We finish the university training stage and… then what? In the case of psychology graduates in Spain, the answer to this question is not usually very encouraging, since the job market is very competitive.

However, there is one small detail that can make us gain a lot of ground in terms of our job expectations: opting for a post-graduate training program that offers the possibility of practicing with real patients and in real therapeutic contexts.

In fact, a university master’s degree will soon be starting that will facilitate this transition from the academic to the professional : the Master’s degree in Integrative Psychotherapy of the Mensalus Institute in Barcelona.

The differential factor in postgraduate education

It is clear that learning the theory in the field of psychology is a challenge, but it is also true that this is the easiest part.

The truth is that one of the main problems of the training path that those who aspire to dedicate themselves to psychotherapy in Spain find is how complicated it is to find a way to carry out complete practices in which to work on the therapeutic skills in the first person.

The real differential factor, and what brings more added value to the different post-university training options, is whether it is possible to get to work on real psychological interventions supervised by expert teaching staff.

Fortunately, there are centers that offer to go beyond pure observation, and beyond simulations and living in the first person, by designing training programs that work with real patients in the facilities of a psychology center. This is the case of the Mensalus Institute in Barcelona and its University Master’s Degree in Integrative Psychotherapy , an ideal learning context that takes place in one of the main centres for psychological and psychiatric assistance in the Catalan capital.

What are the characteristics of the master?

The next edition of the Master’s Degree in Integrative Psychotherapy, which begins on September 25, 2018 and offers the last places available, will be held over the course of one academic year and is worth 60 ECTs .

In addition to an integrative positioning that takes the strengths of various paradigms of psychology, it is designed to generate situations in which both practical skills and the internalization of theoretical learning can be developed to provide a foundation for professional practice in therapy sessions.

Your strengths

The work of psychologists oriented to the health and psychoeducational field is eminently theoretical, and for this reason in the University Master’s Degree in Integrative Psychotherapy all the theoretical contents are linked to the practical aspects of the day-to-day care of patients .

This process by which students are immersed in real psychotherapy contexts takes place from the beginning of the classes, through two different formulas that complement each other.

On the one hand, students have access to viewing real therapy cases in real time, with the consent of real patients.

On the other hand, the students learn by practicing with real cases of patients who come directly to the Instituto Mensalus, always under the supervision of the tutor psychotherapists who are part of the organization of the master’s degree.

Your awards

This training programme, now in its eighth edition , has received several awards for its quality and applied nature , useful for perfecting professional skills.

It is endorsed and recommended by the Spanish Society for the Integration of Psychotherapy; it has also been granted the title of Activity recognized by the General Council of Psychology in Spain and is considered “of interest to the profession” by the Col-legi Oficial de Psicologia de Catalunya.