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CRITERIA FOR ADMISSIONS

Criteria for Admission:
Mental Health Professional Track

Admission to both the full and part-time programs is competitive. Criteria for admission include:

1. A minimum of a master's degree in an appropriate specialty, such as clinical psychology, social work, medicine, counseling or psychiatric nursing.
2. A minimum of one year, supervised experience in the practice of individual, couple, or family therapy.
3. A clearly defined set of professional goals.
4. Three professional recommendations.
5. A personal interview.

Training for Clergy

This comprehensive training option affords pastors, rabbis, and religious leaders the opportunity to gain effective skills in couple, sex, and family therapy while continuing to work in their local congregations.

Combining and integrating salient elements from the behavioral sciences and theology, the training provides education and application of current developments in the theory and practice of couple/ marital, sex, and family therapy and in pastoral and systemic theology as they relate to family relationships.

Criteria for Admission: Clergy Track

Admission to Council for Relationships' Clergy Training Program is competitive. Criteria for admission include:

1. A minimum of a Master of Divinity or Master of Hebrew Letters degree or equivalent from an approved theological seminary or rabbinical school.
2. A minimum of two years of experience.
3. A clearly defined set of professional goals.
4. Three professional recommendations.
5. A personal interview.

Financial Aid

Council for Relationships' five scholarship programs are 100% funded by gifts from the staff, alumni, funds from CFR and organizations which support our mission. The scholarship funds are: the Martin Goldberg Education Fund, Alumni Scholarship, Minority Scholarship, the Melinda Clothier Biddle Memorial Scholarship Fund, and the Marla Kaufman Fund. It is our goal to help as many interns as possible with our limited resources. The policy for scholarships is as follows:

• All scholarships are partial and awarded for a period of one year (for both full and part-time students), based on availability, need and perceived clinical potential.
• Applicants must submit an application form, with all supporting financial documentation, no later than June 30th for the academic year beginning the following September. New students should apply at the time of their application to the program.
• Decisions regarding scholarships will be made by the Director and Chief Executive Officer, Director of Training, and the Director of Training for Clergy.

Scholarship application forms may be obtained from Shirley Jacoby, Training Program Administrator.