Overview
The MA Integrative Psychotherapy runs on a 2-year cycle. The next round of applications will be in 2024. Applications will open on 8th February 2024, and interviews will be held in May 2024). The Course will begin in September 2024.
The programme aims to equip practitioners with advanced knowledge and increased clinical capability.
Client work and supervision: Students will be required to carry out 100 hours of Counselling work with clients during each year of the course. They will be required to obtain supervision for this work from their own Supervisor. Additionally, during Year 1 they will participate in monthly group supervision arranged by the course coordinator.
Payment for individual and group supervision will be made directly by students and is not included in the course fee.
Personal Therapy: Students will be required to be in weekly personal therapy throughout the course. The cost of this is separate to the course and is arranged directly between the student and the therapist.
Accreditation
The process of establishing training standards to prepare for the statutory registration of Psychotherapists in Ireland is continuing.
The present overall training programme at MTU combining the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Counselling and Psychotherapy, one year post-qualifying supervised clinical practice, and the MA in Integrative Psychotherapy, represents the best interpretation of the requirements as they currently prevail.
Course Delivery
- Full-time (delivered evenings and weekends/career-friendly hours).
The programme has 90 credits and will be offered as follows:
Year 1 (60 Credits) is a taught year where students will attend at College and supervision, thus completing the taught modules of the course. The regular sessions will be held on a combination of weekday evenings (generally 6.30pm to 9.30pm) and on Saturdays.
Year 2 (30 Credits) will involve a programme of directed/supervised learning where students will research and write the Reflective Practitioning dissertation. During this year they will also carry out their Mental Health Placement.
Award
Master of Arts in Integrative Psychotherapy (Level 9 on the National Framework of Qualifications).