Crisis and crisis intervention psychology

Long-cycle Master’s Studies

Type of studies Long-cycle Master’s Studies
Major Psychology
Path of development Crisis and crisis intervention psychology
Teaching mode Full-time, part-time
Program delivery Hybrid learning
Teaching period 5 years (10 semesters)

The aim of the program:

The aim of Crisis and crisis intervention psychology with the elements of trauma psychology is to prepare student to professional work with the people who experience strong critical situations, psychic traumas and sudden unforeseen events, i.e. the loss of a closed one, accidents, acts of violence, disease, natural disaster or identity and existential crises.

The program develops the following competence:

diagnosis of the psychological crisis and post-traumatic reactions,
conduct of crisis intervention in variable contexts (individual and institutional),
support of the adaptation process, of the integration of traumatic experiences and formation of the mental resilience,
working in an interdisciplinary team, including psychotherapists, doctors, emergency services and social workers.

Advantages of the specialty:

Primary preparation for the work with the people in crisis: classes with experienced intervening force workers, psychotraumatologists, EMDR therapists and specialists in first contact intervention.
Personal and professional competence orientation: formation of the mental resilience, the ability to work under pressure, empathy development together with professional boundaries kept.
Possibility of further specialization, e.g. in psychotraumatology, trauma therapy, crisis intervention in public or humanitarian sector.

Main subjects covered during the program

Main subjects covered during the program:

Basis for the crisis intervention – theory and practice
Psychology of the trauma – mechanisms and effects
Introduction to psychotraumatology and PTSD
Boundary situations and existential crises
Psychology of grief and life loss
Domestic violence and sexual violence – diagnosis and psychological help
Psychological help in case of disasters and mass incidents
Psychological First Aid

Supplementary subjects:

Regulation of emotions and stabilization in a crisis situation
Working with the body in a therapy of trauma (elements of somatic approach)
Developmental and complex trauma (C-PTSD)
Communication with the people in the situation of stress and disorientation
Ethics and boundaries of the intervening force worker
Apprenticeships in the crisis centers, foundations or hospitals

Job perspectives

Crisis intervention centers

Social welfare centers and single mother houses

Foundations supporting victims of crime

Hospitals, mental health counselling centers, emergency departments

Private psychological practice

Educational and educational care centers

Teaching mode

Teaching modes: full-time and part-time mode

Part-time mode

You meet the lecturer and the group both, online and at the premises of the University. Meetings take place on weekends and selected Friday afternoons.

Full-time mode

Classes are mostly of in-person nature organized on weekdays. Typically they take place 3-4 days a week at the premises of the University and some part of the lectures is delivered on-line.

How can you study this major?

Hybrid learning

Part of the classes (mainly lectures) are delivered on the MS Teams platform, and majority of labs are based on-site in the lecture rooms.

The schedule includes days that are fully remote, but also days that all classes are held on-site.

Prestigious internship opportunities:

Profile of the graduate

This specialty is for those who:

want to support others in their moments of the greatest life difficulties,
are interested in crisis, grief and trauma psychology,
want to work in the institutions offering help or run an intervention-supporting practice,
can maintain an empathic distance and act in the situations of pressure and emotional tension.

What can our graduate do?

Graduates of Crisis and Crisis Intervention are specialists:

that are prepared to conduct psychological support in the sudden and destabilizing situations,
who can recognize the symptoms of post-traumatic disorders (PTSD, ASD, complicated grief),
who are competent in the use of short-term psychological intervention techniques,
who know the rules of working with people who experience violence, abuse or loss or are in the boundary situation,
who can mind their own boundaries, welfare and prevent the burnout when working with emotionally difficult cases.

Admission procedure

Step 1

Fill in the recruitment form (online recruitment)

Step 2

After online registration you will receive email message to your email address with the recruitment forms and payment instructions.

Step 3

Deliver all the necessary documents to the Recruitment Office.

Scans of signed documents need to be sent to the following email address: rekrutacja@amh.edu.pl
There is also possibility to deliver your documents via post, courier or in person to the Recruitment Office.

Al. Jerozolimskie 133A
02-304 Warszawa
tel. 22 535 01 49

STEP 4

Administration Fee

Recruitment fee – 85 PLN
Student identity card fee – – 22 PLN

Registration fee – 500 PLN

Payment need to be main to the general bank account number.

Recruitment fee and registration fee need to be paid into the following account number: PKO BP I O/Warszawa
Name of the recipient: Akademia Medyczna Nauk Stosowanych i Holistycznych 73 1020 1013 0000 0902 0157 01260902 0157 0126
transfer title: name and family name, ID number, item “opłaty administracyjne”.

Start of the specialty depends on the number of submissions, at least 25 people for each specialty. Chosen selection at the registration does not guarantee opening of the specialty.

Long-cycle Master’s Studies