HDCN 6317 Affirmative Theories and Practices in Couple and Family Counseling Students entering our MS&;in Marriage and Family Therapy Program will be exposed to the major family therapy conceptual and clinical models. Based in the Department of Psychiatry, within the University of Rochester Medical Center, means our students are embedded in a clinical practice site/hospital vs. a college campus type setting.&; Converse’s Master of Marriage and Family Therapy program has two COAMFTE-accredited locations in Upstate South Carolina. Potential students can attend the program at either the Spartanburg location on the campus of Converse or the Greenville location at the University Center Greenville. Both sites provide students with training dedicated to producing clinically-skilled and culturally competent systemic marriage and family therapists who can practice effectively and ethically in a wide variety of settings. Both locations have clinical sites that are operated by the program’s partner, EMERGE Family Therapy Center.