Counsellors support others in exploring and overcoming emotional, mental and lifestyle issues. Counselling is a rewarding career choice for those who want to work with people, develop personal wisdom and transform lives.
Because our graduate certificate offers recognition for prior learning, it’s well suited to people who’ve worked in counselling-related roles before.
What will you do?
Undertake two core courses and two electives.
Learn from academics with extensive professional counselling experience.
Practise and improve key skills through case-based learning.
Build theoretical understandings.
Career Readiness
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Potential careers
Counsellor, Psychotherapist, Therapist
Degree Structure
Students complete 2 core courses and 2 elective courses in Counselling and Psychotherapy.
*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution
Expected February 2025
The University of Adelaide (Adelaide)
North Terrace,
UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE,
South Australia,
5005, ADELAIDE, Australia
Bachelor degree or equivalent.
English Language Requirements
IELTS: Overall 7.0 (Reading 6.5, Listening 6.5, Speaking 7, Writing 7); TOEFL: Internet-based: Total score of 94 with a minimum of 24 in Writing, 22 in Speaking and 20 in Reading and Listening; TOEFL Paper-based: total score of 600 with a minimum of 5.0 in the Test of Written English (TWE); Pearsons: Overall 65 (Reading 58, Listening 58, Speaking 65, Writing 65); Cambridge: Overall 185 (Reading 176, Listening 176, Speaking 176, Writing 176).
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
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