The Master’s Programme in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy (KLiPP) meets the requirements for Master’s degree programmes based on the currently reformed Licensing Regulations for Psychotherapists (PsychThApprO). The Master KliPP comprises specialisation in psychological-scientific skills and a preparation for later work in a psychotherapeutic context. Building on the Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, which is in compliance with licensing requirements, students will receive a Master’s degree and be admitted to the state licensing examination as psychotherapists. The Master’s degree programme is divided into the following areas: Research methods and diagnostics, strengthening basics of psychology, research and master’s thesis, disorders and procedures in psychotherapy, applied psychotherapy, documentation, evaluation, and review, self-reflection.

The Master’s degree programme is practice-focused. Comprehensive contents and methods of psychotherapy are taught, psychotherapeutic techniques and skills are acquired and tested in outpatient and (partly) inpatient work placements in small groups and seminars. Basic psychological specialised knowledge is offered as lecture content. The KliPP degree programme thus is targeted at early interlocking of theoretical psychological-psychotherapeutic knowledge and psychotherapeutic practice. The skills acquired with their Master’s degree and successful licensing examination qualify students to work in numerous psychological-psychotherapeutic professional fields, e.g., in psychotherapeutic practices, psychiatric clinics, or neuropsychological rehabilitation centres. Graduates also have an opportunity of working in a counselling and public capacity, or to pursue a scientific career, e.g., in psychotherapy research.