Clinical and Health Psychology
Clinical and Health Psychology
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With the purpose of preparing students for a professional practice based on different approaches to Clinical and Health Psychology, the Master in Clinical and Health Psychology (MPCS) includes three Areas of Specialization (AE): Integrative Clinical Cognitive-Behavioral Psychology; Dynamic Clinical Psychology; Systemic Clinical Psychology – Family, Community and Forensic Contexts.
In order to enhance uniqueness in the diversity of approaches, the MPCS presents a curricular structure organized in a Common Core for the three AEs, and a Specific Core for each of the AEs.
The Common Core includes: Four compulsory Curricular Units (CU) (two in each semester of the 1st year); One optional CU (chosen, in the 2nd semester of the 1st year, from among the set of mandatory CUs of the Specific Trunks of each AE or from the set of additional optional CUs of the MPCS); The Dissertation Seminar (2nd year).
The Specific Cores include: Integrative Cognitive-Behavioral Clinical Psychology: two mandatory CUs and one optional UC in the 1st semester/1st year; two mandatory CUs, in the 2nd semester/1st year; Internship, 2nd year. Dynamic Clinical Psychology: three mandatory CUs in the 1st semester/1st year; two mandatory CUs in the 2nd semester/1st year; Internship, 2nd year. Systemic Clinical Psychology – Family, Community and Forensic Contexts: three compulsory UCs in the 1st semester/1st year; two mandatory CUs in the 2nd semester/1st year; Internship, 2nd year.
The Master in Clinical and Health Psychology (MPCS) allows the option for one of three areas of specialization – Dynamic Clinical Psychology, Integrative Cognitive-Behavioral Clinical Psychology, and Systemic Clinical Psychology – Family, Community and Forensic Contexts and, in line with the expected in this cycle of studies (in accordance with EuroPsy), aims to prepare students for an independent professional practice guided by competence, reflexivity, responsibility, ethical sense and autonomy. In this sense, the general objectives are:
• Acquire, reflect and know how to apply theoretical, practical and ethical knowledge particularly within the scope of Dynamic Clinical Psychology, Integrative Cognitive-Behavioral Clinical Psychology, and Systemic Clinical Psychology;
• Acquire, reflect and know how to apply knowledge and skills of evaluation, prevention, intervention and research common or specific to such approaches;
• Acquire, reflect and know how to apply in-depth knowledge about theories or models, general principles, strategies and specific technical interventions in one of the three mentioned approaches.
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