Professional Doctorate in Health Psychology DHealthPsy

LJMUs Prof Doc in Health Psychology meets the requirements for BPS Stage Two training in Health Psychology and leads to eligibility for registration with the HCPC.<br/><br/><br/>- Choose this programme which meets the requirements for BPS Stage Two training in health psychology and leads to eligibility to apply for registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)<br/><br/><br/>- Benefit from studying on a course that is British Psychological Society (BPS) accredited and HCPC approved<br/><br/><br/>- Experience quality training and supervision on a course underpinned by high-grade research and practice activity <br/><br/><br/>- Learn from enthusiastic, expert staff offering supportive learning opportunities<br/><br/><br/>- Enjoy career opportunities in the health industry, healthcare provision, teaching and research<br/><br/><br/>Health psychology is an exciting new discipline with growing opportunities for qualified professionals. <br/><br/>The DHealthPsych programme is underpinned by a strong focus on equipping the future Health Psychologist for a range of professional scenarios. In keeping with the nationally agreed curriculum competences for Health Psychologists, you will be developing your skills in teaching and training, behaviour change interventions, research, consultancy and demonstrating that you have the generic professional skills needed to qualify in this field. This is achieved through your own job role, taught sessions on the programme and extensive supervision.<br/><br/>Staff in the School of Psychology produce high quality research in a range of areas in health psychology. Areas of expertise include pain, disability, patient-reported outcome measurement, positive psychology, obesity and health cognition. Staff have long-standing expertise in training and developing future Health Psychologists.