How Important is Research Experience for Masters in MFT?

[Amanda7010]

I am applying to masters programs in marriage and family therapy.

I graduated with a 3.7 GPA and 3.94 GPA in my major (psychology)
My GRE scores aren't great but they aren't bad
Verbal-159
Quantitative-153

I have two really good letters of recommendation, but then I ended up having to use my old general manager as my third recommendation because one of my professors died.

But basically I'm worried that since I don't have any research experience that this will automatically put me out of the running for most good graduate programs. I was wondering what the consensus is on this here.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!