Counselling

Overview

With an emphasis on skills development, interactive teaching, experiential learning and self awareness, you will become familiar with a wide range of counselling modalities, all taught within research-informed and ethical frameworks.

The two-year course includes clinical practice across varied settings, and you will undertake relevant project work and applied research units too, becoming equipped to work across a range of public, private and community sector organisations in areas such as health, individual and family support services, addiction counselling, youth work, grief, disability and mental health.  

You will demonstrate competence in a range of counselling skills, including collaborative goal setting, empathy, reflective listening, assessment, change and clinical interventions. You will graduate as a professional counsellor, ready for employment across community agencies, government departments, public health settings or as a private practitioner.

Study a Master of Counselling at University of Canberra and you will:

• work holistically in a number of community settings with a diverse range of clients, respecting the importance of social and cultural contexts

• access the most recent and relevant academic conventions and materials

• develop skills in critical thinking, communication, problem solving and project management

• experience the experiential, collaborative and holistic approaches to learning, enabling you to develop in-depth practical knowledge and skills, self-awareness and reflexivity

• fulfil the requirements towards eligibility for professional counselling association membership.

Career opportunities

• Counsellor
• Psychotherapist
• Researcher
• Youth worker
• Social worker
• Community educator
• Welfare worker

Accreditation

This course is designed as a professional qualification in counselling. Graduates of this course may apply for professional membership with organisations such as the Counselling and Psychotherapy Association for Canberra and Regions (CAPACAR), and for listing on the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA) register as a counsellor and supervisor.