MSc Clinical and Health Psychology

For entry in the academic year beginning September 2026, the tuition fees are as follows:

• MSc (full-time)
  UK students (per annum): £13,100
  International, including EU, students (per annum): £33,600
• MSc (part-time)
  UK students (per annum): £6,550
  International, including EU, students (per annum): £16,800

Further information for EU students can be found on our dedicated EU page.

The fees quoted above will be fully inclusive for the course tuition, administration and computational costs during your studies.

All fees for entry will be subject to yearly review and incremental rises per annum are also likely over the duration of courses lasting more than a year for UK/EU students (fees are typically fixed for international students for the course duration at the year of entry).

For general fees information please visit postgraduate fees . Always contact the department if you are unsure which fee applies to your qualification award and method of attendance.

Self-funded international applicants for this course will be required to pay a deposit of £1,000 towards their tuition fees before a confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS) is issued. This deposit will only be refunded if immigration permission is refused. We will notify you about how and when to make this payment.

All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).

This unit covers the key interventions within clinical psychology that are designed to facilitate change, improve well-being and promote recovery. This unit builds upon the material delivered within the Semester 1 course Psychology in Clinical Practice 1 (for MSc Clinical & Health Psychology and MSc Health Psychology). Psychology in Clinical Practice 2 content includes understanding the importance of attachment in mental health, understanding differential experiences of minority client groups (illustrated through focus on LGBTQ+ community, neurodiversity), working with children, family and older people and recent developments in psychotherapy beyond the traditional CBT approach. 

The unit aims to:

• Continue the introduction, initiated in Psychology in Clinical Practice 1, to the core principles and features of contemporary, theory- and evidence-based approaches to facilitating psychological change in people with health problems.
• Further encourage a critical analysis of the strengths and limitations of psychological interventions.
• Enhance students’ awareness of the reciprocal links between theory, research and clinical practice in the development and evaluation of psychological interventions
• Provide a broader range of illustrative examples of interventions, and the application of interventions with a range of clinical groups, including members of the LGBTQ+ community, children, families and older adults, and people experiencing self-harm difficulties and bipolar disorder.  
• Expand the student's knowledge of psychological interventions to include recent developments in cognitive behavioural and other therapeutic interventions.  

Teaching will be delivered in person over 11 sessions. Each session will be approximately 2 hours long and will involve some didactic teaching, interactive activity and will be accompanied by resources on Canvas (for example, videos, text, exercises, and guidance for further reading). There will also be a drop-in session for questions on the assignment, including the marking criteria and feedback. Your learning is supported by discussion boards for each lecture. 

• Enhanced knowledge of a broader range of issues and innovations in clinical psychology.
• Understand the science and practice of CBT in complex and challenging clinical groups.
• Gain a more developed understanding of the impact of context and intersectionality on psychological wellbeing.
• Gain a more developed appreciation of how psychotherapy interventions are practiced. 

• Critically analyse and evaluate the science and practice of interventions. 

• Gain awareness of challenges involved in facilitating therapy sessions through role play and discussion 

• Enhanced understanding of human change processes across a range of clinical groups. 

Open-book essay-based exam question (100%)

48 hours  

Feedback via blackboard 

Cromby, J., Harper, D., & Reavey, P. (2013). Psychology, Mental Health and Distress Paperback. London: Palgrave Macmillan

Leahy, R. L. (2004). Contemporary Cognitive Therapy. Guilford Press.

Lindsay, S., & Powell, G. (2008). The Handbook of Clinical Adult Psychology, Third Edition. Routledge. (earlier editions also appropriate)

Morrison, AP, Renton J, Dunn, H, Williams, S & Bentall, R (2003) Cognitive Therapy for Psychosis: A Formulation Based Approach. Routledge.

Wells, A. (2009). Metacognitive therapy for anxiety and depression. New York: Guilford Press.