Can I do masters in clinic/child psychology

Hiya, so I’m contemplating on going uni, and planning on doing an undergraduate psychology with counselling degree that includes placements. My question is if it’s possible to do a masters degree in clinical psychology/ children psychology with that undergraduate degree. If not what undergraduate degree should I take instead.

Many thanks xx
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Hiya, so I’m contemplating on going uni, and planning on doing an undergraduate psychology with counselling degree that includes placements. My question is if it’s possible to do a masters degree in clinical psychology/ children psychology with that undergraduate degree. If not what undergraduate degree should I take instead.

Many thanks xx
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The name of the undergraduate degree is not important. It could be called Psychology, Psychology with Counselling, Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, etc. What's important is that it is BPS accredited. If it is, then you can access further postgraduate qualifications (e.g. in Clinical Psychology); if is not, then you can't (without taking a BPS accredited conversion course first).

With regards to the postgraduate qualification, for Clinical Psychology it'll be a doctorate not a master's. (You can't practice Clinical Psychology in the UK without a doctorate in Clinical Psychology.)

There are other specialisms, e.g. Forensic Psychology, Educational Psychology and Counselling Psychology, but "children psychology" (or even Child Psychology) is not one of them. The specialisms which would allow you to help children would by Clinical Psychology, Counselling Psychology, and Educational Psychology (often in a school setting).

As DataVenia has already eloquently clarified, dont get too caught up on names of these qualifications, they often just mean there is a few changed modules they arent specialist in any way.

Regarding a masters, you dont need one for a career in psychology, but as detailed you will need a doctorate (but will generally need many years of experience post undergrad first) if you want to be a practitioner psychologist (edu, couns, clin), but there are plenty of other amazing roles that help people and children that dont need these qualifications (PWP, CBT, CYP PWP, counsellor etc), so look about first before getting too specific too soon.

Greg