Master of Clinical Psychology

• Study clinical psychology and help your clients lead healthier lives as well as make positive impact on their families. Your expertise as a clinical psychologist is mental health and to diagnose and treat people with behavioural, mental, or emotional difficulties.
• UniSQ's Master of Clinical Psychology provides advanced training in psychological assessment and clinical intervention and has been developed for students wishing to gain registration as a Psychologist with an Area of Practice Endorsement in Clinical Psychology.
• Learn high-level clinical skills through practical experience and direct client contact to become prepared for entry into the Clinical Registrar program leading to Clinical Endorsement.
• Our Psychology and Counselling Clinics, located in Ipswich and Toowoomba, provide services for the community, including therapy services, and, developmental and cognitive assessments for children, adolescents and adults of all ages. Services are provided by postgraduate students who are provisionally registered psychologists working under the supervision of our UniSQ Supervisory team, who are registered psychologists and clinical psychologists, and are approved supervisors under the Psychology Board of Australia.
• The coursework component is offered as mandatory on-campus and online workshops. See the 'Degree structure' section for more details.

UniSQ's Master of Clinical Psychology is accredited with the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC) as a fifth- and sixth-year program in psychology.

Are you looking to achieve registration as a Psychologist? Graduates of the Master of Clinical Psychology can apply for:

• general registration with the Psychology Board of Australia
• an area of practice endorsement in Clinical Psychology with the Psychology Board of Australia, after completion of the Clinical Psychology Registrar program
• full membership to the Australian Psychological Society (APS) after graduation
• admission to the APS College of Clinical Psychology after completion of the Clinical Psychology Registrar program.

• Graduates of this degree can work as a fully registered General Psychologist in the public and private sectors, and as a Clinical Psychologist following completion of the Clinical Psychology registrar program.

To complete this degree students must complete 16 units.

It is a mandatory requirement for all Master of Clinical Psychology students to be registered as Provisional Psychologists or General Psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).

• For the Ipswich offering, all coursework courses are offered as mandatory mid-week workshops on-campus at UniSQ Ipswich. You also need to complete an internship at the UniSQ Ipswich Psychology and Counselling clinic for a minimum of three days per week for no less than 24 weeks.
• For the External offering, all coursework courses are offered via a combination of online workshops and mandatory mid-week residential schools held on-campus at UniSQ Toowoomba. You will need to complete an internship at the UniSQ Toowoomba Psychology and Counselling clinic for a minimum of three days per week for no less than 24 weeks.

You will be required to accrue a minimum of 1000 hours of practicum experience including 400 hours of direct client contact with a minimum of 81 hours of supervision from a registered psychologist who is accredited as a board-approved supervisor with the Psychology Board of Australia.

Refer to the UniSQ Handbook for an example of courses to be studied and recommended enrolment patterns.

As part of the degree, you will complete clinical experience during practicum courses, where you will further develop your knowledge and skills in provision of psychological assessment and intervention to clients under supervision of a board-approved psychology supervisor.

All students are required to meet the professional requirements of clinical psychology practice within the degree.

Complete your online application directly to UniSQ.

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