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Low Intensity Psychological Therapy PGCert

Our Low Intensity Psychological Therapies PGCert provides you with the skills to assess and treat patients. You'll use brief, evidence-based psychological approaches for the treatment of mental health problems. This includes depression and anxiety.

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Start date(s):

  • September 2023

Important application information

The self-funded route to the PG Certificate in Low Intensity Psychological Therapies has been suspended. Due to a significant increase in NHS commissioned applications we have made the decision to suspend the self-funded route for the foreseeable future. There are however many funded opportunities to train on this programme at the NHS careers website

Overview

This course is part of the Increasing Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme which trains Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (PWPs) for NHS employment.

The Department of Health's IAPT programme is an innovative approach to mental health. You'll train to become a practitioner who helps those experiencing depression and anxiety. You'll do this through the use of evidence-based psychological therapies.

Low-intensity treatments use brief, cognitive behavioural therapy approaches. Practitioners offer a therapeutic intervention to help patients with their mental health. They may also engage with other services that will help them in their recovery.

Find out more about the course in our brochure Low Intensity Psychological Therapies Brochure 2021-22 (PDF: 1,799 KB)

In the brochure you'll also find:

  • FAQs
  • links to IAPT resources
  • information about a 'week in the life of a psychological wellbeing practitioner'

After completing this course, you are eligible to apply for Band 5 PWP posts in NHS organisations. These posts also exist in the private and voluntary sectors.

The programme director is Dr Claire Lomax.

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What you'll learn

You'll learn through compulsory modules.

Modules

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Facilities

We have excellent general learning resources are available. They include access to the Canvas Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). Here you'll find all workshop and lecture slides, and programme and module handbooks.

The School of Psychology is in the Dame Margaret Barbour Building.

You'll work in the Faculty of Medical Sciences. This is part of our city-centre campus.

The Faculty is also home to:

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  • medicine
  • psychology
  • pharmacy

It is on the same site as Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary hospital. We are one of the largest integrated teaching/hospital complexes in the country.

Our facilities include:

  • individual research laboratories where students carry out their projects
  • a dedicated medical library with a wide range of specialist books and journals
  • hi-tech computer clusters and study spaces
  • dedicated facilities for a range of key bioscience applications. This includes flow cytometry, bioinformatics, imaging, genomics and proteomics

Fees and funding

Tuition fees for 2023 entry (per year)

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Tuition fees include the costs of:

  • matriculation
  • registration
  • tuition (or supervision)
  • library access
  • examination
  • re-examination
  • graduation

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Entry requirements

The entrance requirements below apply to 2023 entry.

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Questions about this course?

If you have specific questions about this course you can contact:

Karen Wilson
Programme Administrator (IAPT and CBT programmes)
School of Psychology
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 3915
Email: iapt.director@ncl.ac.uk

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