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Jan. 12 , 2007

Child, Couple and Family Therapy (CCFT) Program
Awarded Candidacy Status  

Seattle – Antioch University’s Child, Couple and Family Therapy (CCFT) program recently has been awarded candidacy status by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE). This commission is the nationally recognized professional accrediting agency that accredits master's degree, doctoral degree and post-graduate degree clinical training programs in marriage and family therapy throughout the U.S. and Canada.

To obtain candidacy, CCFT successfully completed a peer review process including a self-study and an onsite review by COAMFTE. Candidacy programs that demonstrate compliance with COAMFTE accreditation standards may apply for full accreditation as early as three years after receiving candidacy. The CCFT program plans to work toward receiving accreditation in the three-year period or no later than July 31, 2008.

Of the hundreds of master’s-level marriage and family training programs in North America, the majority of these programs does not meet – or does not choose to meet – the rigorous professional training standards of COAMFTE. Candidacy status means a clinical training program has provided sufficient evidence of its potential to meet accreditation standards within specified time limits (a minimum of three years and a maximum of five years).

For more information, visit the website of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy at http://www.aamft.org/cgi-shl/twserver.exe?run:COALIST or contact AAMFT at 703-838-9808 or by writing AAMFT, 112 South Alfred St., Alexandria, VA 22314.

About Antioch
At Antioch University Seattle, adult learners find individualized, innovative programs with a commitment to academic excellence, community service and social justice. Antioch Seattle is one of six campuses of Antioch University, founded in 1852 in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Horace Mann, noted abolitionist and first president of Antioch College, gave a charge to the class of 1859 that is repeated to each Antioch graduating class: "Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.”

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