Laugh Your Way to Licensure®
Pass Your MFT Exam on the First Try...
While Actually Enjoying the Process
The Only Evidence-Based, Brain-Based MFT Exam Prep That Transforms Licensing from Stressful Ordeal into Joyful Rite of Passage
For Both National and California MFT Exams
Graduates Report an Average of +18 Points Above Other Programs
It's Not Just a Course...It's a Community Redefining the Journey to Licensure
Get Access NowWhy Do Smart Therapists
Keep Failing the MFT Exam?
You did well in grad school and spent years mastering therapy.
You can help survivors navigate trauma, couples save their marriages, and families manage crisis.
But passing the licensing exam is daunting.
You know many good clinicians who took the exam and failed.
Here's what's really happening...
You—and many good therapists like you—are not struggling to pass because you don't know the material. You're struggling because traditional exam prep programs focus only on content.
They dump tons of information on you, and then hand you practice tests. These courses are based on the erroneous assumption that all you need to pass is basic knowledge.
But that's not how this test works. Licensing exams test "applied" knowledge, not book knowledge.
The result?
Smart, capable therapists like you fail multiple times. Spending thousands on program after program and questioning if they are cut out for this profession.
Meanwhile, every failed attempt costs you...
- $365+ in exam fees (each time)
- Months of delayed income from private practice
- Confidence in your abilities as a therapist
- The crushing feeling that maybe you're just a "bad therapist"
What If the Problem Isn't You...
But How You're Being Taught to Study?
Dr. Diane Gehart discovered something fascinating after helping thousands of therapists pass their licensing exams over 25 years.
The therapists who passed on their first try weren't necessarily smarter.
They had a solid strategy for decoding questions and identifying the "right" answer.
They also used their brains differently when studying.
Instead of cramming random facts, they were:
- Learning to think through questions strategically
- Mastering a repeatable system for identifying correct answers
- Encoding information using specific brain-based techniques
- Building knowledge sequentially (not randomly)
- Managing test anxiety with proven mindfulness methods
That's when she realized: The licensing exam isn't just about what you know. It's about mastering exam strategy.
With the right strategy, everyone passes.
Introducing the First Evidence-Based
MFT Licensing Prep Program
Laugh Your Way to Licensure® isn't another information dump.
It's a scientifically designed, 5-step process that works with your brain's natural learning patterns.
Here's what makes it different:
✓ Research-based Exam Strategies
Learn how to quickly decode questions and identify the correct answers using reliable strategies that work consistently—even when you don't know the content well.
✓ Brain-Based, Sequential Learning
Easy to follow 5-step study process that includes over 6 forms of brain-based interventions, including cognitive science and mindfulness, to help you encode information during studying and recall it during the exam
✓ Live Group Coaching Included
The only course that includes live monthly group coaching with a recognized expert in the field.
✓ Supportive Community
Prefer studying with others? Join or start numerous peer-lead study groups—including Friday Happy Hours!
Most importantly...
You'll actually enjoy the process.
No more dreading study time or feeling overwhelmed.
Meet Dr. Diane Gehart:
The Instructor Other Instructors Study Under
Dr. Gehart isn't just another exam prep instructor selling courses.
When Dr. Gehart took her California MFT oral licensing exam in 1999, she left thinking she'd failed. The experience was so stressful she cried driving home through LA traffic.
In 2021, after writing many of the books used to create the exam, she took the National MFT Exam. She originally started Laugh Your Way to Licensure After passing and spending decades helping others avoid that same distress, she created this program to transform licensing into what it should be: a joyful celebration of your professional journey.
Her credentials:
- 30+ years as full-time MFT Educator and Clinician
- Author of 16 MFT and counseling theory textbooks used globally
- One of only two MFTs in the country selected as first APA-Approved Trainers for DSM-5
- Served on AAMFT Code of Ethics Revisions Task Force
- Maintains YouTube channel used by thousands for exam prep
- Numerous peer-reviewed publications, including research on MFT licensing exam pass rates
Real Results from Just A Handful of Previous Students
Tandra J. - Passed with 85% despite having a panic attack mid-exam and leaving 15+ questions unanswered:
"I scored a 152, which equates to 85%. I think this speaks volumes to the validity of your training course."
Laura - Failed 3 times with another company, passed on 4th attempt after taking this course:
"Attempt #1 - failed by 9, Attempt #2 - failed by 6, Attempt #3 - failed by 6. Purchased Laugh to Licensure 2 weeks before Attempt #3... Attempt #4 - Passed by TEN."
Alex - Failed twice on his own by single digits, passed on 3rd attempt:
"Through her humanistic and easily understandable reviews, bubbly personality, and access to in-depth test questions that were broken down for better comprehension, I passed my third attempt by 7 points."
Lillian - Got her degree in 2000, finally passed in 2022 after multiple failures:
"Finally, I passed the exam in December 2022--Twenty two years later I passed the exam!"
Sarah - Not only passed but "smashed it":
"I didn't just pass my exam, I smashed it! Which is absolutely stunning since multiple choice exams are my Achille's heel!"
