36 monthsProgramme duration
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Programme overview
Main Subject
Medicine Related Studies
Degree
Other
Study Level
PHD
Study Mode
On Campus
Unlock your future with our exciting Clinical Psychology Doctorate (ClinPsyD), a pathway to professional qualification and Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration. Accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS), this prestigious course also grants you Chartered Psychologist status.
You will be equipped to deliver psychology-based treatments, using a variety of models and tailoring interventions to meet diverse client needs. With expertise in cognitive-behavioural, systemic, psychodynamic, and behavioural approaches, our faculty ensures you develop a broad skillset. This course empowers you to become a well-rounded, adaptable, and impactful clinical psychologist.
Course Structure
This course combines teaching, research, and clinical placements, with five placements across diverse health settings, covering: child, adult, older adult, intellectual disabilities, and neuro-divergence, following a life-span training model.
The weekly job pattern is, normally: 3 days placement, 1 day study, 1 day teaching (although there are also timetabled teaching blocks).
Programme overview
Main Subject
Medicine Related Studies
Degree
Other
Study Level
PHD
Study Mode
On Campus
Unlock your future with our exciting Clinical Psychology Doctorate (ClinPsyD), a pathway to professional qualification and Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration. Accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS), this prestigious course also grants you Chartered Psychologist status.
You will be equipped to deliver psychology-based treatments, using a variety of models and tailoring interventions to meet diverse client needs. With expertise in cognitive-behavioural, systemic, psychodynamic, and behavioural approaches, our faculty ensures you develop a broad skillset. This course empowers you to become a well-rounded, adaptable, and impactful clinical psychologist.
Course Structure
This course combines teaching, research, and clinical placements, with five placements across diverse health settings, covering: child, adult, older adult, intellectual disabilities, and neuro-divergence, following a life-span training model.
The weekly job pattern is, normally: 3 days placement, 1 day study, 1 day teaching (although there are also timetabled teaching blocks).
Admission Requirements
We also require evidence of competence in research methods as evidenced by a score/rating of at least 60% on the undergraduate research dissertation – noted on the undergraduate transcript or a higher degree in research (e.g. MSc, MRes).You must have Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) of the British Psychological Society. For guidance on the kinds of experience considered to be relevant when applying for the Clinical Psychology Doctorate, please visit the Clearing House for Postgraduate Courses in Clinical Psychology’s website.
A research proposal and names of proposed research supervisors are not required as research projects are developed during the first year of training in collaboration with staff and local clinicians.
UK applicants apply to the programme via the Clearing House in Leeds.
Unfortunately, we are not accepting overseas applicants for 2025.
You must demonstrate that you have been engaged in work experience that allows you to understand the profession of clinical psychology, and to demonstrate skills that can be enhanced through training. We require you to have completed at least one year's full-time clinically relevant experience (which can include placement experience from a clinically relevant Master's degree) at the time of applying. This experience could come from a variety of roles, including Assistant Psychology and research posts, and graduate roles within IAPT services. You will need to demonstrate that you have been applying psychological principles in a clinical setting, preferably under the supervision of a psychologist, or have been engaged in research that is relevant to a clinical population (eg as a research assistant or as part of a 3-year PhD). The experience could be spread across more than one year but must equate to one year full-time as a minimum requirement.Please ensure when detailing Clinical Experience gained, that you are clear how many hours you worked per calendar week if this role is part time. It is helpful to detail the tasks / role carried out and the profession of the person supervising or overseeing that work. This information could be within your supporting information or an uploaded CV.
You will be subject to a Code of Professional Conduct and Fitness to Practise regulations, to which you are required to sign up.
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