MASTER OF COUNSELLING
TRANSFORMATIVE SELF-AWARENESS IN YOUR PERSONAL, SPIRITUAL, AND SOCIAL IDENTITY
The Master of Counselling degree can be completed full-time over 2 years and provides professional training in counselling with a focus on integrating counselling practice with a biblically sound Christian worldview. Units are available both on-campus and online.
Entry to the Masters of Counselling is based on evidence of a capacity to undertake higher degree studies including a:
Applicants must attend an interview in which they demonstrate capacity for counselling including self-awareness, a relational capacity, ability to work in a team, capacity for ethical behaviour and ability to reflect on experience, learn from it and be open to feedback.
Applicants over 21 years of age who have not completed an undergraduate degree may be considered for admission if they successfully complete the Graduate Diploma of Counselling, having completed the Graduate Certificate first under the Special Admission Rules.
Admission to the Master of Counselling course is not automatically assumed on completion of the Graduate Diploma of Counselling. Applicants must attend an interview where their capacity to undertake Master's level training will be assessed.
The Master of Counselling graduate will have specialised counselling knowledge for a range of clients (adults, children, adolescents, couples, families, groups). They will be able to assess and formulate a client's presenting problem and devise counselling interventions. They will understand the theory and models of human development and the implications for counselling clients in the different stages of life. Graduates will have advanced knowledge and understanding of the dominant therapeutic theory and methods as well as the legal, ethical, and cultural factors affecting counselling practice. Additionally, graduates will have specialised knowledge of the spiritual and theological issues relevant to working with clients of the Christian faith. Graduates will also develop specialisations in their chosen fields of study including, Child and Adolescent Counselling, Crisis and Trauma Counselling, Group Therapy, and Relationship, Couple and Family Counselling.
The course will equip graduates to practice as autonomous and independent professional counsellors eligible to register with the Australian Counselling Associate (ACA) as a Level 2 practitioner, or with the Psychotherapy & Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA) as a graduate member. Graduates may be self-employed professional practitioners, or be employed as counsellors in agencies, schools, government or non-government organisations (NGO's), as case workers, health care professionals and community care workers.
64 credit points at 600 and 700-level
The course is based on 4 semesters (each of 13 weeks duration).
The maximum length of candidature is 4 years for full-time students, or 6 years for part-time students.
Full-time students complete 16 credit points each semester. During the first year students complete 8 core units, (a total of 32 credit points).
During the second year students complete 32 credit points consisting of:
All units of study are 4 credit points, except the Capstone unit which is 8 credit points.
Units are available both on-campus and online.
CORE UNITS | |||
CODE | NAME | CP | YEAR OF STUDY |
CO601 | Therapeutic Communication Skills | 4 | 1st Year |
CO602 | Counselling Theory and Practice | 4 | 1st Year |
CO611 | Legal, Ethical and Cultural Issues | 4 | 1st Year |
CO612 | Human Development | 4 | 1st Year |
CO613 | Counselling Methodologies in Therapeutic Practice | 4 | 1st Year |
CO615 | Counselling and Theology: Reflection and Integration | 4 | 1st Year |
CO616 | Mental Health Management | 4 | 1st Year |
CO701 | Individual Counselling 1 (Interpersonal Process Model - Theory & Methods) | 4 | 2nd Year |
CO702 | Individual Counselling 2 (Interpersonal Process Model - Integration & Applied Practice) | 4 | 2nd Year |
CO703 | Social Research | 4 | 1st Year |
ELECTIVES (COMPLETE 2) | |||
CODE | NAME | CP | YEAR OF STUDY |
CO621 | Individual Learning Plan 1 (Coursework) | 4 | 2nd Year |
CO721 | Individual Learning Plan 2 (Research) | 4 | 2nd Year |
SPECIALTY ELECTIVE UNITS (CHOOSE 1 SPECIALTY = 2 UNITS) |
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CODE | NAME | CP | YEAR OF STUDY |
CO731 | Child and Adolescent Counselling 1 (Theory & Methods) | 4 | 2nd Year |
CO741 | Child and Adolescent Counselling 2 (Integration & Applied Practice) | 4 | 2nd Year |
CO732 | Crisis & Trauma Counselling 1 (Theory & Methods) | 4 | 2nd Year |
CO742 | Crisis & Trauma Counselling 2 (Integration & Applied Practice) | 4 | 2nd Year |
CO733 | Group Dynamics and Facilitation | 4 | 2nd Year |
CO743 | Group Therapy 2 (Integration & Applied Practice) | 4 | 2nd Year |
CO734 | Relationship Counselling 1 (Theory & Methods) | 4 | 2nd Year |
CO744 | Relationship Counselling 2 (Integration & Applied Practice) | 4 | 2nd Year |
PRACTICUM | |||
CO750 | Supervised Counselling Practicum | 8 | 2nd Year |
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