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Couple & Family Therapy (CFT)

Resources to support research

Professional Associations

American Association for Marriage & Family Therapy (AAMFT)

Nevada Association for Marriage & Family Therapy (NAMFT)

descriptive information provided at the MFT dept website

3663 E Sunset Rd., Ste. 104
Las Vegas, NV 89120 USA
Phone:(702) 794-0979

National Council on Family Relations (NCFR)

NCFR’s Mission: To provide an educational forum for family researchers, educators, and practitioners to share in the development and dissemination of knowledge about families and family relationships, establish professional standards, and work to promote family well-being.

UNLV MFT YouTube Channel

Marriage & Family Websites

Child and Family WebGuide at Tufts University 
A directory of authoritative websites for professionals, students, and parents on child and family-related issues including parenting, education/learning, health/mental health, and typical child development.

Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services  
The ACF is a Federal agency that funds family assistance, child support, childcare, Head Start, child welfare, and other programs relating to children and families.

Council on Contemporary Families (CCF)  
The CCF is a nonprofit organization “dedicated to ... what contemporary families need and how these needs can best be met.” The CCF site provides a wide array of fact sheets, articles, and reading lists on family-related issues.

One Plus One    
One Plus One is an independent UK research organization studying marriage & relationship issues. The site offers links to news updates, research, and publications.

National Institute of Child Health & Human Development.
Conducts and supports research on topics related to the health of children, adults, families, and populations.

Child Trends
Child Trends is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research center that studies children at all stages of development. Our mission is to improve outcomes for children by providing research, data, and analysis to the people and institutions whose decisions and actions affect children, including program providers, the policy community, researchers and educators, and the media.

Families & Work Institute
Families and Work Institute is a nonprofit center dedicated to providing research for living in today’s changing workplace, changing family and changing community.

Anne E. Casey Foundation Kids Count Data Center
A private charitable organization ... foster[ing] public policies, human-service reforms, and community supports that more effectively meet the needs of today’s vulnerable children and families.  Data for at the national, state, county and community level for many factors influencing child and family well being.

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