Overview

Counselling from University of New England offers an integrative approach, with professional training and supervision that equips you with advanced knowledge and skills to enable you to work collaboratively with your clients, and create environments that facilitate personal insight, change and growth.

Our course is underpinned and informed by a Humanistic and Existential philosophical framework that deals with questions of meaning and freedom, grapples with what it means to be human, and emphasises the value of individual and collective agency.

Careers

Accredited counselling professionals are in demand across many specialty fields in the public, private and non-profit sectors, including:

relationship and family counselling

child and adolescent counselling

trauma and grief counselling

mental health counselling

drug and alcohol rehabilitation

career and student counselling

health education and research.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Inquiry in Health and Social Care

Methods for Inquiry in Health and Social Care

Integrative Counselling Skills

Integrative Counselling Theory

Group Work: Theory and Process

Case Conceptualisation

Supervision Theory and Practice

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 72 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-06-22 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-12 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2026-10-20 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-10-09 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2028-02-23 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-02-24 00:00:00 , National

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International applicants can apply at any time.

Language

English

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Credits

72 alternative credits

credit points

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Armidale, Australia

Disciplines

Counselling Psychology View 26 other Masters in Counselling Psychology in Australia

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

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Other requirements

General requirements

CRICOS Provider Number 00003G

hold an AQF Level 7 Bachelor qualification; or

hold the 2021-onwards Bachelor of Psychological Science (Counselling major) from UNE; or

hold the Graduate Certificate in Mental Health Practice from UNE or the Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Practice from UNE; or

hold the 2015-2018 AQF Level 8 Graduate Diploma in Counselling from the University of New England; or

hold the 2019-2020 AQF Level 8 Graduate Diploma in Counselling from the University of New England; or

hold the 2021-onwards AQF Level 8 Graduate Diploma in Counselling from the University of New England; or

hold an AQF Level 8 Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma or AQF Level 9 Masters or AQF Level 10 Doctorate degree; or

Statement of Service from your employer/s and a resume outlining a minimum of three years' full-time (or equivalent)

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

33312 AUD / year

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Citizens or residents

28320 AUD / year

≈ 28320 AUD / year

Additional Details

Commonwealth Supported Place (quotas apply) $9,504

Funding

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