Psychology - Applied Psychology (Mental Health) MA

This is a one-year full-time course. Lectures usually take place on Mondays to Wednesdays, with placements held usually on Thursdays and Fridays. However, from time to time particularly in semester 1 some classes may be held on Friday. In Semester 2 students may agree other times than Thursday and Friday with their placement supervisors to be in placement as long as changes do not impact on other timetabled classes.  

Placement is central to the MA course, providing a unique learning experience that will give you supervised workplace experience over six months (approx. 340 hours in total).

All students on the MAAP-MH course will be offered a placement supervised by either a clinical, counselling, or educational psychologist. Placements can be located throughout Ireland. If a student chooses not to accept the placement offered by the School of Applied Psychology, it will then become their responsibility to secure an alternative placement for themselves that meets the School of Applied Psychology placement criteria for the MA.

Students failing the Placement may, with the approval of the programme team, be permitted to either extend or repeat the Placement. Students may repeat the placement only once in a repeat year. Students failing or not completing the placement because of a serious ethical breach will not be permitted to repeat the placement.

Why Choose This Course

Our MA programme offers successful applicants a strong grounding in the theory and practice of applied psychology in the field of mental health. A key feature of this programme is a six-month placement of two days a week on Thursdays and Fridays for six months (approx. 340 hours) in a mental health setting supervised by a clinical or counselling psychologist.

Through the combination of research, theory, and practice, this programme offers a solid foundation for professional education programmes based on psychotherapeutic practices.