What does a Sentio MFT student’s week look like?
This page shows an example “week in the life” of a Sentio MFT student. This schedule includes client hours and supervision at our guaranteed practicum site, the Sentio Counseling Center. To maximize the benefits of training, Sentio students have more client hours and supervision hours than many typical practicum sites. Please note that this is an example schedule as the timing of client and individual/triadic supervision hours are not fixed to the times below. Students can expect to spend on average 7-8 hours hours a week on course related homework.
Monday
9am-11am: MFT 591 Practicum II
2pm: 50 minute client session
3pm: 50 minute client session
5pm: 75 minute Couple client session
Evening: homework and skills practice
Tuesday
9am-12pm: MFT 545 Trauma & Crisis Intervention
1pm: 1 hour of Individual Supervision
3pm: 50 minute client session
4pm: 50 minute client session
Evening: homework and skills practice
Wednesday
9am-12pm: MFT552 Emotionally-Focused Couples Therapy (Theories & Models II)
1pm: 50 minute client session
3pm: 75 minute Couple client session
5pm: 1 hour of Couples Therapy Triadic Supervision
Evening: homework and skills practice
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Thursday
9am-11am: Group Supervision
12pm: 75 minute Couple client session
2pm: 50 minute client session
4pm: 50 minute client session
Friday
9am-12pm: MFT 544 Case Conceptualization & Treatment Planning
1pm: 50 minute client session
3pm: 50 minute client session
Evening: homework and skills practice
What to Expect as an MFT Student at Sentio University in Los Angeles
Sentio University's Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy program is a 20-month hybrid graduate program based in Los Angeles, California. Students take weekly online classes via Zoom and attend three intensive in-person residencies per year in Los Angeles, where they engage in concentrated Deliberate Practice skill rehearsal, lectures, presentations, and individual advising. With cohorts capped at 16 students and a 4:1 student-to-faculty ratio, Sentio provides a level of personal mentorship and feedback that is rare among MFT programs in California.
Starting in their second semester, students gain supervised clinical experience at our guaranteed practicum site, the Sentio Counseling Center, an online training clinic serving diverse, low-income clients throughout California. Students are guaranteed over 400 hours of direct clinical contact, all of which count toward LMFT licensure in California. Each week, students see individual and couples clients, participate in individual supervision, triadic supervision, and group supervision, and receive video-based feedback from faculty and supervisors who have completed advanced training in Deliberate Practice. Sentio is also the first graduate program in mental health to formally implement safe and ethical AI training for students, drawing on original research published in leading scientific journals.
As a nonprofit institution, Sentio is committed to radical transparency about its operations, finances, and outcomes. Prospective students are encouraged to observe a class, attend an open house, and review our tuition, fees, and scholarship information before applying. Applications for the Fall 2026 cohort are open now.
““The SCC has been different as it has a lot of hands-on training each week which allows our skill set as therapists to progress throughout the entire year. Many of my peers advise that they only get training within the first beginning weeks of their practicum but SCC gives us training year around which is amazing.””
See what our students have to say!
““Deliberate Practice has been extremely helpful in the development of my therapeutic skills, each week I feel as though I learn something new and am able to incorporate it into my work.””
““Working at Sentio compared to the other sites I have worked at has been a much more supportive and structured environment. Sentio also provides great supervision with videos of our client sessions which allows you to pinpoint different skill deficits and work to make them strengths.””
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Mikaela Abundez
Director of Student Services
310-916-9378
Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm