Modules

Compulsory
• Advanced Methods in Psychology
• Advanced Forensic Psychology Project
• Psychology and the Legal System
• Personal Attributes of Offenders and Victims
• Professional Practice: Forensic Consultancy and Supervision
• Forensic Risk Assessment
• Psychology, Investigation and the Courtroom
• Violent and Sexual Offenders: Intervention
• Forensic Mental Health

Optional
• Practical Experience

The 2nd year of the MSc Forensic Psychology consists of a multi component module which includes a series of practical workshops designed to enrich the trainees’ practical assessment and treatment skills. An indicative list of seminars is provided below:

• Assessment skills
• Forensic assessment interview
• Professional issues (ethics in correctional facilities, confidentiality, conflict of interest, treatment refusal)
• Core counselling skills
• Assessment & diagnosis
• Introduction to person-centred counselling
• Formulation practice
• Group processes
• Introduction to Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
• Introduction to trauma-focused CBT
• Introduction to play therapy for children that faced trauma
• Anger management interventions for offenders
• Problem solving interventions
• Introduction to Contextual Behaviour Science
• Introduction to Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
• Psychometric Testing and use of Projective Tests
• Substance misuse treatment in forensic settings
• Legislation awareness/ being an expert witness/ working as a forensic psychologist in criminal cases
• Psychopharmacology in forensic settings
• Child custody assessments
• Competency to stand trial
• Malingering
• Suicidality in forensic mental health and prison setting
• Special population (i.e. female offenders, minors etc.)
• Substance and prison
• Civil Law

In addition, the practical experience module provides trainees with the opportunity to have internships in a number of organisations, including weekly individual and group supervision.

Career Options

The course covers a range of forensic psychology topics and allows candidates to strengthen the knowledge and skills that are essential for becoming Certified Forensic Psychologists. The course has been specifically designed to reflect the academic skills required to apply psychology to a forensic setting, including universities, prisons, secure hospitals, probation, police services and the courts.

Overall, the course can prepare students for numerous diverse or specific careers in the public as well as the private sector. It provides graduates with the necessary skills and knowledge to pursue careers within the general context of the Criminal Justice System. Students who complete the practical experience module (1000 hours of supervised training) will be able to become registered Forensic Psychologists and practise the profession in Cyprus.