Marriage and Family Therapists (MFTs) are mental health professionals with specific and rigorous training in marital and family systems. Beliefs, life skills, and ways of relating to others are learned in your family. Working with you, the therapist addresses a wide variety of relationship issues arising from living within the context of your family system. The therapist can help you see your problem from a new perspective and support your growth and change. Viewed as the "relationship experts", MFTs are trained to help individuals, couples and families resolve personal and work related problems. MFTs often work in cooperation with other professionals in the community such as doctors, lawyers, teachers, clergy, and probation officers.