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Official Master's Degree in General Health Psychology and Master's Degree in Therapeutic Specialization

Pluralistic training in the main approaches to psychology

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What is the Master?

The Master's Degree in General Health Psychology and Master's Degree in Psychology with a Specialisation in Therapeutic Psychology is aimed at graduates and undergraduates in Psychology who wish to acquire skills in assessment, diagnosis and intervention in the field of health psychology, and who wish to do so from a plural perspective that takes into account different empirically contrasted approaches. This plural training in the main theoretical approaches to psychology will provide students with a complete, global and integrative training when it comes to approaching and intervening in the area of clinical and health psychology.

In the second year, the program offers a wide range of optional subjects allowing students to choose a training itinerary that will enable them not only to complete the Master's Degree in General Health Psychology, but also to specialise in an area of clinical intervention and obtain the Master's Degree in Therapeutic Specialisation.

In the second year, students can specialize in one of the itineraries that correspond to the four Master's Degrees we offer: Master in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy with Children and Adolescents, Master in Experiential Humanistic Psychotherapy and Emotion-Focused Therapy, Master in Contemporary Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, or Master in Systemic Family Therapy.

  • Centers
    Ciencias Humanas y Sociales (Comillas CIHS)
  • Languages
    Spanish
  • Certification
    Official master's degrees + Comillas master's degrees
  • Modality
    Face to face
  • Duration
    2,5 years (150 ECTS)
  • Starts On
    25/09/2026
  • Seats
    120

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What makes us different?

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Internships

30 ECTS of MPGS internships
20 ECTS of MPET internships

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Employability

Percentage of employment rate of graduates

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Internship Centres

Health centres with an internship agreement

Internships

The Tutored Professional Internships provide students of the Master's Degree in General Health Psychology with the opportunity to apply the theoretical and practical knowledge acquired in the other subjects of the Master's Degree. They also allow students to immerse themselves in the reality of clinical practice in one of the more than 65 health centres with which the Master's has signed agreements. Students will progressively acquire the necessary professional experience that will provide them with greater maturity for the practice of their profession.

Study Plan

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Study Plan

Official Master's Degree in General Health Psychology and Master's Degree in Therapeutic Specialization / MPGS + MPET 25

Curricullum 2024

COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

1st Term

Credits

Elementos específicos del proceso humanista en la Terapia Focalizada en la Emoción

5.0 ECTS

Factores comunes del proceso terapéutico

2.0 ECTS

Intervención cognitivo-conductual en problemas emocionales

5.0 ECTS

Principios y herramientas de intervención psicodinámica contemporánea

5.0 ECTS

Proceso terapéutico, técnicas y escuelas en terapia sistémica

5.0 ECTS

Terapia Gestalt en intervención con adultos

3.0 ECTS

2nd Term

Credits

Clínica cognitivo-conductual en la infancia y adolescencia

3.0 ECTS

Clínica psicodinámica en la infancia y la adolescencia

3.0 ECTS

Diseño y evaluación de investigación en psicología de la salud

3.0 ECTS

Intervención familiar sistémica en problemas infantojuveniles

3.0 ECTS

La psicología en el contexto sanitario: programas de intervención e informes clínicos

3.0 ECTS

Psicofarmacología clínica

2.0 ECTS

Psicología basada en la evidencia

3.0 ECTS

Seminario monográfico de intervención clínica

1.0 ECTS

Técnicas de intervención grupal en psicología de la salud

2.0 ECTS

Técnicas de rolplaying en psicoterapia

2.0 ECTS

Annual Courses

Credits

Prácticas Académicas Externas I

10.0 ECTS

It is not taught until the 2026-2027 academic year

1st Term

Credits

Incidentes críticos en psicoterapia

4.0 ECTS

Intervención psicológica en problemas crónicos de salud

3.0 ECTS

Investigación en enfoques específicos en psicología de la salud

2.0 ECTS

Programas integrados de intervención en trastornos mentales graves

3.0 ECTS

2nd Term

Credits

Compulsory courses by itinerary

16.0 ECTS

Annual Courses

Credits

Prácticas Académicas Externas II

10.0 ECTS

Prácticas Académicas Externas III

10.0 ECTS

Trabajo Fin de Máster

12.0 ECTS

It is not taught until the 2027-2028
academic yearMPET courses between September and December

