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Psychological Trauma – (M.Sc.)
University of Chester
Department of Social Studies and Counselling
| Location: | Chester / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 24 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 180 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of Chester
Students studying on this programme will learn about the nature of traumatic stress, post traumatic stress disorder and dissociation and the appropriate response to people traumatised by life events. The course includes adult and child trauma.
Traumatics events are a part of life, be they events effecting thousands such as earthquakes, or those primarily affecting an individual such as the diagnosis of a life-threatening illness. Understanding the neurobiological, psychological and sociological aspects of how people react to these traumas is vital for them to be responded to appropriately.
The programme is overseen by an Advisory Group made up of eminent trauma specialists who are consulted about the content and its relevance to employment in the trauma field.
Students with existing therapeutic training can take the Practitioner Route which involves a supervised professional placement and those without this training will take the Studies Route and have the opportunity to adapt their learning to their current/intended work.
Contents
Programme Structure
There are seven modules all of which are core to the MSc:
* Post Traumatic Stress
* Responding to Psychological Trauma: Counselling and Psychotherapeutic Perspectives
* Research Methods
* Managing Traumatic Incidents
* Supervised Professional Practice or Personal and Professional Integration of Trauma Theory
* Applied Research Methods
* Dissertation
Assessment
For each module, assessment is normally by coursework. This takes the form of essays, reports, presentations, simulations and, in relation to the Supervised Professional Practice module, supervisors´ reports and a client log. MSc students also submit a dissertation. There are no examinations.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
Minimum of lower second class honours degree, or equivalent qualification and relevant experience of working in the field of psychological trauma.
Students who wish to undertake the Practitioner Option must have therapeutic qualifications, e.g. be a qualified psychotherapist or counsellor, a counselling or clinical psychologist, a psychiatrist, or a doctor, nurse, social worker, occupational therapist or priest with specialist training.
Applicants for the Practitioner route must also be accredited by, registered with, or have chartered status of an appropriate professional body such as the British Psychological Society, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy, the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies or the Royal College of Psychiatry.
Subject to interview.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 85 |
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