family counseling; and interviewing and assessment
			 skills for working with couples, families, individuals, subsystems and other
			 systems, and skills in the appropriate implementation of systematic
			 interventions across a variety of presenting clinical issues including, but not
			 limited to, socioeconomic disadvantage, abuse and addiction;
			 (3-28-23)
iii. Biopsychosocial
			 health and development across the lifespan - Nine (9) semester credit hours or
			 twelve (12) quarter credit hours: includes individual development and
			 transitions across the life span; family, marital and couple life cycle
			 development and family relationships, family of origin and intergenerational
			 influences, cultural influences, ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status,
			 religious beliefs, gender, sexual orientation, social and equity issues and
			 disability; human sexual development, function and dysfunction, impacts on
			 individuals, couples and families, and strategies for intervention and
			 resolution; and issues of violence, abuse and substance use in a relational
			 context, and strategies for intervention and resolution; (3-28-23)
iv. Psychological and mental health
			 competency - Six (6) semester credit hours or eight (8) quarter credit hours:
			 includes psychopathology, including etiology, assessment, evaluation and
			 treatment of mental disorders, use of the current diagnostic and statistical
			 manual of mental disorders, differential diagnosis and multiaxial diagnosis;
			 standard mental health diagnostic assessment methods and instruments, including
			 standardized tests; and psychotropic medications and the role of referral to
			 and cooperation with other mental health practitioners in treatment planning,
			 and case management skills for working with individuals, couples, families, and
			 other systems and relational groups; (3-28-23)
v. Professional ethics and identity - Three
			 (3) semester credit hours or four (4) quarter credit hours: includes
			 professional identity, including professional socialization, professional
			 organizations, training standards, credentialing bodies, licensure,
			 certification, practice settings and collaboration with other disciplines;
			 ethical and legal issues related to the practice of marriage and family
			 therapy, legal responsibilities of marriage and family therapy and marriage and
			 family counseling practice and research, business aspects, reimbursement,
			 recordkeeping, family law, confidentiality issues and the relevant codes of
			 ethics, including the code of ethics specified by the board; and the interface
			 between therapist responsibility and the professional, social and political
			 context of treatment; (3-28-23)
vi.
			 Research - Three (3) semester credit hours or four (4) quarter credit hours:
			 includes research in marriage and family therapy or marriage and family
			 counseling and its application to working with couples and families; and
			 research methodology, quantitative and qualitative methods, statistics, data
			 analysis, ethics and legal considerations of conducting research, and
			 evaluation of research. (3-28-23)