MPGS + Master's Degree in Systemic Family Therapy

Credits

Áreas específicas de intervención en terapia de pareja

3.0 ECTS

Destrezas de entrevista y alianza terapéutica

4.0 ECTS

Intervención con familias en riesgo social

2.0 ECTS

Intervención sistémica en situaciones especiales

2.0 ECTS

Prácticas III (reconocidas por prácticas profesionales tuteladas II)

5.0 ECTS

Prácticas IV

5.0 ECTS

Psicopatología y Familia

3.0 ECTS

Terapia sistémica individual

3.0 ECTS

MPGS + Master's Degree in Experiential Humanist Psychotherapy and in Emotion Focused Therapy

Credits

Formulación de casos

2.0 ECTS

Nuevos desarrollos en terapia focalizada en la emoción

2.0 ECTS

Prácticas III (reconocidas por prácticas profesionales tuteladas II)

5.0 ECTS

Prácticas IV

5.0 ECTS

Psicoterapia y cambio social

2.0 ECTS

Taller práctico

2.0 ECTS

Técnicas humanistas con niños y adolescentes

3.0 ECTS

Temas existenciales en psicoterapia

2.0 ECTS

Terapia de pareja en terapia focalizada en la emoción

2.0 ECTS

Trabajo corporal

2.0 ECTS

MPGS + Master's Degree in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy with Children and Adolescents

Credits

Desarrollo psicosexual, identidad y orientación sexual

2.0 ECTS

Diagnóstico e intervención en problemas emocionales

4.0 ECTS

Evaluación e intervención clínica en el contexto escolar

2.0 ECTS

Evaluación e intervención en trauma con niños y adolescentes

3.0 ECTS

Intervención en trastornos por déficit de atención con o sin hiperactividad

3.0 ECTS

Intervención familiar en clínica infanto-juvenil

3.0 ECTS

Prácticas III (reconocidas por prácticas profesionales tuteladas II)

5.0 ECTS

Prácticas IV

5.0 ECTS

MPGS + Master's Degree in Contemporary Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

Credits

Apego y psicoterapia

3.0 ECTS

Intervención psicoanalítica con problemas graves de salud mental

2.0 ECTS

Intervenciones centradas en la mentalización

3.0 ECTS

Intervenciones psicodinámicas en contextos institucionales y de exclusión social

3.0 ECTS

La familia, el adolescente y la pareja en la clínica psicoanalítica

3.0 ECTS

Prácticas III (reconocidas por prácticas profesionales tuteladas II)

5.0 ECTS

Prácticas IV

5.0 ECTS

Psicoterapia del trauma y de la transmisión

3.0 ECTS

COURSES BY ITINERARY

2nd Term

Credits

Ciclo vital y transiciones familiares

3.0 ECTS

Contextos de intervención sistémicos

3.0 ECTS

Cultura, género y familia

3.0 ECTS

Intervención en problemas sexuales y de pareja

4.0 ECTS

Intervención sistémica breve

3.0 ECTS

2nd Term

Credits

Abordaje cognitivo conductual en problemas de conducta infanto juveniles

4.0 ECTS

Diagnóstico e intervención cognitivo conductual en problemas de atención

2.0 ECTS

Herramientas actuales de evaluación y diagnóstico cognitivo conductual

3.0 ECTS

Intervención cognitivo conductual en adicciones

3.0 ECTS

Intervención cognitivo conductual en problemas de alimentación

2.0 ECTS

Terapias conductuales de tercera generación en población infantojuvenil

2.0 ECTS

2nd Term

Credits

Focusing experiencial

2.0 ECTS

Modelo humanista experiencial del ser humano

4.0 ECTS

Sintonización empática e intenciones de respuesta experiencial

2.0 ECTS

Tareas para superar la crítica, la interrupción y los procesos ansiógenos

3.0 ECTS

Tareas terapéuticas para las fases tempranas: alianza, regulación y reprocesamiento

3.0 ECTS

Terapia de grupo Gestalt

2.0 ECTS

2nd Term

Credits

Aportaciones de la neurociencia y la investigación a la práctica de la psicoterapia psicoanalítica

2.0 ECTS

Bases teóricas del psicoanálisis aplicadas a la clínica

4.0 ECTS

Diagnóstico y formulación de caso en psicoterapia psicoanalítica

3.0 ECTS

Seminario monográfico especializado

1.0 ECTS

Teoría del cambio, encuadre y conversación psicoanalítica

3.0 ECTS

Transferencia, contratransferencia y enactment

3.0 ECTS

Your Future Career

The Official Master's Degree in General Health Psychology meets the requirements of Legal Order ECD / 1070/2013, of June 12, 2013, which qualifies graduates of the degree to exercise in the regulated profession of General Health Psychologist. This double program prepares students to work in different positions, such as:

