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Counselor Education Program

IPFW Community Counseling Center

Prospective Students Information

“Having graduated from this program myself, I feel extremely fortunate to have had the intensive training, attention to detail and clinical performance that the IPFW Marriage and Family program demands.  I have experienced, first hand, the positive impact that a premium level of training and experience has on providing graduates with professionalism and confidence to accelerate career development.  I truly feel that completing the IPFW Marriage and Family program has given me a tremendous advantage in the marketplace."

Miles Nitz, MS, LMFT

IPFW 2002 Graduate
Clinical Director, Caring About People, Inc.

How our program is different and how it's better

"As clinical director of a local mental health agency and a practicumsupervisor for Dolnick Clinic, I am in the  position to interact withtherapists entering the workforce from multiple disciplines and levelsof training.  I am proud to say that students graduating from the Marriage and Family program at Indiana University—Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) seem to have a distinct advantage over students graduating from other programs available.”

 Miles Nitz, MS, LMFT

Program Philosophy & Systemic Approach

IPFW Marriage and Family students are immersed in systemic approaches, which target the relationships in and among family members.  These approaches provide our students with a heightened sense of awareness regarding the impact of the "system" on the individual family and vice versa.  Such approaches have many practical advantages for helping families in need.

How Clinic Hours Benefit Students

The IPFW Counseling program provides ample opportunity to practice and prepare for implementation of learned approaches. School Counselors participate in two semesters of practicum and the Marriage and Family students participate in practicum throughout the entire second year of training, amounting more than 100 hours of individual and group supervised experiences from a licensed instructor.

Through this process students are provided the opportunity to interact with "real life" clients in a highly structured, closely supervised environment. 

Closed circuit video and state of the art technology provide our students with mechanisms for viewing and reviewing live sessions as well as receiving "real time" feedback while working with clients.

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