Ph.D. Program in Clinical Psychology

Ph.D. program in clinical psychology leads to the highest degree in clinical psychology. I is a mixture of educational, research and clinical activities. It aims to train skilled workforce in clinical psychology who are competent enough to meet the needs of the county.

Its graduates possess the required skills to

• Actively participate in diagnosis and treatment teams, offer clinical psychological services particularly counseling and psychotherapy (non-pharmacological treatment)
• Enhance mental health and diagnose mental disorders (mental health activities)
• Deal with educational affairs (gaining the ability to teach clinical psychology in different academic circles)
• Engage in research activities (mastering new methods and doing at least three researches about Islamic culture, mental health and clinical psychology, respectively)

Clinical psychology is highly intertwined with cultural, mental and social contexts of society. Ph.D. programs abroad are expensive and fail to meet the needs of the country. Therefore, Ph.D. programs in clinical psychology are offered in universities across Iran.

Master’s Program in Family Therapy

As a branch of clinical psychology, family therapy studies the following subjects:

• Structure and development of the family
• Causes and formation processes of abnormal relations between the couples and family members
• Application of different treatment methods to solve the family problems and tensions
• Methods to help family members control mental disorders in couples, children, etc.
• Methods to help families with special needs

Family therapy and couple therapy are especially useful for solving problems that are related to communication issues between parents, children, couples, etc.

Master’s program in family therapy is an academic program that covers theory, practice and on-the-job training.

It aims to reach the following objectives:

• To train experts who use systems thinking to identify and assess family problems
• To study and analyze the behavior of individuals in family and after marriage
• To study the application of family therapy methods and techniques to solve personal and family problems
• To conduct extensive research in related areas

It is worth mentioning that several practical clinical courses have been added to the curriculum to emphasize its practical aspect.

Bachelor’s Program in Clinical Psychology

Bachelor’s program in clinical psychology aims to teach principles and concepts of psychology in social, clinical, experimental, developmental, methodological, personality and physiological areas and enhance the students’ knowledge, perception and competence to lead a better personal and social life.

Its students manage to

• Learn about principles and concepts of psychology in social, clinical, experimental, developmental, methodological, personality and physiological areas
• Gain insight into different theories and approaches to psychology and compare and contrast them
• Get familiar with programs and subdisciplines of psychology
• Get familiar with psychology-related sciences
• Get familiar with critical philosophy of psychology
• Enhance their religious beliefs and Islamic thinking skills
• Promote their understanding of Islamic values and morals
• Enhance their self-knowledge on the basis of religious and psychological sources
• Get familiar with Islamic teachings on psychology
• Pave the way for theory building and research on psychology on the basis of Islamic teachings and national culture
• Enhance critical and comparative thinking in psychology on the basis of Islamic teachings
• Get familiar with the history of psychological thinking in Islamic culture
• Get familiar with and develop study skills, library research skills, cyberspace skills
• Get familiar with and develop the ability to use qualitative and quantitative research methods
• Get familiar with and develop the ability to use ICT software and tools in psychology
• Get familiar with and develop the ability to plan, conduct and prepare reports and present individual research projects
• Get familiar with and develop the ability to use psychological tests
• Get familiar with and develop the ability to reduce mental, social and moral problems
• Get familiar with and develop the ability to explain local issues using psychological findings
• Use original psychological literature