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we don’t talk about money enough in this field.
Many of us were called to family therapy as a means of serving our communities, and so we treat money as something to be discussed only in whispers, and only among those we trust the most.
Unfortunately, this attitude creates an information vacuum for new professionals, who have every right to ask how much money they can make,
how much it costs to become an MFT, and what financial pitfalls to avoid along the way. Without that information, many potential MFTs become dropouts: A California study found that up to a third of MFTs who complete their graduate degrees and register with the state as pre-licensed therapists never even make it to their licensing exams (Board of Behavioral Sciences, 2008).
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