Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 86 - State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure › Chapter 16 - Licensed Marital and Family Therapists › Subchapter 7 - Application for Licensure › Section 86:16-7-5 - Academic and experience requirements

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Fulfillment of Section 1925.6, subsection B of the LMFT
				Act.
Persons applying for licensure must have fulfilled the requirements
				listed in Section 1925.6, Subsection B of the LMFT Act.
(b)
Academic
				requirements.
Applicants must possess at least a masters degree in
				marital and family therapy or in a mental health, behavioral science, or
				counseling related field from a college or university accredited by one of the
				following six regional accrediting associations recognized by the U.S.
				Department of Education: The New England Association of Schools and Colleges,
				The Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, The North Central
				Association of Colleges and Schools, The Northwestern Association of Schools
				and Colleges; The Western Association of Schools and Colleges, or The Southern
				Association of Colleges and Schools which is content-equivalent to a graduate
				degree in marital and family therapy. In order to qualify as a
				"content-equivalent" degree, a graduate transcript must document the minimum
				number of graduate hours and knowledge areas listed below. Academic courses (3
				semester hours or 4 quarter credit hours) must include a minimum of 45 class
				hours for each course.
(1) Theoretical
				Foundations of Marital and Family Systems - any course which deals primarily in
				areas such as family life cycle; theories of family development; marriage
				and/or the family; sociology of the family; families under stress; the
				contemporary family; family in a social context; the cross-cultural family;
				youth/adult/aging and the family; family subsystems; individual, interpersonal
				relationships (marital, parental, sibling). (3 courses: 9 semester or 12
				quarter hours.)
(2) Assessment and
				Treatment in Marital and Family Therapy -any course which deals primarily in
				areas such as family therapy methodology; family assessment; treatment and
				intervention methods; overview of major clinical theories of marital and family
				therapy such as: communications, contextual, experiential, object relations,
				strategic, structural, systemic, transgenerational. (3 courses: 9 semester or
				12 quarter hours.)
(3) Human
				Development - any course which deals primarily in areas such as human
				development; personality theory; human sexuality, psychopathology; at least one
				of which must be in psychopathology or abnormal human behavior. (3 courses: 9
				semester or 12 quarter hours.)
(4)
				Ethics and Professional Studies - any course which deals primarily in areas
				such as professional socialization and the role of the professional
				organization; legal responsibilities and liabilities; independent practice and
				interprofessional cooperation; ethics; family law. (1 course: 3 semester or 4
				quarter hours.)
(5) Research - any
				course which deals primarily in areas such as research design, methods,
				statistics; research in marital and family studies and therapy. (1 course: 3
				semester or 4 quarter hours.)
(6)
				Practicum/Internship (at least 300 clock hours.)