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The Ontario Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (OAMFT) is a division of The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), an international professional association established in 1942. Activities and membership are dedicated to the promotion of the profession of marriage and family therapy and the advancement of practice and principle, which enhance individual and family well being.

Marriage and Family Therapy Registered members of OAMFT are listed in the Registry of Marriage and Family Therapists in Canada (RMFT).

Marital and family therapy is a distinct mental health discipline which utilizes family systems theories and interventions techniques.

Marital and family therapists are specially trained to help individuals, couples and families resolve personal and work related problems. The minimum requirement for members of Ontario Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (OAMFT) is a Master’s Degree. There are specific course requirements and a supervised clinical practicum.

Clinical Membership requires two years of post-mater’s clinical experience; a minimum of 1,000 hours of marriage and family therapy conducted in face-to-face contact with individuals, couples and families supervised by and AAMFT Approved Supervisor.

Registered Clinical Members are held to the demanding Code of Ethics of AAMFT. Members have training in the development stages of personal, family and relationship growth. Having done their own family of origin work as pert of training, they know what it is like to look at themselves and their relationships.

OAMFT Marriage and Family Therapists focus on solutions or actions to resolve problems. Therefore, therapy is usually shorter and more economical than other therapeutic approaches.

Marriage and Family Therapy

For more information please contact:

Ontario Association For Marriage and Family Therapy
P.O. Box 693
Tottenham, Ontario L0G 1W0

Telephone: 905-936-3338
Toll free: 1-800-267-2638
FAX: 905-936-9192



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