A professional postgraduate programme designed to provide advanced clinical training in psychological assessment, diagnosis, psychotherapy, supervised case work, and mental health rehabilitation services.
The M.A. Clinical Psychology programme is the new professional pathway replacing the traditional M.Phil in Clinical Psychology for licensure by the Rehabilitation Council of India.
With the growing demand for specialized mental health rehabilitation services, this programme is designed to provide advanced hands-on training in psychological assessment, diagnosis, and psychotherapy.
The programme focuses on developing clinical skills, psychotherapeutic techniques, and research competencies required to work with individuals experiencing mental health disorders.
Training in clinical assessment, testing, case history taking, and diagnosis.
Exposure to different psychotherapy methods used in clinical practice.
Supervised clinical training with real-world case documentation and intervention planning.
Research-oriented academic training to support evidence-based clinical practice.
Candidates with a 3-year Bachelor's degree in Psychology are eligible if they have completed a 4th year Bridge Course in Psychology, equivalent to the 4th year of Psychology.
Alternatively, candidates who have completed the first year of a Master's programme in Psychology with a minimum of 55% marks may also apply.