| UCAS code | 1234 |
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| Duration | 12 months part time 36 months part time |
| Entry year | September 2024 |
| Campus | Streatham Campus |
| Discipline | Psychology |
| Contact |
| Typical offer | Applicants must have an adult PGCert or GradCert Psychological Therapies Practice and be employed within a service providing adult low-intensity interventions. |
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Overview
This programme will:
- Provide you with a unique opportunity to receive in-depth training, specifically tailored to the Adult Practitioner role. You will enhance your practice in low-intensity CBT and support your career progression within adult low-intensity roles.
- Enable you to develop knowledge, competence and clinical practice in key areas of the low-intensity role, and the context of Adult Practitioners more broadly.
- Contribute to personal and professional development goals commonly related to senior Adult Practitioner roles and areas of need identified in your own service.
- Support you to utilise your unique skills more effectively and foster both professional and personal development.
- Enable you to develop key skills to contribute to improvement and innovation within your service and be responsive with taking action to address key areas of need identified at service, regional and national levels.
- Enable you to extend your GradCert/PGCert Psychological Therapies Practice into a GradDip/PGDip.
- Provide you with a high-quality and stimulating learning experience in a supportive environment that is enriched by an internationally-recognised research environment, nationally-recognised innovative clinical teaching approaches and current clinical and professional practice.
Clinical Education Development and Research (CEDAR)
This programme is delivered by Clinical Education, Development and Research (CEDAR): an applied psychological practice centre of excellence, focussed on training the new psychological therapies workforce of the future.
Strong emphasis on translating practice into your PWP role throughout the programme
Dedicated training facilities equipped with a range of teaching methods to enhance your learning
Your learning needs addressed both in and out of teaching sessions - with the diversity that you bring to your learning environment viewed as a resource, strength and benefit. It is our intention to present materials and activities that are respectful of diversity
Strong emphasis on translating practice into your PWP role throughout the programme
Dedicated training facilities equipped with a range of teaching methods to enhance your learning
Your learning needs addressed both in and out of teaching sessions - with the diversity that you bring to your learning environment viewed as a resource, strength and benefit. It is our intention to present materials and activities that are respectful of diversity
Entry requirements
Employment
The Grad/PGDip Enhanced Psychological Therapies Practice (Low-Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) is only open to people employed within a service providing Adult low-intensity interventions, under supervision which meets registration requirements.
Qualifications
This programme will enable you to extend your PGCert into a PGDip. You will therefore be required to have successfully completed the PGCert Psychological Therapies Practice (Low Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) programme or the PGCert Psychological Therapies Practice (Mental Health and Wellbeing in Specialist Adult Mental Health) within CEDAR, or an equivalent HEE nationally commissioned programme accredited by the British Psychological Society.
You will need to be at least one year post-qualifying as a PWP prior to attendance.
PWPs may be permitted to enter this programme if you have previously taken the BSc Applied Psychology (Clinical) at the University of Exeter; in this case you will need to make a specific application for Accredited Prior 'Experiential' Learning (APEL) demonstrating how you meet the requirements of the PGCert before such APEL can be granted. Any queries about APEL should, in the first instance, be made to the Programme Director.
Please also see our guidance on essential documentation required for an initial decision on taught programme applications.
Entry requirements for international students
Please visit our entry requirements section for equivalencies from your country and further information on English language requirements.
Course content
This programme offers Adult Practitioners the opportunity to develop:
- Extend, enhance, and adapt evidence-based practice to effectively work with an increasing diversity of patient populations and clinical presentations.
- Develop knowledge and competency required to be an advanced clinical supervisor.
- Develop knowledge of evidence-based practice to appreciate ways to apply research into clinical practice, service development and implementation.
- Develop an understanding of leadership skills relevant to diverse Adult Practitioner roles and in enhancing low-intensity service delivery.
In order to obtain the PgDip qualification, three out of four available modules must be completed. Consistent with supervision responsibilities taken on by Senior Adult Practitioners, the Supervision module is compulsory.
