MSc Practitioner in Psychological Trauma at University of Buckingham

Elevate your knowledge of the specialist care required around trauma, with access to quality teaching and state-of-the-art facilities. The importance of trauma and its enduring effects, in the context of poor outcomes for service users, has led to significant interest in developing specialist trauma interventions, as well as ‘trauma informed’ frameworks and models of care. Developing trauma informed services have become a key strategic and clinical aim within the NHS and healthcare sector based on the specialist trauma services increasing awareness of trauma and the needs of people requiring specialised care with traumatic backgrounds.

Faculty: School of Postgraduate Medicine  |  Duration: 2 years part-time  |  Study mode: part-time  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Buckingham, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

This MSc is an accreditable postgraduate course by the British Psychological Society (BPS), which provides health professionals the theoretical understanding and professional competences to provide psychological services to those who require specialised trauma care. The MSc operates within a framework of understanding the idiosyncratic care needs of service users in order to provide an integrated and holistic approach to specialist trauma care whilst equipping students with skills to develop trauma informed practice within their organisations and team.

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