The graduate degree aims to train psychologists with clinical and social skills aimed at designing and conducting interventions aimed at the person, the couple, the family and the community.
The programme aims to transmit specific professional skills to operate autonomously in the field of clinical-social interventions aimed at individuals, couples, families and in the field of community psychology, having as reference different contexts of action: public and private health companies, organizations and services of prevention, care and assistance to the person, both in the profit and non-profit sectors.
A qualifying feature of this graduate degree is the placement of clinical intervention within the relational perspective. This perspective takes into account the intrapsychic dynamics of the person, his interpersonal, familial, social relationships and his cultural matrixes. Specifically, the graduate degree considers interpersonal, family and social relationships as a crucial element for the development of people and community ties as well as their state of health and disease. The skills acquired concern the field of research, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of subjective and relational distress, taking into account the research and intervention traditions gained over the years at the University.
There is also a course called "Professional Experiences" (mandatory and expendable for the purposes of the Practical Evaluation Internship (T.P.V.) provided for by the qualifying degree in psychology) and the professionalizing internship (T.P.V.) provided for by the qualifying degree in psychology.
Skills
On a general level, the programme is aimed at:
- acquiring methods and techniques of clinical and psycho-social intervention for the person, the couple, the family, the groups, the community;
- acquiring the methodologies and tools for demand analysis, design, implementation and evaluation of interventions in the fields of clinical psychology, social psychology and health psychology aimed at individuals, couples, families and communities aimed at the prevention of relational distress and risky behaviors, diagnosis and treatment in interpersonal relationships, family and community support, health promotion;
- providing tools and methods for training in the fields of clinical psychology, health psychology, family psychology and community psychology;
- providing the fundamental skills to carry out research activities within the University and in other scientific institutions.
In addition to the general aims, the programme combines other more specific aims aimed at:
- acquiring methodologies and techniques for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of family relationships in critical transitions (formation of the couple, birth and separation of children, aging and death, adoption, foster care and separation, immigration);
- providing methods and techniques for the prevention, diagnosis and management of psychopathologies (anorexia, bulimia, obesity, addiction to alcohol, gambling, smoking, drugs, etc.);
- acquiring methodologies and techniques for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of psycho-social distress in life contexts;
- preparing for clinical interventions in disease situations (Alzheimer's, heart disease, cancer, genetic);
- preparing for community development and family and community mediation interventions.