Course Overview
Our Master of Counselling is the most popular graduate pathway to becoming a Registered Counsellor in Australia. Entry is available to anyone with a prior undergraduate (Bachelor) degree in any field.
Our Master of Counselling is the ideal qualification for you if you want to transition into a counselling career. As a counsellor with a Master of Counselling, there are many opportunities for you in employed positions or in private practice. You can make a real difference in areas such as grief and loss, relationships, abuse, youth and adolescents, family, stress, trauma recovery, addictions, mental health and many more.
Job Outcomes
Potential career outcomes could include:
- Counsellor
- Mental Health Counsellor
- Specialist counsellor in trauma, addictions, grief and loss, family therapy, couples counselling, or child and adolescent counselling
- Counsellor in Educational settings
What You'll Learn
- Stages of counselling that are common across therapeutic approaches.
- A range of contemporary therapeutic approaches to counselling are covered to establish a strong therapeutic base, along with assessment tools and methods appropriate to the counselling setting
- Review quantitative and qualitative research methods relevant to counselling practice, apply basic statistical procedures and interpret statistical information in counselling research.
- Identify developmental issues that occur as part of normal human development, as well as issues that may occur when development is impaired or delayed.
Recognition
Study Method
- OnlineOnline delivery - online course content with the exception of assessments and work placement
- BlendedBlended delivery - both online course content and partial face to face requirements
- In-classIn class delivery - predominately face to face course content conducted at a specific location
- VirtualVirtual Delivery - Live and interactive classroom-style learning conducted completely online
Duration Study Load
- 24 months (Full Time), part-time study available
Delivery
- Online with work placement and capstone project
Entry Requirements
You can apply for entry to the Master of Counselling course if you have successfully completed an undergraduate (Bachelor) degree in any field.
Course Features
Career ready
When you graduate, you will be extremely well prepared to pursue a career in counselling – employed or self-employed – enjoying our strong industry reputation and linkage.
Extremely applicable
This course is extremely applicable to people from all sorts of backgrounds. Whether you are seeking a fresh start in a rewarding profession; or want to acquire counselling skills as an adjunct to your core professions – such as teachers, nurses, ministers of religion, corrective services officers and administrators.
Counselling education specialists
We believe you’re better off learning from a specialist than a generalist. Many training providers deliver courses across a variety of industries. At AIPC, we prefer to concentrate on counselling and community services education.
Flexible learning
With so many demands on our time, it can be difficult to fit study around other commitments, that’s why our Master of Counselling has been designed to maximise your learning from home where you can progress through your studies in a full-time or part-time pace.
Recognition Of Prior Learning
Students are able to apply for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) or Credit Transfer to receive credit for one or more subjects of the Master of Counselling (up to a maximum of 4 subjects).
Subjects
About Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors
The Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors (AIPC) is Australia’s largest and longest-established educator of Counsellors. Our specialist training programs include our acclaimed Diploma of Counselling, Bachelor of Counselling, and Master of Counselling. All our programs are government and industry-accredited.
We are an organisation founded on the principle of enabling people to help others. At the very heart of our logo, designed three decades ago, is the statement “Caring for people.” That’s the core of what we do, and that’s why our work matters.
RTO Provider Number: 0670 | Institute of Higher Education: Provider ID PRV12083.
