Master of Arts - Marriage and Family Therapy - Trauma Studies

Students in the master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy: Trauma Studies degree program at Pacific Oaks College will gain trauma counseling expertise, which will help in understanding and addressing issues of violence, neglect, assault, and abandonment in the context of individuals and the community. Upon completion, graduates will be prepared to work in mental health facilities, veterans’ hospitals, gang intervention programs, continuation schools, immigrant detention centers, and domestic and child abuse centers.

Through partnerships with clinics and community-based organizations throughout the greater Los Angeles and Pasadena areas, students in this marriage and family therapy master’s program receive intensive supervised field experience that can help prepare them to move directly into the workforce as a Marriage and Family Therapy Associate after graduation.