Master of Counselling
Master of Counselling
The Master of Counselling is a two-year course, and is available on both a full time and part time basis. Skills are developed alongside critically reflective practice that is applied to substantial real-world counselling experience. Students in the Master of Counselling are exposed to a range of theories and encouraged…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
The Master of Counselling is a two-year course, and is available on both a full time and part time basis.
Skills are developed alongside critically reflective practice that is applied to substantial real-world counselling experience.
Students in the Master of Counselling are exposed to a range of theories and encouraged to develop a holistic approach to counselling based on the understanding that the human person is an integrated being and that no one approach to counselling has all the answers or is the right approach for every client. In the Master of Counselling, you will develop an intentionally integrated understanding of the human person, the basis of human difficulties, and processes of change, growth and healing.
Students will learn to implement a process that holds the potential to mobilise change for clients. Built on trauma-informed principles, this process-based approach of the course then becomes the basis of theoretical integration. There is a strong emphasis on developing the personality of the counsellor. This includes valuing the well-being of the counsellor.
The Master of Counselling is designed to equip student counsellors with the knowledge, skills and experience necessary to work ethically, sensitively, inclusively and respectfully with clients from diverse backgrounds
As a ‘first training’ course, the Master of Counselling is not available to students who already hold a PACFA-accredited qualification, such as a Bachelor of Counselling from a PACFA-accrediting institution. However, if you have completed a non-PACFA accredited course or partial study we may be able to help complete your studies with our accredited course, subject to meeting PACFA training standards.
Successful engagement in the Counselling profession requires a level of personal maturity and self-awareness. PACFA (Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia) therefore recommends that current and prospective Master of Counselling students are assessed for their personal growth and likely suitability for the Counselling profession. Entry to the Master of Counselling is thus subject not only to academic requirements but also personal suitability as assessed through an interview, a personal statement and referee reports.
Counsellor, Personal Support Worker, Pastoral Counsellor, Chaplain, School Counsellor.
COURSE STRUCTURE
The Master of Counselling consists of 16 units – 12 core Counselling units, 3 elective Counselling units and 1 unit in research methods.
REQUIREMENTS
Recent secondary education
Applicants with recent secondary education ore not eligible for entry to this course.
Vocational education and training (VET) study
Applicants with vocational education and training (VET) study are not eligible for admission to this course.
Higher education study
Applicants with a Bachelor degree in any field (non-PACFA accredited) are eligible for admission to this course. Additional admission criteria apply.
Work and life experience
Applicants with work and life experience are not eligible for admission to this course.
Applicants for whom English is not their first language must provide certified documentary evidence that their secondary schooling, or tertiary studies of at least one year, was conducted in the English language or they have satisfactory results in an acceptable English Language Proficiency examination.
- IELTS (Academic): 6.5 (at least 6.0 in all subtests)
- PTE (Academic): 59 (at least 51 in all subtests)
- TOEFL (PBT): 577
- TOEFL (IBT): 90 (at least 16 in Listening, Reading; 21 in Writing; 18 in Speaking)
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Christian Heritage College was established in the year 1986 and is located at Mansfield in Brisbane. It is a private educational institution that offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses in business, education & humanities, ministries, social sciences and Christian studies. The courses are offered in the form of diploma, bachelor, associate degree, graduate certificate and graduate degree programs. Some of the areas in which these courses are offered are accounting, marketing, youth studies, human education, and practical and Biblical studies.
