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Marriage and Family Therapists
Helps couples and families work through problems together.
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Marriage and family therapists help couples and families communicate, handle conflict, grief, divorce, addiction and mental illness. They work in clinics, agencies and private practice.
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The guide checks the courses against your plan, with things to try each year. Free account needed.
High school courses that build toward it
- Psychology · Social Studies
Builds psychology, which this job uses.
- Child Development · Career and Technical
Builds psychology, which this job uses.
- Health and Wellness · Health and PE
Builds psychology, which this job uses.
- English 10 · English
Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.
Ranked by how much the job relies on what each course teaches, from O*NET's knowledge ratings. Your school's own courses and the counselor have the final word.
Marriage and Family Therapists on O*NET OnLine · O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections 2025.