Master of Clinical Psychology

There is a strong demand for clinical psychology graduates in government and the not-for-profit and private sectors.

This Masters course will prepare you for professional practice in clinical psychology, especially for the assessment and treatment of psychological disorders.
You'll learn skills for working with clients across the lifespan, including infants and families, children, adolescents and adults, groups and couples and people from different cultural and diversity groups.
We'll also help you find your own professional identity as a psychologist by providing teaching across a broad range of therapeutic approaches.
As a student, you'll begin with your first placement at the ECU Psychological Services Centre in Wanneroo. We're one of the few Australian universities that boasts a training clinic located in the community, rather than on a university campus. We also have industry connections with clinical psychologists across Perth in a variety of government organisations, including hospitals, community mental health services, private practices and other organisations that help us provide valuable and enriching placement opportunities for our students.

1. Critically examine and apply a complex body of psychological knowledge and evidence-based psychological interventions to clinical psychological practice.
2. Apply technical proficiency in the assessment of and interventions for disorder and functioning that operate within the professional boundaries set by ethical and legal requirements for Clinical Psychology.
3. Apply communication, collaboration and culturally responsive skills to all aspects of working as a Clinical Psychologist.
4. Apply self-management, creative and reflective skills with independence to critique and advance clinical psychology practice by conducting a substantial clinical psychology research project and engaging in self-reflective practice.

Graduates are eligible to work as clinical psychologists in government agencies (including the Health Department of Western Australia, Department for Child Protection, Department for Corrective Services, and Disability Services Commission) and in the non-government sector.

Possible future job titles

Clinical Psychologist