However, to enable Adult Practitioners to develop in a way consistent with service preference, need and future development, there is the choice of an additional two from three 20-credit modules. These modules can be completed on an individual basis to enables students to obtain their PgDip over a longer period of time without needing to commit to a year of study at once.
The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.
Details of the modules currently offered may be obtained from the College website: http://cedar.exeter.ac.uk/programmes/
You may take optional modules as long as any necessary prerequisites have been satisfied, where the timetable allows and if you have not already taken the module in question or an equivalent module.
Compulsory modules
Stage 1: 20 credits of compulsory modules
| Code | Module | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PYCM132 | Supervising Evidence-Based Psychological Therapies (Low Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) | 20 |
Optional modules
Stage 1: 40 credits of optional modules
| Code | Module | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PYCM133 | Evidence-Based Practice | 20 |
| PYCM134 | Enhanced Practice | 20 |
| PYCM135 | Introduction to Leadership | 20 |
Compulsory modules
Details of the modules currently offered may be obtained from the College website: http://cedar.exeter.ac.uk/programmes/
You may take optional modules as long as any necessary prerequisites have been satisfied, where the timetable allows and if you have not already taken the module in question or an equivalent module.
Stage 1: 20 credits of compulsory modules
| Code | Module | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PYC3132 | Supervising Evidence-Based Psychological Therapies (Low Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) | 20 |
Optional modules
Stage 1: 40 credits of optional modules
| Code | Module | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PYC3133 | Evidence-Based Practice | 20 |
| PYC3134 | Enhanced Practice | 20 |
| PYC3135 | Introduction to Leadership | 20 |
How to apply
Applications to this programme can be made directly to the University of Exeter, but will require confirmation from the employing service they are able to support the trainee during their study. We will undertake a brief interview with all proposed applicants to ensure awareness of course demands.
Fees
Places may be funded by your local commissioner, your local service provider, self-funded, or a combination.
£6900 for the full PgDip (1 compulsory module and 3 optional modules)
£2300 for each module
If students have already completed the ‘Supervision Evidence-based Psychological Therapies (low-intensity CBT) within CEDAR, or an equivalent nationally commissioned PWP Talking Therapies supervision programme, students can access the credit-bearing module for a reduced cost of £1150, with the option of repeating taught days as a refresher. In these circumstances, a supervision certificate will be required prior to the start of the course.
How to Pay
Payment can be made online. We are unable to give you access to your study materials before your payment reaches us so it is important to have your finances in place and pay when prompted to ensure you can access your studies at the start of each module.
Scholarships
The University of Exeter offers a wide range of scholarships to support your education, with £7 million available for international students applying to study with us in the 2026/27 academic year, including our prestigious Exeter Excellence Scholarships *. We also provide awards for sport, music and other achievements, as well as regional and partner scholarships with organisations such as Chevening, The Beacon Trust and the British Council. For more information on scholarships and other financial support, please visit our scholarships and bursaries page.
University of Exeter Alumni Scholarship
We are pleased to offer University of Exeter alumni beginning a standalone postgraduate programme in 2026/27 with us a scholarship towards the cost of your tuition fees. Full details can be found here.
*Terms and conditions, including deadlines, apply. See our website for details..
Teaching and research
Teaching consists of full days of lectures, clinical and professional skills development, and small group discussions. The programme also includes shorter sessions of supervision of supervision and individual coaching. Guided independent study is also expected to take place.
Assessments will include a competency assessment, clinical practice portfolios, reflective essays, presentations and a service-level evaluation proposal. Details of assessment criteria may be found in the module descriptors for the programme.
Careers
This programme provides a unique opportunity to receive in-depth training, specifically tailored to the Senior PWP role. In this context, the word ‘Senior’ can refer to a number of different job roles within a Talking Therapies service, like Senior PWP, specialist PWP, PWP Team Lead, PWP Service Lead and more.
The course focuses on supervisory practice, developing your skills and confidence as a leader and enhanced evidence-based practice in low intensity CBT, with the aim of supporting career progression within increasingly diverse senior PWP roles. Previous students have used the PgDip qualification to move into increasingly senior roles, including that of service-level lead.
