Primary Mental Health Care PgCert

This course will develop your knowledge, skills and competencies to work as a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner in an NHS Talking Therapies Service.<br/><br/>You will learn to carry out problem-focused assessments with people experiencing common mental health problems, developing your engagement and interpersonal competencies to ensure you are patient-centred.<br/><br/>You will learn how to offer high-quality, evidence-based low intensity cognitive behavioural therapy interventions and contribute to service developments that promote socially inclusive mental health care for individuals, families and communities.<br/><br/>Our course is directly relevant to clinical practice and uses a bio-psychosocial framework so you can develop knowledge and skills in evidence-based interventions delivered through a range of methods (such as face-to-face, telephone, computerised).<br/><br/>You will benefit from an enriching and enjoyable learning experience, delivered by a programme team of clinicians and researchers who have practical expertise in low intensity working.<br/><br/>Please note: the PGCert can be completed as a graduate certificate and also meets national competencies for becoming a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner. Please contact us about completing the qualification at graduate level.<br/><br/>For trainees on the 2 year route, there is an option to complete the programme in 18 months should you meet the requirements.<br/><br/>**PhD with integrated masters**<br/><br/>If youre planning to undertake a PhD after your masters, our Integrated PhD programme will enable you to combine your postgraduate taught course with a related PhD project in biology, medicine or health. You can also visit this page for examples of projects related to integrated masters courses.