Graduate Certificate
Our Graduate Certificate of Counselling will provide you with essential knowledge and skills in counselling required to effectively and compassionately support individuals with mild or moderate mental health problems and normal developmental issues. The course has a particular focus on telecounselling and counselling diversity, both of which are of increasing importance and experiencing higher demand in Australia and globally.
Want to expand on your current career in helping others or start a new career path in counselling?
This course will be a perfect fit for you if you've considered a career related to counselling or would like to develop counselling expertise to support your current role and expand your career opportunities (i.e. support workers, social workers, teachers, student advisors, nurses, supervisors, managers, doctors, occupational therapists etc.).
As a graduate, you will be armed with practical knowledge and expertise relating to counselling micro-skills, mental health issues, professional practice issues, and human development.
By studying counselling with Deakin, you will be joining a university ranked well above world standard for our Psychology and Cognitive Sciences research.*
*Excellence in Research Australia (ERA) 2018
Alternative Course offerings
You can choose to continue your studies in counselling by applying for our Graduate Diploma of Counselling. After successful completion of the Graduate Certificate of Counselling you will only need to complete four more units to graduate with the diploma level qualification.
The course has been designed to foster practical counselling skills that can be applied in-person, over the phone, or online via videoconference. There is a growing demand for these skills across a range of occupations related to mental health, disability, allied health and social support services, with an expected very strong increase in demand over the next five years.*
As a counsellor you will provide advice and information on relationships, social, educational, occupational and a range of other every-day life difficulties. You will develop rapport and a healthy therapeutic relationship with people to help them to identify and define their emotional issues through a range of therapies including cognitive behaviour therapy, interpersonal therapy, and other talking therapies.
*Australian Government Job Outlook
To complete the Graduate Certificate of Counselling students must attain 4 credit points, which consist of 4 core Foundations of Counselling units, each worth 1 credit point.
All commencing Faculty of Health Undergraduate and Postgraduate course work students are required to complete DAI001 Academic Integrity Module (0-credit-point compulsory unit) in their first trimester of study.
The Graduate Certificate in Counselling is nested within the Graduate Diploma of Counselling. Students in the Graduate Certificate can easily transition into the Graduate Diploma.
The course is only available on a part-time basis.