DHealthPsych Professional Doctorate in Health Psychology

at Liverpool John Moores University

Course modules

Discover the building blocks of your course:

• Planning Training in Health Psychology
• Professional Practice in Health Psychology
• Reflection in Health Psychology

You will need:

• a good honours degree in Psychology and GBC

• a BPS Accredited MSc in Health Psychology (or BPS Stage I Qualification), normally at merit level or higher

• a suitable pre-determined placement (paid or voluntary)
   

To become a Health Psychologist, you must have the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership from the British Psychological Society and fulfil a number of requirements:
 

• Stage 1 training involves the satisfactory completion of an accredited Masters programme - such as MSc Health Psychology at LJMU

• Stage 2 training includes two or more years spent acquiring a range of supervised skills connected with professional skills, interventions, consultancy, research, and teaching and training (as facilitated through this course)
   

Additional Information

• IELTS 7.0 (minimum 6.5 in each component)

• Pearson PTE Academic 70 (minimum 64 in each component for UKVI purposes)

• RPL is accepted on this programme

• All candidates will be interviewed

• International students applying to study a full-time taught Masters, MRes, MPhil or PhD at LJMU should check if they require an Academic Technology Approval Scheme or ATAS certificate

• International students entering on a student visa cannot study part-time

Tuition fees
 

• Home (full-time, per year):£7,100
• International (full-time, per year):£16,100

LJMU has an excellent employability record with 96% (Graduate Outcomes, 2018/19) of our postgraduates in work or further study 15 months after graduation. Our applied learning techniques and strong industry connections ensure our students are fully prepared for the workplace on graduation and understand how to apply their knowledge in a real world context.
 

A growing number of health psychology graduates work in health education, health promotion, health administration and health audit. There are also opportunities in the organisational aspects of delivering health care within the health service and in research/teaching. Staff on the course have supervised trainees working in the health service, universities, private healthcare companies including occupational health, health and safety laboratories, pharmaceutical companies, and in private practice offering health coaching and therapeutic interventions.