Graduate Diploma of Counselling and Psychotherapy

Graduate Diploma

This course is designed for professionals who wish to acquire counselling skills for use in their work as health professionals, social workers, personnel officers, pastors, human service workers, psychologists or counsellors.

Key details

Degree Type

Graduate Diploma

Duration

1 year full-time, 2 years part-time

Course Code

J54, 094454C

Domestic Fees

$24,100 per year / $24,100 total

International Fees

$37,400 per year / $37,400 total

About this course

This course is designed for professionals who wish to acquire counselling skills for use in their work as health professionals, social workers, personnel officers, pastors, human service workers, psychologists or counsellors.

The course provides training in counselling skills and theory, and prepares graduates to develop a counselling role in the setting in which they work.

Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) level

This course has been accredited by ECU as an AQF Level 8 Graduate Diploma Award.

Entry requirements

Admission requirements you'll need to meet for this course.

Academic admission requirements (Band 6) may be satisfied through completion of one of the following:
- Bachelor degree; or
- Equivalent prior learning including at least five years relevant professional experience.
English competency requirements may be satisfied through completion of one of the following:
- IELTS Academic Overall band minimum score of 6.5 (no individual band less than 6.0);
- Bachelor degree from a country specified on the English Proficiency Bands page;
- Successfully completed 0.375 EFTSL of study at postgraduate level or higher at an Australian higher education provider (or equivalent);
- Where accepted, equivalent prior learning, including at least five years relevant professional experience; or
- Other tests, courses or programs defined on the English Proficiency Bands page.

Study locations

Joondalup

What you will learn

Communicate advanced specialised knowledge, concepts and skills to work with individuals, couples and family and contemporary settings by ethically integrating counselling and psychotherapy theoretical frameworks.
Apply high level, independent professional judgement when analysing and evaluating complex counselling/psychotherapy case management problems to generate creative solutions.
Demonstrate self management and reflective practice skills by initiating, planning, evaluating strategies and psychodynamic and systemic theoretical frameworks.

Communicate advanced specialised knowledge, concepts and skills to work with individuals, couples and family and contemporary settings by ethically integrating counselling and psychotherapy theoretical frameworks.
Apply high level, independent professional judgement when analysing and evaluating complex counselling/psychotherapy case management problems to generate creative solutions.
Demonstrate self management and reflective practice skills by initiating, planning, evaluating strategies and psychodynamic and systemic theoretical frameworks.

Career pathways

Students completing this offering will be eligible for entry level counselling roles in human and social services, NGOs and the like

Possible future job titles

Counsellor, Psychotherapist, Human Services Officer, Community/Welfare Worker, Youth Worker, Case Worker

Courses you can consider if you are interested in progressing further in this area.

Master of Counselling and Psychotherapy

Edith Cowan University (ECU)