MA in Counseling Psychology

Organisation:: Webster University
Ort, Bundesland, Land:: Wien, Vienna, Österreich
Typ:: Full-time
Certificate:: MA
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Programme

The mission of the MA in psychology with an emphasis in counseling psychology program is to provide its participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to become competent in counseling psychology through academic and experiential learning. Viewing research and practice as interdependent and mutually supporting, the MA in psychology with an emphasis in counseling psychology program is based on the scientist-practitioner training model.

The program is committed both (1) to preparing counseling psychologists for advanced doctoral studies in psychology and (2) to providing training and experience that prepare students for practice. Its goal is to train psychologists who have a sound knowledge of the bases of counseling and psychotherapy. Adopting a multicultural perspective, the program also emphasizes the importance of multicultural competence in both research and practise.

Dr. Arthur Hirsh
Director

Target audience

An MA in Psychology with an emphasis in Counseling Psychology prepares students for a wide range of exciting careers. Relevant professional areas include mental health agencies, social services, private practices, human resources departments, personnel departments and a variety of educational and organizational settings.

The program aims at educating future psychologists who have sound knowledge of the theory and practice of counseling psychology, who are competent consumers and creative producers of social science research, who are competent in counseling practice, and who are ethical and sensitive to the cultures, values, and worlds of various clients.

Emphases/Curriculum

The degree requires completion of 48 credit hours of course- work which are offered over a 2-year period. The 48 credit hours required for the master of arts (MA) degree must include the following courses:

Bases of Counseling Psychology
Approaches to Counseling and Therapy
Advanced Developmental Psychology
Psychopathology
Research Design
Assessment
Group Processes and Group Therapy
Psychopharmacology
Ethical and Legal Foundations
Applied Statistics and Research Methods
Practice and Supervision
Internship

Masters’ Thesis:

The Master’s Thesis consists of an individual research project designed by the student and carried out over the duration of at least one semester, under the direction of a thesis faculty advisor. The thesis project allows students to contribute to research in the field and to gain important research experience necessary for entrance into a doctoral program.

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Special topics in Counseling Psychology

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Entry requirements: An accredited Bachelor in Psychology or equivalent from an accredited university. If you have a Bachelor Degree other than in Psychology, you need to do the following in order to start your MA in Counseling Psychology: apply for a sequential Bachelor in Psychology at Webster University Vienna, which requires you to take 14 courses in the Psychology major. or complete 8 required courses as outlined in our Application requirements. Please be aware that once you graduate with the dual accredited (Austria and US) MA in Counseling Psychology, you will be able to work as a psychologist in Austria only if you also hold a Bachelor Degree in Psychology. If you do have the 1st Studienabschnitt in Psychology, there might be a possibility to change the 1st Studienabschnitt to a Bachelor of Science (in Psychology) Degree.

NEW:

Complete your Propädeutikum together with your MA in Counseling Psychology at Webster Vienna!

The first English-language Propädeutikum recognized by the Austrian Ministry of Health will be offered at Webster University Vienna alongside the academic MA in Counseling Psychology program. The Propädeutikum is the first of two official parts of psychotherapy training in Austria. Graduates of the MA in Counseling Psychology program, in addition to receiving a university degree, also qualify for the professional Propädeutikum certificate - with little additional work, and at a fraction of the regular Propädeutikum costs.

For students who wish to become psychotherapists, the Propädeutikum opens the door to the second part of psychotherapy training and to become licensed psychotherapists in Austria. Thus, the unique possibility of completing the Propädeutikum together with the MA in Counseling Psychology program fully integrates your studies into the academic and professional worlds of counseling and psychotherapy in the U.S. and in Europe.

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Organisation

Webster University is an American University with a global perspective. Through our international network of campuses, students have the opportunity to study in the U.S., Europe and Asia. The language of instruction is English in all locations, but students also have the opportunity to also learn the language of the country they are studying in. For over 25 years, Webster’s Vienna campus has been providing a high standard of education in Austria, giving students from all over the world the opportunity to experience the benefits of an American education. It is an education with an international focus, with students from over 60 different countries, and faculty from 20 countries.

Our goal is to give students a personalized educational experience, with maximum class sizes of 25 and individual academic advising each term. Webster Vienna is accredited in the U.S. by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), and in Austria by the Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur (bm:bwk) and the Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation (FIBAA). Webster's Vienna campus is on the banks of the Danube River in Vienna's 22nd district, not far from the Vienna International Center (headquarters for the UN and its agencies). Campus facilities include classrooms, four computer labs with Mac and PC workstations, a library with online access to Webster’s main library in St. Louis, conference facilities, an art gallery, a bookstore, student lounge and an American-style restaurant. Webster is well served by public transport and is only 20 minutes from the city center.

Study in Wien

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