Clinical Psychology DClinPsychol (Professional Doctorate)

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Aims
The core purpose of the clinical psychology training programme is to train clinical psychologists to doctorate level.

This allows trainees to impart the range of competences necessary to become eligible for chartered status within the British Psychological Society and to become an HPC registered Practitioner Psychologist/ Clinical Psychologist.

The Programme provides sufficient experiences to equip trainees with the skills, knowledge and core values of the profession to work effectively within the NHS with a range of clients and in different settings using various psychological interventions.


Structure
Throughout the course, each trainee will be based in the NHS area that has selected them, and the majority of the clinical placements will be carried out in that area, while academic blocks are normally held in Edinburgh.

Teaching is structured in six blocks rather than terms, spaced through the years of training and interspersed with placements in linked areas.

Accreditation

The Programme is a partnership between the University, NHS Education for Scotland (NES) and a number of NHS Boards in Scotland. Trainees are all employed by NES via NHS Boards as Trainee Clinical Psychologists on full-time contracts for the duration of their training as well as being registered as postgraduate students with the University.

Faculty

The research interests of the Clinical and Health Psychology team involve national and international collaborations, with many projects involving NHS partnerships.

The section has specific research strengths in ageing and older adulthood, brain injury, chronic health conditions, cognitive behavioural interventions, emotions and emotion regulation, sex offenders, learning disability, neuropsychology, quality of life, severe and enduring mental health, and in the development and validation of measures.