  • Psychologist in psychological care centres

  • Psychologist in child care centres

  • Rehabilitation centres for the chronically ill

  • Care centres for people with disabilities

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Everything you need to know

Teaching Staff

Information for students

Timetables and exams

Classroom classes will be held 3 days a week (mornings and afternoons) and attendance is compulsory.
Work placements will take place in the mornings and/or afternoons in the time slots that do not coincide with the face-to-face classes.
Students are required to be available to attend theory classes and to carry out the practicals in the centres offered.

1st year students will be assigned STRICTLY randomly to the two class groups:

- Group 1: Classroom classes will be held on Monday and Tuesday mornings (from 9.00 to 14.15) and on Wednesdays from 12.00 to 20.45. The student must have the rest of the time available to do the internship (most of the internships are done in the afternoon).
- Group 2: Classroom classes will be held on Thursday and Friday mornings (from 9.00 to 14.15) and on Wednesdays from 12.00 to 20.45. The student must have the rest of the time available for the internship (most of the internships take place in the afternoon).

In the 2nd year of the Master's Degree in General Health Psychology and the Master's Degree in Therapeutic Specialisation, theory classes and practicals will continue to be held in the morning and afternoon. In order to study the Master's degree full-time, it is essential to have ample time available, both in the mornings and afternoons.

The Master's Degree in Therapeutic Specialisation will be completed from September to December in the mornings and afternoons.

Timetable

General Academic Calendar of the University
 

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What our students say

Many people like you are already making the most of their master's degree. Find out about their experience.

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Ciencias Humanas y Sociales (Comillas CIHS)

María Rodríguez

The systemic training at Comillas has provided me with a solid working model from which to approach intervention, taking into account issues such as gender and culture or social exclusion.

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Ciencias Humanas y Sociales (Comillas CIHS)

Marta Guerra

This master's degree has given me the training and experience I needed to be able to work in the profession I wanted with confidence in my abilities. Thanks to the teachers and the internships I left this programme with the tools and motivation to work fearlessly with children and adolescents.

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Ciencias Humanas y Sociales (Comillas CIHS)

Bruno Rodríguez-Sahagún

In this master's degree I have been able to learn in depth about different schools of psychotherapy from different teachers, not only from theory, but also based on their real clinical experience. In addition to doing internships where they really let you practice to begin to understand what psychotherapy really is.

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Preguntas frecuentes

  • Because Comillas studies are in high demand and places are limited, the best candidates have to be selected through admission tests.

  • Each class has its own tutor, whose function is to integrate the student into the group and to pay attention to their academic performance. Furthermore, at Comillas, the teaching system is distinguished, among other characteristics, by the personalised attention and the fluid and permanent relationship between teachers and students.

  • The teaching system at Comillas is especially oriented towards the relationship with the reality of companies, institutions, organisations and professional practice. The Internship and Employment Office is responsible for providing students with internships related to their studies in order to enrich their training. In the 2017-18 academic year, 6,296 student internships in companies were managed.
    In addition to these internships managed by the Internship and Employment Office, all degree courses have a significant number of compulsory external internships as part of their curriculums.

  • The Internship and Employment Office informs, guides and collaborates in the insertion in the labour market of recent graduates or in the projection of the professional career of Comillas graduates, for which it has an online tool that puts candidates in direct contact with 5,078 companies with which Comillas maintains a relationship. During the 2017-18 academic year, 1,838 job offers were managed. Of the total number of graduates from the 2018 graduating class, 93.22% are employed, either working or furthering their studies, within six months of completing their studies.

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Contact

Prospective Students Office
Faculty of Human and Social Sciences
C/ Universidad Comillas, 3 - 28049 Madrid
(Cantoblanco Campus)
Tel.: 34 91 542 28 00, ext. 2825
futurosalumnos@comillas.edu

Edificios Fernando Huidobro, SJ
C/ Mateo Inurria, 25-27 – 28032 Madrid (Campus Comillas Chamartín)

Director of the Master's Degree:
D. Gonzalo Aza
gonzalo.aza@comillas.edu

Master's Coordinator:
María Amaya Redonet Astigarraga
maredonet@comillas.edu

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