Code

PG26864

Title

Master of Arts in Psychotherapy

Programme Purpose

Across the two years of study, learners engage in supervised clinical practice, experiential training skills training, and both individual and process group. The curriculum introduces a range of theoretical orientations including existential, Gestalt, and body-oriented psychotherapies, supporting learners in the development of a humanistic and integrative practice within a psychodynamic frame. The programme builds on prior learning achieved through the Higher Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy, comprising the final two years of a four-year professional training pathway. It includes a substantial research component enabling learners to engage in practice-based inquiry and to contribute to the advancement of knowledge within the discipline. The Masters of Arts in Psychotherapy meets the professional training standards required for recognition by the Irish Association for Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy (IAHIP). Graduates are equipped to practise as psychotherapists in diverse health, educational, and community settings and to establish and manage a professional private practice in accordance with recognised ethical and professional standards, with the combined four-year HDip and MA pathway maintaining recognition by IAHIP and supporting eligibility for grandparenting to the future CORU register. Following a strategic review of its academic portfolio, DBS has decided to undertake a phased withdrawal from its Counselling and Psychotherapy programmes, including the MA in Psychotherapy, in order to align with its long-term ambition to focus on programmes that address the evolving skills needs of an international business school context. The final year for admitting new learners onto the MA in Psychotherapy will be 2027-2028, and DBS will continue to offer the programme through to final graduation in 2028-2029 so that all current and incoming cohorts on the established HDip/MA pathway can complete within the CORU grandparenting window, with explicit commitments to maintain academic and clinical leadership roles, maintain IAHIP recognition, and clinical placements and supervision, and provide full teach-out support to all affected learners.

Duration Description

NFQ Level(s)

9

EQF Level(s)

7

Location

Dublin City

Delivery Modes

PEL Applies

Yes

PEL Arrangements

Insurance Product

What is PEL?

Details

Validation Documents

Certificate of Validation, Panel Report