The University Clinic for Family Therapy provides assistance to individuals, couples and families experiencing a wide range of personal or relationship problems.  We are committed to a treatment approach in which individual growth and development is best understood and promoted within the context of family and community relationships.

Our campus clinic allows students to develop clinical skills working with individuals, groups, couples and families in a closely supervised environment. Student-therapists see clients from south Mississippi with a wide variety of presenting problems:

• Parent-child problems
• Marital distress
• Depression and anxiety
• Anger management
• Domestic violence
• Premarital therapy

COUPLE RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS

Communication Conflicts
Sexual Difficulties
Pre-Marital Concerns

FAMILY PROBLEMS

Separation and Divorce Concerns
Child Behavioral Problems
School Related Concerns
Adolescent Problems
Family Violence
Depression and Anxiety
Parent Education

·          LIFE ADJUSTMENT CONCERNS

Remarriage and Blended Family Concerns
Parent Care Issues
Retirement Issues
Gender Orientation Concerns
Coping with Death, Illness or Other Loss

We serve couples experiencing relationship problems, sexual difficulties, communication conflicts or pre-marital concerns.

We serve families who are experiencing problems involving behavioral difficulties with young children, school related concerns, adolescent problems, family violence, drug and alcohol abuse, eating disorders, separation and divorce concerns, depression or anxiety, and for help coping with stressful events such as illness, death or other loss.

We provide services for persons experiencing life adjustment problems related to normal life transitions or situations including singlehood, remarriage and stepfamily concerns, gender orientation, parent care and retirement issues.

To arrange an appointment call (601) 266-5475 between 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Monday thru Thursday or between 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. on Friday.  At all other times, a message may be left on the Clinic's answering machine.  Our intake personnel will return your call promptly, take necessary information and arrange an appointment for services.  Both day and evening appointments are available.  All inquiries will be treated with complete confidentiality.

If you are unsure if our services are right for you, you may ask for a consultation session.  This consultation will allow you to meet the therapist and find out more about us without further obligation.

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Payment for services is determined based on a sliding fee scale, dependent on family income and family size.  Fees range from $5.00 to $50.00 per session, payable by cash or check at the end of each session.  Please talk with your therapist if your fee needs to be adjusted.  No one will be refused services due to financial constraints. 

Our therapists are advanced graduate students who are specializing in marital and family therapy.  They are mature individuals with diverse life and professional experience. Therapists are supervised by senior staff who are all clinical members and approved supervisors of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT).  Therapists and supervisors are committed to high standards of professional competence and integrity.  Appointments with Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists are often available upon request.

The University Clinic for Family Therapy is a research and clinical site for the Marriage and Family Therapy Program at the University of Southern Mississippi.  Our graduate program is the only publicly funded Marriage and Family Therapy program in Mississippi that is accredited by the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.   As part of our training procedure, our therapists often operate using a team approach.  Teams may consist of one or two therapist interns, a faculty supervisor and selected advanced family therapy trainees.  In order to help you most effectively and efficiently the team may observe sessions from behind our one-way mirrors and videotape therapy sessions in order to give feedback, support and collaboration to you and your therapist.    Tapes are kept under lock and key and are erased at the end of therapy.  Most clients have found this service to be a helpful and low cost way of solving problems.

While most clients report positive results as they make changes in their lives, some clients experience interruptions in normal patterns, feelings, and relationships.  These changes may add up to positive changes in the long run, but meanwhile, individuals, couples and families may feel discomfort and additional stress.

The University Clinic for Family Therapy does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran’s status, or handicap in the delivery of services.

From Hardy Street go North on 38^th Avenue to 38^th Avenue Baptist Church.  Turn right on Morningside Drive immediately past the church.  Proceed East on Morningside Drive.  The Clinic will be located on your right.  We are next door to the University Center for Child Development. or From West 4^th Street turn North on 35^th Avenue which will dead end directly in front of the Clinic.

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