Clinical Applications of Psychology (Taught)

Reasons to choose Kingston

• You will gain practical experience through a work placement. The University has links with charities, community groups and hospitals. Alternatively, you may complete a research work placement.

• You will be taught by academics who are researchers and/or practitioners in clinical and health psychology.

• Visiting clinical and counselling psychologists will give lectures about their work in specialist clinical settings and populations.

About this course

This course will deepen your knowledge and you will gain skills relevant to clinical and counselling psychology and psychotherapy. The course covers professional issues relevant to clinical practitioners, such as risk assessment, ethical dilemmas and diversity in clinical practice, as well as basic counselling and cognitive behaviour therapy skills. Through a dissertation, you will research a chosen area in depth. Previous placement organisations include Kingston Hospital, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) adult mental health service, Place2Be, Paiwand, Pyramid and Rise. If you have already secured a placement before starting the course, we can offer research placements in our Psychology Department.

Career opportunities

Suitable roles include assistant psychologist and research assistant in psychology. Graduates have also undertaken IAPT training as a psychological wellbeing practitioner, doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology leading to professional qualifications such as practitioner clinical/counselling
psychologists, or a PhD in psychology.