Psychological Trauma (Taught)

This course will equip all professionals working in the trauma field with up-to-date knowledge and critical skills.

An understanding of the needs, and what can be identified as best practice in terms of working with traumatised individuals, can vastly improve a person’s engagement and recovery. The underlying philosophy behind the course is an inclusive holistic view of trauma, focusing on the contributions of neurological, psychological and sociological views of psychological trauma throughout.

The course allows you to gain a number of transferable skills, whilst encouraging you to explore a number of theoretical concepts, and your application to psychological trauma in the real setting.

The course is designed to:

• Provide an online intellectual setting within which you can develop an understanding of the appropriate response to psychological trauma, and improve your analytical skills

• Critically examine current research related to post-traumatic stress, post-traumatic stress disorder and dissociation

• Explore the range of therapeutic approaches to working with psychological trauma, and current understanding of the effectiveness of these approaches

• Develop skills in managing traumatic incidents and intervening organisations

• Examine the models of managing traumatic incidents and the different contexts in which these might apply.

The Postgraduate Certificate in Psychological Trauma aims to enhance your critical knowledge and skills in understanding how to work with those who have experienced psychological trauma.

For the latest information on our modules, please see the course page on the University of Chester's website.

Assessment tasks frequently require students to consider how theory and evidence are applicable to real-world examples. These may be scenario-based, reflective, or more discursive. Students will have opportunities to engage in formative assessment opportunities which build understanding, knowledge and awareness (but do not contribute to a module mark) in preparation of summative assessment tasks (those which do contribute to the overall module mark).