The Briggs Institute

Pre-Licensed Clinical Fellows

After graduating with a doctoral or master's degree, all therapists seeking licensure in Tennessee are required to spend at least two years gaining post-graduate clinical experience and ongoing supervision. This stage of therapists' careers is similar to when medical doctors graduate and spend several years in a residency program. Pre-Licensed Clinical Fellows (TLMFT, M.MFT) at The Briggs Institute, Inc. have taken this step in their careers and are currently earning the post-graduate experience required for independent licensure.

All pre-licensed clinical fellows at the Institute provide therapy under the supervision of AAMFT Approved Supervisors. This designation signifies that these supervisors have "...attained the educational, experiential and supervisory training required for the competent supervision of marriage and family therapists and trainees." This places these therapists at the Institute under the mentoring of clinicians who have earned the highest supervision designation in the mental health field. Learn more about the supervision process at the Institute on our supervisors page.