Licensed Marital and Family Therapist (LMFT)

The Department of Psychology in the School of Education and Behavioral Sciences offers the academic requirements for licensure as a Licensed Marital and Family Therapist (LMFT) in the State of Oklahoma.  The MFT license, which is issued by the Oklahoma State Department of Health, requires:

1.  A Master's degree in counseling or a mental health related graduate degree deemed substantially content-equivalent;

2.  At least 39 credit hours of graduate counseling-related course work with specific requirements for content areas;

3.  Submission of an application and application fees to the Oklahoma State Department of Health;

4.  Successful completion of a certification examination; 

5.  Successful completion of an oral examination by the LMFT Advisory Board Testing Subcommittee; and

6.  Two (2) calendar years of supervised experience to begin after submission and approval of your application for licensure.

Licensure requirements can be met through the completion of courses other than those offered at Cameron University.

A small number of scholarships are available for enrolled graduate students.  Forms may be found online at http://www.cameron.edu/financial_aid/gen_scholarship_app. Please see Claudia Edwards, the Graduate Advisor, in Nance Boyer 1015 for more information. 


LMFT Academic Requirements

Some courses have prerequisites which must be met prior to enrollment.  All students must be admitted to the Graduate School prior to enrollment. Please contact the Graduate Advisor, Claudia Edwards, at 580-581-7929 or cedwards@cameron.edu to enroll in graduate courses.

Part I - Theoretical Foundations of Marriage and Family (9 hours)

Part II - Assessment & Treatment (9 hours)

Part III - Human Development (9 hours)

Part IV - Ethics & Professional Studies (3 hours)

Part V - Research (3 hours)

 
Part VI - Practicum (at least 300 clock hours)

Note:  Practicum at Cameron is 150 clock hours; thus, two practicum courses must be completed. 
Practicum courses can be repeated.