Graduate Certificate of Counselling
Graduate Certificate of Counselling
Course Outcomes The Graduate Certificate of Counselling provides education and training in the core skills of counselling. Graduates of this award will have advanced knowledge and skill in the key components of developing therapeutic counselling relationships and an understanding of the therapeutic alliance. Graduates will be able to apply this…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Course Outcomes
The Graduate Certificate of Counselling provides education and training in the core skills of counselling. Graduates of this award will have advanced knowledge and skill in the key components of developing therapeutic counselling relationships and an understanding of the therapeutic alliance. Graduates will be able to apply this knowledge to developing therapeutic relationships in a range of contexts. The Graduate Certificate will also provide the necessary skills for further training in counselling through either the Graduate Diploma or Master of Counselling.
Career Options
The Graduate Certificate will enable graduates to utilise their skills within their existing professional careers: for example, as pastors, teachers, health care professionals or community care workers.
Course Structure
Students complete:
2 Core units (24 credit points)
2 Elective units (24 credit points)
Study Modes
The course aims to offer students as much flexibility as possible, while maintaining a strong focus on experiential work. This means that there will be some units offered alternately as on-campus and livestream classes. There are other classes that must be attended on-campus due to their highly interactive and experiential focus on skills development. Other classes are mixed delivery; a mixture of online, livestream, and a short intensive delivered on-campus.
REQUIREMENTS
Entry to the Graduate Certificate of Counselling is based on evidence of a capacity to undertake higher degree studies including a:
- Bachelor degree,
- Bachelor Honours degree or
- Graduate Diploma degree.
Applicants must attend an interview in which they demonstrate capacity for counselling, including self-awareness, a relational capacity, ability to work in a team, capacity for ethical behaviour and ability to reflect on experience, learn from it and be open to feedback.
Applicants over 21 years of age who have not completed an undergraduate degree may be considered for admission if they provide evidence of educational and/or professional background deemed to be equivalent to an undergraduate degree. Such evidence would include non-tertiary study (i.e., VET, professional studies that are non-accredited), documented life experiences equivalent to an undergraduate degree, and/or work experience that would suggest the capacity for postgraduate study.
In order to be able to study at Morling College fluency in English is required and Overseas Students from non-English speaking backgrounds are required to demonstrate their proficiency in the English language by sitting an IELTS Test. For information on IELTS Testing please consult the IELTS website.
Overseas Students undertaking an accredited course of the Australian College of Theology at Morling College can find details of the requirements for English language proficiency assessment in the Admission Policies of the ACT.
Overseas Students undertaking a course through our Counselling Department can find details of the requirements for English language proficiency on our Policies webpage.
A certified copy of an Academic International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Test, not more than two years old, showing satisfactory scores for the level of study you wish to undertake must be presented.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Morling College is a Bible college based in Sydney and has been offering transformative education for over 100 years. The college offers students several courses of study to prepare them for ministry and impact the world.
