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Psychotherapy: postgraduate papers and qualifications you can study

Vicky Taylor

Vicky Taylor
Lecturer, Child Psychotherapy

This page has the postgraduate Psychotherapy papers and qualifications (courses) that you can study at AUT University. See links to paper descriptions and outlines of each qualification.

Who can study Psychotherapy at postgraduate level?

The Master of Psychotherapy is for beginning psychotherapists or students who wish to become psychotherapists. In order to enter this subject area, students need to have successfully completed the Graduate Diploma in Psychotherapy Studies or equivalent.

The qualification enables graduands to apply for interim registration with the Psychotherapists Board of Aotearoa New Zealand and applicant membership of New Zealand Psychotherapists Association.

Selection Criteria
Students must obtain a B grade or better in the Graduate Diploma in Psychotherapy Studies papers 567402 Human Development and 567430 Foundation Skills in Psychotherapy to enter the Master of Psychotherapy programme.

Below is a summary only. For a comprehensive overview of this qualification, please refer to the Academic calendar.

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Master of Psychotherapy (AK3920) 240 points

This degree comprises a range of specialist research theory and practice papers including a dissertation that advances scholarly and professional knowledge in the area of Psychotherapy.

The programme includes student participation in clinical work at a placement and at the campus psychotherapy clinic.  It also has a requirement for the undertaking of personal psychotherapy.

There is an additional fee for individual supervision in the second year of the programme.

You complete papers:
589873 Developmental Theory and Child Observations (15 points)
589874 Research for Psychotherapy (15 points)
589875 Psychotherapy Practice IA (15 points)
589876 Psychotherapy Practice IB (30 points)
589877 Psychodynamic Theory I (15 points)
589878 Psychodynamic Theory II (15 points)
589879 Psychotherapy Practice IIA (15 points)
589880 Psychotherapy Practice IIB (30 points)
589881 Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (15 points)
589882 Working with Families (15 points)
588869 Dissertation (60 points)

Last updated: 05 Dec 2011 3:16pm

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