Wheeler Clinic –
MDFT Waterbury Program
50 Brookside Road
Waterbury, Connecticut 06708
(203) 755-4490
Director: Jessica Fay, LCSW
Email: jfay@wheelerclinic.org

MDFT Supervisor: Kati White
Email: kwhite@wheelerclinic.org

Current Open Positions:

• MDFT Therapist

  Becoming an MDFT therapist

  To become certified, therapists must satisfactorily complete a six- to seven-month intensive training program that includes several onsite trainings (typically three), weekly case consultation phone calls, DVD/videotape supervisions, live supervision at site visits, written mid-term and final examinations, and work samples. Once certified, a therapist must be recertified annually.

  Therapist qualifications:

  • Master's degree in social work, family therapy, counseling, psychology or other related clinical field
  • Competence in basic clinical skills (e.g., attending and listening, exploring thoughts and feelings, therapeutic questioning)
  • Training in family therapy and experience with adolescents and families preferred but not required
  • Willingness to work in the homes of adolescents and their families
  • Optimism about youth and parent potential to make positive change
  • Comfortable working in close emotional proximity to youth and parents
  • Capacity to see behavior in contextual and developmental terms
  • Non-punitive and non-judgmental toward youth and parents
  • Energetic, persistent, and resilient – an outcome-oriented attitude
  • Desire to improve clinical skills and outcomes; seeks professional challenges and growth
  • Willing to implement a manualized, evidence-based model

  Therapists are trained to hold meaningful treatment session with clients and families.