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CHC81015

Graduate Diploma of Relationship Counselling

Study Method
Blended, Online, Virtual
Institution
The Institute of Applied Psychology Pty Ltd
Recognition
Nationally Recognised Training
Start Date
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Course Overview

Become a specialist in helping couples, families, marriages, children or youth with our CHC81015 Graduate Diploma of Relationship Counselling, gaining advanced skills to become a specialist in this growing and needed field.

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Who's It For?

The CHC81015 Graduate Diploma of Relationship Counselling is designed for counsellors, psychologists, social workers, family support workers, family and children’s contact workers, or equivalent practitioners, seeking to enhance their skills to work with families, couples or individuals in relationships and provide counselling interventions.

Job Outcomes

Potential career outcomes could include:

  • Child and Family counsellor

  • Family counsellor

  • Contact service practice manager

  • Family relationship counsellor

  • Couples counsellor

  • Marriage counsellor

  • Divorce counsellor

  • Youth counsellor

  • Separations counsellor

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What You'll Learn

As a Relationship Counsellor, you will help support individuals and families with a range of complex personal and relational issues affecting individual and family functioning. They can help provide a space for their clients to discuss problems or concerns they have in their relationship. They support couples in discussing their situation and gaining new perspectives or solutions to help produce a change in the situation.

You will learn how to work with therapeutic challenges through immersion in systemic practice and theory. You will develop clinical skills, knowledge and confidence in managing the complexities of relationship counselling, including working with individuals, couples or families.

Recognition

<p>Nationally recognised training logo.</p>
This is a nationally approved vocational course that is recognised throughout Australia

Study Method

  • Blended
    Blended delivery - both online course content and partial face to face requirements
  • Online
    Online delivery - online course content with the exception of assessments and work placement
  • Virtual
    Virtual Delivery - Live and interactive classroom-style learning conducted completely online
  • In-class
    In class delivery - predominately face to face course content conducted at a specific location

Duration Study Load

  • 12-18 months to complete the graduate diploma.

Delivery

This nationally accredited Graduate Diploma is delivered in Hybrid mode, with online ELearning components, in person workshops, regular online tutorials and work placement.

Entry Requirements

  • Students seeking entry into this course will have obtained an undergraduate degree or higher qualification in counselling, psychology, social work, social science or equivalent OR

  • Students who have obtained a CHC51015 Diploma of Counselling from the CHC Community Services Training Package or equivalent

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Assessment

  • Observation/Practical skills

  • Written responses

  • Third party reports

  • Case studies

  • Simulated / Role Plays

  • Work Placement

Testimonials

  • "I love the spirit I find here (IAP), I really recommend their work and their trainings a great deal."
    Bill O’Hanlon
    Graduate Diploma of Relationship Counselling

Additional Information

  • 100% Online

  • Regular Tutorials with an industry leading facilitator

  • 50 hours of work placement

  • Live Student Support Available

  • National Government Accreditation

  • Leading Registered Training Organisation RTO #70206

Subjects

The CHC81015 Graduate Diploma of Relationship Counselling is a government-accredited qualification that is a level 8 course of the Australian Qualifications Framework.

The Course Structure includes 5 core units, 6 electives, workshops, tutorials and 50 hours of work placement.

Core Units
CHCDFV008 Manage responses to domestic and family violence in family work
CHCFCS001 Facilitate the family counselling process
CHCFCS002Provide relationship counselling
CHCFCS003Provide counselling to children and young people
CHCPRP007 Work within a clinical supervision framework
Elective
CHCPRP006 Lead Own Professional Development
CHCDFV006 Counsel Clients Affected by Domestic and Family Violence
CHCDFV012 Make Safety Plans with people who have been subjected to domestic and Family Violence
CHCDFV013 Manage Domestic and Family Violence and Abuse Screening and Risk assessment processes
CHCFCS004 Provide grief and loss counselling
CHCCCS003 Increase the safety of individuals at risk of suicide
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Payment Options

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About The Institute of Applied Psychology Pty Ltd

The Institute of Applied PsychologyWhere wisdom meets innovation — redefining education with passion, precision, and a deeply human core.At IAP, we’re reshaping what professional education looks like — across NLP, Hypnosis, Counselling, Coaching, and Business Leadership. Award-winning, research-supported, and built on an integrative learning model for real-world application and outcomes that create lasting impact. As a registered RTO (No. 70206), we combine rigorous academic standards with cutting-edge innovation and AI-enhanced delivery — without ever replacing the human connection that makes learning meaningful.

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