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Internships

We bring you closer to the professional reality

In the Bachelor's Degree in Psychology, professional practice is compulsory and is carried out in 4thº year. It is one of the most important and important activities in the study programme.

This experience will enable you to apply theknowledge and skills acquired throughout your degree, and gain insight into the world of work and improve your employability and job prospects.

240hours of professional experience

12 ECTS in the final year

Gaizka Agirregoikoa’s testimonial on Psychology internships

I had my first opportunity in the industrial group Elay, where I created and implemented a work climate intervention.

Gaizka AgirregoikoaPsychology

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Internship assessment

Work and organisations

It includes the areas of human resource management and development,
recruitment and selection processes and career guidance, staff training, etc.

Internship centres

Organisations, institutions and companies involved in personnel selection and the psychosocial adaptation of employees to the workplace.
Organisations working on labour market integration and/or training of disadvantaged groups or individuals in precarious employment situations.
Organisations that promote professional development, employee well-being and occupational health.

Children and youth

Work with children and adolescents presenting mental health problems,
adjustment difficulties or disorders, developmental or learning disorders. This
area focuses on developing competences in psychological assessment and
intervention in processes that influence developmental trajectories, emotional
well-being and learning, including educational guidance, support for specific
educational needs, learning difficulties, as well as intervention in clinical and
early intervention settings with child and adolescent populations presenting
diverse profiles and needs.

Internship centres

Private counselling and psychology services for children and adolescents
Early intervention centres
Public and private institutes and schools
Special education classrooms

Psychological assessment and intervention in adults

Work with adults presenting mental health problems, adjustment difficulties or
disorders, understood in a broad sense rather than in a strictly
psychopathological one.

Internship centres

Associations of people with severe mental disorders
Care centres for people with psychological and socio-emotional
difficulties
Private consultations
Care centres for relatives of people with mental illnesses
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Research in the field of health and psychopathology
Mental health prevention, in areas such as addictions or eating disorders (EDs)

Neuropsychology and gerontology

Work with people whose cognitive functioning and/or behaviour is affected by
illness, disability, accident and/or advanced age, including assessment,
cognitive stimulation, psychological intervention, socialisation activities, support
for family members, awareness-raising activities, etc.

Internship centres:

Associations of affected people
Brain injury units
Psychopedagogical services
Specialised centres
Residential care homes
Day centres
Other gerontological resources
Research

Community psychology

Assessment, diagnosis, prevention and intervention in relation to a range of
family-related difficulties and populations at risk of social exclusion.

Internship centres

Associations working with at-risk populations
Family contact centres
Family guidance services
Psychosocial centres and public social protection services
Centres related to sports psychology

Career opportunities

Career opportunities…

Graduates in Psychology can work as advisers, counsellors, group leaders, mediators or therapists for people of all ages in all types of environments.

Areas of activity

Health services and health centres: general and psychiatric hospitals, mental health centres, rehabilitation centres, primary care centres, social and health care settings, geriatric units, children's units, pain units, palliative care units, neurological and oncological units, psychological offices.
Formal and non-formaleducational institutions related to child and developmental psychology and school psychology.
Community services in the private sector or linked to public administrations (Regional Council, Basque Government, City Council): Therapeutic communities, residential centres for minors or the elderly, welfare centres, youth services, services for victims of abuse, services for people with disabilities.

Companies and consultancies: occupational health, occupational hazards, ergonomics, human resources, recruitment and training, quality departments, psychological well-being, labour relations.
Research and teaching centres: laboratories, universities.
Sports, cultural, tourism and leisureorganisations.
Entities where legal psychologyis developed: courts, tribunals, penitentiary institutions, police and armed forces, psychological expertise centres.
Entities in which traffic and safety psychologyis developed: The Spanish Directorate-General for Traffic (DGT), testing centres, insurance companies, driver training centres.
Media: advertising and marketing (TV, radio, press…).