Florida State University Marriage & Family Therapy Program

Pearl is recruiting participants for her dissertation study! Please like, share, and participate (if eligible). Contact Pear directly if you have any questions.

Check out our amazing students’ posters & presentations! Also, our very own Chrystal McDowell (second photo) won the poster award! 👏🏻

Congratulations to an amazing FIVE of our doctoral students who have been accepted into the AAMFT Minority Fellowship Program (MFP)! The MFP is a workforce development program that was created to increase the number of culturally competent marriage and family therapists. We are incredibly proud of each of you and excited to see how you continue to grow in this program!

Lexie and Nakita are serving on the expanded College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences’ Student Leadership Council, and we are so proud of them! You both represent our program so well! 🥳👏🏻

We had an awesome time kicking off the fall semester at our welcome back social! There's no better way to start the school year than with new and old friends! 🌯🥳

Seeking participants for Katie’s dissertation survey! Please share to help discover valuable resources for the q***r community! 🌈

Please welcome our six new first year MFT doctoral students: Tyler, Yunzhi, Frances, Ava Joy, Xinyun, and Daniel. We are so happy you’re here!!🩷

We have a new parenting group starting at the CCFT this semester, ran by our amazing MFT doctoral students! This is an incredible resource for parents in the community. Please share this flyer with anyone who may be interested!

Some of our amazing MFT and HDFS students and faculty members were mentioned for their research in the book "Compassion for Couples, Building the Skills of Loving Connection" by Michelle Becker. You all are awesome!🏆

Two of our doctoral candidates are recruiting participants for their dissertation. Please share if you know anyone who may be interested! Thank you!😊

Huge congratulations to our newest graduates, Dr. Francesca Otero-Vargas and Dr. Lauren Selice! We are so proud of you and excited to see all the amazing things you do!🎉

Congratulations to our incredible alumni, Dr. Tom Su, for earning the 2023 AAMFT Dissertation Award! This is the 11th time in 12 years that someone from FSU has received an AAMFT national research award. We are so fortunate to have you representing our program, Dr. Su. Go Noles!

Congratulations to the amazing Dr. Jamila Holcomb for being honored with the Outstanding Teacher in the Major Award, a university wide award at FSU. We are incredibly lucky to have you. Thank you for all that you do!

Last night one of our incredible doctoral candidates, Dania Tawfiq, was awarded the acedemic leadership award for our college! Congratulations Dania, you are a rockstar!

Our very own Dr. Kristen Greene received the undergraduate teaching excellence award tonight! We are so fortunate that Dr. Greene is a part of our MFT family!

Our amazing doctoral candidate, Chrystal McDowell, presented her research this week at the IFTA Conference in Spain. Outstanding job!

Pretty special Mardi Gras day when 2 Noles meet up at Zulu. What an extra special coconut. Thank you Dr. Jackson, Law Jon

Huge congrats to our very own, Francesca Otero-Vargas, for receiving a faculty appointment as an Adjunct Instructor in the Marriage & Family Therapy Master's Program at Appalachian State University! We are so proud of you!🤩

Happy Pawlidays, from our MFT four legged friends & families to yours!🐾

We are wishing everyone a warm & snuggly winter!❄️

Huge congrats to our very own, Kinsey Pocchio, for earning the competitive FSU Fall 22 Dissertation Research Grant! Awesome job!

Our amazing students presented their research today on parenting and the child welfare system at the 2022 National Council on Family Relations conference!

Look at this fantastic group!

Huge shout to Dr. Lenore McWey and our rockstar students Chrystal, Soojin, and Pearl for presenting their research at the AAMFT Systemic Family Therapy Intervention Research conference this week. We couldn’t have asked for a better bunch to represent our program! Awesome job, ladies!🤩

Check out this new publication from our rockstar MFT students and faculty!🤩 You can find this amazing read in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. Congrats Katie, Jon, and Crystal!

Our support group for survivors is starting tomorrow! The group is led by one of our incredible therapists, Katie, and is FREE to attend! If you or someone you know could benefit, share this info and stop by our clinic tomorrow from 7-8:30pm. You do not need to sign up prior.

We are looking for participants to attend an awesome self-compassion training for children & parents! If you or someone you know is interested in registering, please follow the link in for more information.

https://afriendinmestudy.create.fsu.edu

Check out this special review by our amazing doctoral candidate, Lexi Unhjem, MS! Congrats on an incredible publication. You can find it in the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy.

Big news, we now have a LinkedIn page! Make sure to give us a follow!🤩

https://www.linkedin.com/company/fsumft/

FSU Marriage & Family Therapy | LinkedIn FSU Marriage & Family Therapy | 2 followers on LinkedIn. Our program emphasizes developing scholars well-equipped for an academic position while advancing clinical expertise. | The doctoral program in Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) has a long and rich history. The program addresses family process...

Huge congrats to our alumna Dr. Morgan Strickland for receiving an elected AAMFT position! We can’t wait to see all you do!
http://aamft.informz.net/AAMFT/data/images/eNews/elections.pdf

Wowza! Please join us in congratulating Chélynn Randolph and Tatjana Farley. Both earned the national AAMFT Graduate Student Research Award. You know I like to give the count - this is the 10th time in 11 years a Nole earned this highly prestigious honor. So well deserved ladies! 💜

Shout out to Crystal Marroquin who was awarded the Family Process New Writer's Fellowship. So well deserved!

Informative and engaging presentation by Chrystal McDowell and Madeline Bryant on neurodiversity at the International Family Therapy Association Conference in Puerto Rico. Way to go, ladies!

Shout out to doctoral candidate Francesca Otero-Vargas. She has been awarded the Inaugural Anderson-Darling Family Award for Outstanding Teaching Assistant! 💛💯🏆

Shout out to doctoral candidate Francesca Otero-Vargas. She has been awarded the Inaugural Anderson-Darling Family Award for Outstanding Teaching Assistant! 💛💯🏆 #fsumft #phd #doctoralstudent #marriageandfamilytherapy #fsuresearch #gradschool #teachingassistant #scholarship #fsuchhs

Next time you see them, call them doctor 😊. Congratulations to Drs. Tatjana Farley, Marissa Mosley, and Tom Su for successfully defending your dissertations this week. Excellence abound! 💜

Round of applause for Lexie Unhjem!! She is the doctoral fellow of the month in the Minority Fellowship Program (MFP). ⭐️⭐️⭐️ #fsumft #marriageandfamilytherapy #mfpfellowship #minorityfellowshipprogram #research #aamft #doctoralstudent https://mfpcc.samhsa.gov/FoM/FoM_03_2022.aspx

Second-year Marriage & Family Therapy doctoral student Lexie Unhjem with some advice to parents struggling to help their children cope with "big emotions."

Lexie Unhjem on Parent-Child Relationship Building Lexie Unhjem is a doctoral student in the Marriage & Family Therapy program at Florida State University. During the month of February, we're looking at relat...

Francesca Otero-Vargas is a third-year Marriage & Family Therapy doctoral candidate discussing how intimacy promoting language can help strengthen any of your relationships.

Francesca Otero-Vargas on Intimacy Promoting Language Francesca Otero-Vargas is a doctoral candidate in the Marriage & Family Therapy program at Florida State University. As part of our series exploring relation...

https://youtu.be/wXQ1ZAwGdis

Katie Morris on Self-Compassion This February, we're looking at relationships in a variety of different contexts, from relationships between family members and friends to intimate relations...