Everything that is included within this program...
The Most Extensive Set of Study Materials in One Package
- 50 pages of strategically designed Word doc worksheets to structure your study time
- 400 digital flashcards
- Over 300 practice questions
- 1 full-length mock exam with detailed explanations
- 90-question mock exam with video instructions for how to decode and answer each question
- Unlimited monthly group coaching sessions with Dr. Gehart
- Unlimited weekly peer-led study groups on private community platform
Extensive Video Library
- 25 hours of beautiful, engaging video to cover essential information
- 20 hours of in-depth review theory videos
Exclusive Exam Strategies that Boost Score an Average of 18 Points
- 6 different evidence- and brain-based exam strategies based on Dr. Gehart's published research that enable you to quickly decode and identify the correct answer
- Easy-to-use strategies that draw on cognitive science, mindfulness research, as well as low-stress games such as red-light/green-light significantly improve your score.
- Brain-based strategies that reduce your study time and increase your ability to recall what you studied while under pressure during the test.
Take a Mock Exam Alongside Dr. Gehart
- Learn how to think through questions as you practice taking an exam with Dr. Gehart—often cited as the most helpful and unique part of the course.
- You are guaranteed to develop great test-taking habits
Monthly Small-Group Coaching
- Live, small-group coaching calls with Dr. Diane Gehart where you work through practice questions together and get all of your questions answered.
Private Platform for Peer-Led Study Groups
- Study best in a group? Join one of the many weekly peer-lead study group sessions hosted on a private, secure platform with integrated videoconferencing.
- Join one of several options each week or volunteer to lead your own.
- Don't miss out on the Friday Night Happy Hour Study Session!
Simple Step-by-Step Study Program
- Follow the simple 5-step process that slowly builds your knowledge sequentially
- Best of all, you can do it at your own pace—in as little as 2 weeks or as long as 2 years
Evidence-Based Approach
- The course curriculum evolving based on qualitative and quantitative data about what works
Guaranteed Accurate Information
- Make sure that your exam instructor has numerous peer-reviewed publications and does more than just sell exam prep materials
What You Get When You Enroll Today - Core Program Materials:
- Simple 5-step process that slowly builds your knowledge sequentially
- Over 25 hours of beautiful, engaging video to cover essential information
- 20 hours of in-depth review theory videos
- 400 digital flashcards
- Over 300 practice questions
- 1 full-length mock plus a 90-question (half) mock exam
- Strategically designed Word doc worksheets to structure your process
- Monthly small-group coaching calls with Dr. Gehart
- Unlimited private weekly peer-led study groups that provides a positive, supportive community
- Learn how to think through questions as you practice taking an exam with Dr. Gehart
- Over 6 forms of brain-based interventions, including mindfulness
- Guaranteed Accurate Information: Unlike other programs with shocking amounts of misinformation, every piece of content is created by an instructor with numerous peer-reviewed publications and decades of field experience.
Addressing Equity and Inclusion:
A Method That Works for EVERYBODY
Recently the National Association of Social Workers published an alarming report indicating significant racial and age disparities in pass rates. Similarly, Dr. Gehart, Dr. Kevin Lyness and his team of doctoral students found similar disparities—plus several other surprising factors that are correlated with passing the exam.
Using the findings of these studies and research from linguistics that links these findings to social class family differences, we have discovered exam strategies that work—for everybody, regardless of age, race, or social class!
Although there will hopefully be better methods for awarding licensure in the future, those seeking licensure today simply need a method that works for everybody.
Hundreds of diverse therapists report that Laugh Your Way to Licensure®'s exam and anxiety-management strategies combined with supportive group mentoring and community has enabled them to finally pass when traditional programs did not work.
Investment & Enrollment
Complete Laugh Your Way to Licensure® Program
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: How is this different from other exam prep programs?
Q: What if I've already failed multiple times?
Q: How much time will I need to study?
Q: Does this work for both National and California exams?
Q: What if I don't pass on my first attempt?
You Have Two Paths to Move Forward from Here...
Path 1: Keep Doing What Isn't Working
Continue with traditional study methods. Spend months cramming information randomly. Take practice tests and hope for the best. Risk failing again. Watch more money and time disappear. Question whether you're meant to be a therapist.
Path 2: Try the Evidence-Based Approach
Follow a scientifically designed system that works with your brain, not against it. Study with confidence knowing you have expert guidance and are learning a repeatable method that has worked with thousands of others. Transform licensing from stressful ordeal into joyful rite of passage. Pass on your first attempt and step confidently into your professional identity.
The choice is yours.
But here's what we know: Smart therapists who keep failing aren't lacking knowledge. They're lacking the right method.
Ready to reclaim licensure as a joyful rite of passage? Enroll Now!
Don't wait another licensing period to get this handled.
ENROLL NOW"YOU GOT THIS! And I have your back." - Dr. Diane Gehart
Laugh Your Way to Licensure® is a registered trademark. This program is designed for educational purposes. Individual results may vary. No program can guarantee exam passage.