Psychology: Health and Medical Psychology

As a psychologist, I work at different general practices and I give brief psychological treatments. Most treatments are based on cognitive behavioural therapy and the main complaints are depression, anxiety, grief and relationship problems. I really enjoy my work, because all my patients have different complaints and I have the opportunity to treat a very broad field of problems.

In the master's in Health Psychology I expected to learn about the relationship between somatic complaints and psychological health and also about health promotion and psychological interventions. The master's lived up to these expectations and in addition I also learned a lot about diagnostic skills and psychological disorders. Looking back, the courses in Basic therapeutic skills and Cognitive- behavioural interventions were particularly helpful for the work I am doing now. In these courses I learned many basic and general interventions, which I now use in practice. I would definitely recommend the master's in Health Psychology to students who are interested in the combination of psychology, health behaviour and somatic complaints or diseases.”