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Graduate Diploma in Counselling (GradDipCounsel)

  • Graduate Diploma

Counsellors help people through difficult times in their lives, often when they are most vulnerable. Prepare for a career in counselling by building your personal and professional skills.

Key details

Degree Type
Graduate Diploma
Duration
1 year full-time
Course Code
G1055, 056249A
Study Mode
In person

About this course

Counsellors help people through difficult times in their lives, often when they are most vulnerable. Prepare for a career in counselling by building your personal and professional skills. With a focus on building counselling relationships with your clients that are essential to effective practice, you'll gain the skills you need to succeed in a rewarding career.

You'll have the opportunity to develop professional skills for a career in counselling by critically appraising the counselling literature, learning foundation skills of applied counselling practice, and developing a sound understanding of the core principles of counselling and case conceptualisation.

After graduating from this course, you may apply to study the Master of Counselling and gain exemption from those units that are common to both degrees.

Study locations

Perth

What you will learn

Build essential skills and knowledge to meet your career or study goals. Topics you'll cover include:

  • coached practice in small groups
  • counselling adults
  • counselling children and adolescents
  • experiential learning in group counselling
  • introduction to creative arts therapies.

Career pathways

Graduates with corresponding undergraduate degrees may be employed in government and non-government counselling organisations working with adults, children, families and couples.

Careers could include:

  • Counsellor
  • Psychotherapist
  • Caseworker
  • Support Worker
  • mental health professional.