This course is only available to Australian citizens or permanent residents, and New Zealand citizens
Overview
- Allows professionals from a variety of industries to develop skills in counselling.
- Study over 6 semesters part-time to help refine your professional skills.
- Take an applied, experiential focus to your studies, with an emphasis on brief solution-focused and narrative therapies, family therapy, process-experiential therapy, group work and supervision.
- Gain practical experience in QUT's Psychology and Counselling Clinic.
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| QUT course code | PY12 |
| Attendance | Part time |
| Course duration | 3 years part time |
| Start month | February |
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Details
Why choose this course?
This course offers professionals advanced skills in counselling therapy. The techniques can be applied to a number of industries, and students in this program have come from nursing, education, community arts, justice, human service, and other allied health backgrounds.
During this program you will develop individual, group, and family therapy techniques. The program provides the opportunity to learn about a range of collaborative frameworks in solution focused, narrative, reflecting teams, and brief therapies. Graduates are able to apply their own interpersonal counselling ‘tool kit’ to support the wellbeing of clients in a number of contexts relevant to their profession.
It is a practice-based program that includes a year of supervised clinical practice in the Psychology and Counselling Clinic. We are one of the only universities in Australia to offer students such extensive experience.
The course is ideal for professionals working full-time, as it is offered on a part-time evening basis over three years.
Professional recognition
This course meets the requirements for membership of the Queensland Counselling Association and the Psychology and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA).
QUT Health Clinics
Operating out of the QUT Health Clinics at the Kelvin Grove campus, the Psychology and Counselling Clinics provides professional psychology, family therapy, and counselling services for the community.
The Clinic is the most modern university-based training clinic in Queensland and offers training services for our postgraduate students across a wide range of psychotherapies, including reflecting teams practice in counselling training.
Units
Course structure
The Master of Counselling is offered on a part-time, evening basis over three years.
This course has an applied, experiential focus which features brief solution-focused and narrative therapies, family therapy, process-experiential therapy, group work and supervision. It provides a strong practical component and students will use the purpose-built Psychology and Counselling Clinic for clinical practice.
All course structures
Here are the rest of the study plans.
Entry requirements
An approved degree in a human service or related area, preferably with access to ongoing counselling work. Applicants will be shortlisted based on educational and professional qualifications. Shortlisted applicants are required to attend an interview to assess their suitability for counselling work. Candidates with other qualifications/appropriate work experience may be admitted, subject to approval by the Head of School of Psychology and Counselling.
Course fees
Your actual fees may vary depending on which units you choose. All fees are based on current fixed fee prices. We review fees annually.
2012: $4,000 (indicative) per Semester (subject to annual review)
FEE-HELP: loans to help you pay your course fees
You may not have to pay anything upfront if you're eligible for a FEE-HELP loan.
Find out if you're eligible for a FEE-HELP loan
Scholarships and financial support
You can apply for scholarships to help you with study and living costs.
You may also be eligible for Centrelink payments
Apply
How to apply for Master of Counselling
You apply directly to QUT for all our postgraduate courses.
Are you ready to submit your application?
You're ready if you have:
- Found all the courses you want to apply for. You can apply for up to 3
- Checked important dates.
- Checked you meet the entry requirements
- Checked course costs and if you're eligible for financial support
- Checked if you're eligible for credit for prior learning
- Collected supporting documents (see application form)
All done? Then you're ready to apply.
Complete and submit these documents:
Application for postgraduate course admission form (PDF file, 273.67 KB)
