{"id":180614,"date":"2012-04-12T12:19:02","date_gmt":"2012-04-12T17:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=180614"},"modified":"2012-04-13T10:57:36","modified_gmt":"2012-04-13T15:57:36","slug":"letu-to-host-preview-of-new-family-therapy-degree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=180614","title":{"rendered":"LETU to Host Preview of New Family Therapy Degree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=180615\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-180615\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2012\/04\/thumb_LeTourneau-University-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"thumb_LeTourneau-University-logo\" width=\"146\" height=\"120\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-180615\" \/><\/a>LONGVIEW \u2014 LeTourneau University will host a free preview event that is open to the public today, to discuss its new graduate psychology degree program, the Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy (MAMFT). The new graduate degree is currently pending approval by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, but school officials say it\u2019s expected to launch in the fall.<\/p>\n<p>The preview will begin at 8:15am with a continental breakfast in the third floor of the Memorial Student Center for mental health professionals and pastors to meet and discuss partnerships and programs for marriage and family health in East Texas. The second session will begin at 10:00am in the same location and is particularly designed for prospective students and other interested community members. Anyone interested in attending is asked to contact Gerrie Forbis at <a href=\"mailto:GerrieForbis@letu.edu\">GerrieForbis@letu.edu<\/a> or 903-233-3210. <\/p>\n<p>University officials say the degree is a specialized 66-hour professional graduate degree program designed to equip graduates to assess, diagnose and treat individuals, couples, families and groups to achieve healthy relationships. The MAMFT graduate degree is provided through a traditional day program in a part-time or full-time format over two or more years. Students may reside on campus and enjoy the full benefits of graduate student life. LETU officials say graduates with this degree serve as counseling practitioners, educators, administrators, ministers of family life and counseling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONGVIEW \u2014 LeTourneau University will host a free preview event that is open to the public today, to discuss its new graduate psychology degree program, the Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy (MAMFT). The new graduate degree is currently pending approval by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, but &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=180614\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">LETU to Host Preview of New Family Therapy Degree<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-01 23:07:40","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=180614"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":180888,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180614\/revisions\/180888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=180614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=180614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=180614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}