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PhD - Therapy with Military Families
The number of families impacted by military service continues to increase. Therapists need to be equipped to understand the unique challenges of military families as well as military culture. Issues related to emotional and physical trauma, repeated deployments, post-traumatic stress, traumatic brain injury, and substance abuse impact service members and their families. At present, National University is the only Marriage and Family Therapy training program that offers a specialization in working with families impacted by military service. This specialization was designed to meet a growing need of service members who return from active duty and attempt to acculturate back into their daily lives, as well as those families that attempt to recover from the loss of their husband, wife, father, mother, son or daughter who gave the ultimate sacrifice for their country. All branches of military service see the need for therapists trained to work with the unique needs of military families and are looking for qualified therapists to work with these families. National University is at the forefront of training skilled clinicians and researchers to meet the needs of our military families.
