Clinical Psychology

Overview

These are to (a) provide the key clinical competencies and capabilities for independent and ethical clinical practice, and (b) create professionals based on the scientist practitioner model that will be independent thinkers and producers of knowledge.

Objectives

By the end of their training students should be competent in the areas of:

• Assessment, formulation, intervention, evaluation and communication.
• Working with a range of clients in a range of psychological/psychiatric and/or medical problems/difficulties taking into consideration the social, the educational, racial and cultural background of clients
• Applying their knowledge and expertise in order to draw on a range of evidence based psychological models and psychological therapies in their work with clients.
• Applying their academic knowledge and skills to ask scientific questions both in an academic and in clinical context and to be able to transform these questions into research hypotheses and investigation.

Career Prospects

On successful completion of the Clinical Psychology programme from University of Nicosia , graduates will be able to will be able to work as independent clinicians, researchers, and academics. Graduates will be able to work as Clinical Psychologists in public and private hospitals or clinics, have a private practice, work at research centres, work as consultants, and will be competitive applicants for academic positions at Universities.