1. Marriage and Family Therapist The in’s and out’s of what it really takes.

2. Job Description Taking a family from: To:

3. Education To become a licensed one must have a minimum of a master’s degree and then go through 2 years of supervised clinical experience. Then one has to pass the licensing exam for their state.

4. Salary/Career Ladder From entry level (Jr. Marriage and Family Therapist): $30,000 To top level (Private Marriage and Family Therapist:) $80,000

5. Outlook Marriage and family therapists are definitely on the rise as the outlook is predicted to increase 14.46% by 2018.

6. Personality A marriage and family therapist should be open-minded, a good listener, non- judgmental, tolerant, creative, compassionate, and analytical.