Enhance the Proficient Interface of Mental Illness, Family and Therapeutic Services 

Drexel University Online now offers a Post-Master’s Certificate in Medical Family Therapy for currently practicing health care professionals seeking additional expertise in acute and chronic medical conditions influenced by psychosocial, interpersonal and family contingencies. Family therapists and other professionals trained in the subspecialty of medical family therapy or collaborative healthcare will learn to cooperatively bridge gaps through personalized care and provide comprehensive and culturally-cognizant family services.  

This four-course, 14-credit certificate program is ideal as an additional accreditation for graduate students of family therapy or a related discipline (such as social work, psychology, creative arts, rehabilitation science, and medicine), clergy, and allied health care professionals seeking to update and/ or improve their medical family therapy knowledge.

Graduate of Drexel’s Post-Master’s Certificate in Medical Family Therapy will learn to:

• Apply family systems perspectives and their relationship to health, illnesses and recovery
• Assess the impact of health problems through a family life-cycle perspective
• Evaluate the role of family members in promoting positive health outcomes
• Develop effective relationships and intervention strategies with families utilizing appropriate cultural frameworks 
• Appraise and synthesize collaborative best practice methods to family therapy
• Analyze health care policies that impact children, families and aging populations
• Demonstrate professional awareness and skill in a family therapy environment

A Post-Master’s Certificate in Medical Family Therapy is a higher-quality online degree. 

Drexel’s specialized program is: 

• Unique:  The program’s international reputation and distinct emphasis on cultural competence allows students to demonstrate collaborative cultural sensitivity within the context of effective therapeutic treatment. 
• Flexible: An exclusively-online degree. Students are never required to come to campus and can complete coursework at their own pace.
• Career-oriented: Courses enable learners to conceptualize and apply program curriculum to individualized specialty area.
• Affordable: Online students and employees of partnering corporations and members of partner professional associations are offered special discounted tuition.

Interested in learning more?  View the curriculum for our post-master’s certificate in medical family therapy. 

If you have questions, please call 877-215-0009.

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