堪培拉大学

If you are looking to embrace a counselling career, our Master of Counselling provides advanced training, as well as a pathway to full registration as a clinical practitioner with the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA) – the nation’s professional accreditation body for counsellors and psychotherapists. 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 UC 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
Mediation facilitator
Private practitioner
Family counsellor
Relationship counsellor
Rehabilitation counsellor
Prison counsellor
Financial counsellor
Telephone counsellor
School guidance counsellor
Trauma specialist counsellor
Drug and alcohol counsellor
Bereavement counsellor