Thanks to this professional master’s degree you will be up to date with the advances that have been made in Psychological Intervention in Psychosomatic Disorders”

The patient's personality, external social factors or hereditary factors are some of the psychology points to be taken into account by professionals when establishing accurate diagnoses of patients who come to the office. A basis of analysis, which, in turn, requires firmly grasping the characteristics of psychosomatic disorders, their causes, and, of course, the various therapies available.

What is more, this emergence of new therapies and techniques necessarily leads to professionals being constantly interested in keep up to date in the specialty. Therefore, this professional master’s degree offers the most up-to-date content on how to manage patients with psychosomatic disorders, the psychosomatic clinical practice in gynecological, obstetric and neurological disorders, and time-limited psychotherapy.

A program that will allow professionals to expand their knowledge in a much more dynamic and visual way thanks to the multimedia content developed by a teaching team specialized in psychology, and who have extensive experience in treating this type of patients. Furthermore, the clinical cases provided by these experts will facilitate the psychologist's approach to situations that they may encounter in daily practice. 

All this, in a university program taught exclusively online, where students can conveniently access the content wherever and whenever suits them best. Students will only need a computer, tablet or cell phone to access the content of this professional master’s degree. There will be no in-person classes or fixed schedules, which will allow students to balance a quality education with the most demanding responsibilities. 

This program will give you the keys to the most effective therapies to reduce and eliminate the causes of psychosomatic disorders in your patients”

This professional master’s degree in Psychological Intervention in Psychosomatic Disorders contains the most complete and up-to-date program on the market. Its most notable features are:

• Case studies presented by experts in Psychological Intervention in Psychosomatic Disorders
• The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• Practical exercises where self-assessment can be used to improve learning
• Its special emphasis on innovative methodologies
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

Over the course of 12 months, you will have updated your knowledge about the most effective therapies for psychosomatic patients and the psychosocial aspects that influence them”

The program’s teaching staff includes professionals from the sector who contribute their work experience to this training program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities.

Its multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will allow the professional a situated and contextual learning, that is, a simulated environment that will provide an immersive training programmed to train in real situations.

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise throughout the program. For this purpose, the student will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts. 

The multimedia content on the program will enable you to delve into cognitive restructuring, conflict resolution and exposure therapy"

A library of resources is available to help you keep up with the different ways psychosomatic conditions manifest themselves"

The syllabus for this professional master’s degree has been created with the primary objective of offering professionals the latest information on the different existing therapies and methods of intervention in patients with psychosomatic disorders. As a result, after completing the program, students will have updated their knowledge on pharmacological intervention, neurodevelopmental disorders and Gestalt applications in patients with this mental health disease. 

This program will take you through the most relevant research into psychosomatic disorders” 

General Objectives

• Explain the relation between psychic conflict and its psychosomatic expression 
• Train as a specialist in to identify the aspects of the psyche that do not allow emotional expression by psychological means
• Recognize the natural stressors that affect the different systems that make up our organism
• Compare the behavior of bodily disorders the basic patient conflicts
• Train as part of a multidisciplinary team with the ability to intervene and improve psychosomatic disorders
• Explain the biochemical functioning of the affected system, as well as the antidotes for improvement

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Fundamentals of Psychosomatic Medicine 

• Manage psychosomatic clinical features and their relation to patients’ emotional system
• Describe all the research done in the last twenty years

Module 2. Clinical Practice in Psychosomatic Disorders

• Achieve greater diagnostic accuracy by performing psychosomatic and psychological equivalents
• Discern between the relationships of the nervous, endocrine and immune systems
• Identify technology that is effective in the improvement of psychosomatic disorders
• Develop joint protocols with other specialists

Module 3. Psychosomatic Clinic of Gynecological, Obstetric and Neurological Disorders

• Differentiate intervention according to the system affected
• Manage the differential characteristics the same psychosomatic disorder presents, and find similar intervention modalities for different disorders
• Incorporate psychological activity at the epicenter of psychosomatic pathology

Module 4. Psychological Intervention in Psychosomatic Disorders Using Gestalt

• Identify the symptom as a messenger rather than as the therapeutic target
• Implement metaphor and analogy together with clinical hypnosis in the intervention process
• Implement techniques that connect with the pathological expression of the organism

Module 5. Psychological Intervention in Psychosomatic Disorders Using the Cognitive-Behavioral Model

• Develop active listening skills, obtaining non-verbal information from patients
• Learn different relaxation techniques as a measure against stress

Module 6. Definition for Time-Limited Psychotherapy

• Define the basics of time-limited psychotherapy
• Achieve an anamnesis of the psychosomatic disorder
• Identify the current psychosomatic disorder in the subject's biography

Module 7. Pharmacological Intervention in Psychosomatic Disorders

• Deploy interventions that do not require cognitive activity
• Control psychosocial stressors that unbalance the affected system

Module 8. Neurodevelopmental Disorders II: Communication Disorders and Learning Difficulties

• Describe the relation between the affected organ and the patient's personality
• Understand and manage psychic symbolism and its impact on the psychosomatic disorder
• Develop interventions derived from hypochondriacal considerations on the subject

Get the knowledge update you were looking for with a program that you can conveniently access at any time”