MSc Applied Psychology Health Psychology and Counselling

The MSc in Applied Psychology: Health Psychology and Counselling is designed to help students to work effectively as health psychologists with patients and their significant others and caretakers and other professionals, by acquiring the essential theoretical and empirical knowledge, as well as essential therapeutic counselling skills, emphasizing on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy CBT, to meet the profession's demands. The programme covers psychological theories of health and illness, stressing the importance of health promotion, risk prevention and behavior change. The programme also stresses the importance of empirical evidence, legislation, ethics and related contexts e.g. social, political and health related policies.