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MA - Master of Arts
University of Essex
Full Time
OCT-26
1 Year
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MA - Master of Arts
University of Essex
Full Time
OCT-26
1 Year
MA - Master of Arts
University of Essex
Part Time
OCT-26
2 Years
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Founded in 2004, this unique course brings together people from diverse walks of life and parts of the globe to explore how we can therapeutically care for refugee people more effectively. Whereas other institutions and courses focus on the study of refugee people, our course focuses on the caring of them, on how we can intervene therapeutically to support this segment of our society.Through lively seminar discussion we unpack the experiences of involuntarily dislocated people as multi-dimensional and complex, and explore psychosocial perspectives and different types of intervention and activism. We discuss how we become more therapeutic in our work with them as a distinct skill, different from offering psychotherapy. Through our course, you gain practical expertise in challenging negative and limiting stereotypes of asylum seekers and refugee people as being merely traumatised individuals, passive recipients of help. You also gain new insight into effective humanitarian work with these individuals, families and communities. The course provides you with the tools to discern the suffering, pain and distress of these people, whilst also appreciating their retained strengths (Resilience) as well as their new strengths that they acquired from being exposed to adversity (Adversity-Activated Development). This programme is closely associated with the Centre for Trauma Asylum and Refugees.Using a twin-site programme, our course teaching staff are made up from the multidisciplinary practitioner expertise of the Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies, and the therapeutic provision of the Tavistock and Portman Clinic. You will also have guest speakers who are world experts in the field, activists, academics and practitioners. You will learn our unique, innovative and proven approach enabling you to work directly with involuntarily dislocated people, combining theory and practice. We offer valuable opportunities to gain first-hand experience through supportive work placements, which are individually tailored to your needs and further professional development.
A 2:2 degree or international equivalent, in any discipline. With your online application you must submit a personal statement; this should detail the reasons for wanting to study the course, including any relevant experience (work or voluntary) that may support your application.
Students living in
Domestic
£5,250 per year
Students from Domestic
This is the fee you pay if the University is in the same country that you live in (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
£23,875 per year
Students from EU
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from somewhere in the EU.
£23,875 per year
Students from International
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from a country outside the EU.
