Couple & Family Therapy Program Virtual Open House

Attend our virtual open house October 16, 1-2 p.m. ET to discover what makes our COAMFTE-Accredited Ph.D. in Couple and Family Therapy unique and meet our faculty who are accepting new students. Application deadline is December 1, 2025. 

Connect:

Zoom: https://msu.zoom.us/j/95714217580
Passcode: MSUCFT
Contact Deja Young for questions: youngdej@msu.edu. 

Program Goals:

Clinically-relevant research
Students will conduct research that is relevant to systemic interventions.
Empirically-informed clinical practice
Students will inform their clinical practice by empirical evidence.
Education and outreach
Students will share knowledge with students, practitioners, scholars, and/or community members.
Inclusion and diversity
Students will demonstrate a commitment to scholarly and clinical work that recognizes social locations, acknowledges power imbalances, and seeks to reduce disparities.

*ALL STUDENTS ARE FUNDED!

Faculty Accepting New Students:

Andrea K. Wittenborn, Ph.D., Professor and Chair; Depression; Clinical Research; Personalized Intervention; Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy

Chi-Fang Tseng, Ph.D., Assistant Professor; Cultural adaptations; Relationship satisfaction and depression among couples; Asian and immigrant couples; Intersectionality

Ahnalee Brincks, Ph.D., Associate Professor; Causal mediation analysis; adaptive interventions and Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trials (SMART)

Kendal Holtrop, Ph.D., Program Director and Associate Professor; Parenting;Evidence-based parenting interventions; Community-based research; Underserved families