Advance Diploma in Clinical Psychology

Students will learn the essential basic and functional abilities to competently, ethically, and effectively function as clinical psychologists in a range of contexts with varied populations and will be globally aware and equipped to serve within the profession of clinical psychology.

Students will comprehend the importance of numerous essential competencies in health service psychology, gradually honing these skills as they progress from practicum to internship to independent practice.

Students will be prepared to serve in the field of clinical psychology by gaining the foundational knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors required to demonstrate integrity, professionalism, accountability, sensitivity to others, and professional identity as a nascent clinical psychologist, while also respecting individual and cultural diversity.

Development of foundational knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors necessary to engage in continuous self-awareness, self-reflection, self-monitoring, and self-care, applying a firm understanding of the competent clinical practice to assess professional practice. 

Understanding, appreciating, and analyzing the ethical dimensions of practice, as well as developing the ability to incorporate this appreciation into practice effectively

Interpersonal skills, emotion regulation, effective written and oral communication, and conflict resolution among students. Specific in terms of professional psychology research and to help students form alliances and value individual and cultural diversity.

Students would be capable of selecting and administering a battery of tests independently, drawing on their knowledge of psychometrics, in order to integrate their findings into an assessment report that includes, at a minimum, a presenting problem, background information, behavioral observations/mental status, the reliability and validity of tests used, testing results, a diagnostic impression, and treatment recommendations