UPCOMING EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
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October 12th
Pre-Licensed Member Meeting
Calling all pre-licensed MFTs! Join us for our Pre-Licensed Monthly Member Meeting!
Virtual zoom event for members.
October 16th
Peer Consultation
Join fellow systemic thinkers as we tackle a variety of subjects in our monthly peer group!
Virtual zoom event for members.
October 22nd
Healing Circles for MFTs: Navigating the political environment as people and as professionals
As mental health professionals, sometimes the personal and professional intersect as we experience parallel emotions as our clients. This event will focus on ways to self care and find support during these challenging times.
Virtual zoom event for members. Nominal fee for non-members. Support available to all.
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ADVOCACY
NJAMFT Licensure Modernization Bills Advance!
NJAMFT is pleased to announce that Senate Bill S3741 was released from the Senate Commerce Committee on October 5, 2026, and referred to the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee.
S3741, sponsored by Senator Patrick J. Diegnan, Jr., and its companion bill, Assembly Bill A5116, sponsored by Assemblywoman Lopez, seek to modernize New Jersey’s Marriage and Family Therapy licensure requirements.
The legislation proposes to reduce the required experience from three years to two years of full-time supervised MFT experience, allow up to 300 hours of qualifying client contact earned during a master’s program to count toward the experience requirement, permit candidates to take the licensing examination after completing their educational requirements, and reduce the waiting period for retaking the examination from six months to 90 days.
These changes aim to remove unnecessary barriers to licensure while maintaining meaningful education, examination, and supervised clinical experience requirements.
What happens next?
S3741 must proceed through the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee and, if released, be considered by the full Senate. A5116 must continue through the Assembly legislative process. Both houses must pass the same version of the legislation before it can be sent to the Governor for consideration.
NJAMFT will continue advocating for licensure modernization and will keep members informed as the bills progress.
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WHO IS NJAMFT?
New Jersey Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (NJAMFT) is a nonprofit organization for mental health professionals interested in the systemic and relational basis of Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) and is an advocate for marriage and family therapists in the state of New Jersey. The primary goal of the division is to support the professional development of providers of systemic and relational therapy for families, couples, and individuals.
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