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DIPLOMA OF COUNSELLING

If you are planning to start the journey to having a career in counselling, are looking to improve your current career or want to further your own personal development, our framework ensures you will be getting the most out your studies.

As part of our counselling course you will become familiar with evidence-based counselling models, strategies and therapies as well as various communication techniques such as micro-counselling and interviewing skills drawing on varied therapies to assist clients.

Some of the concepts you will encounter include:

Nature and nurture
Behaviourism
Cognitivism
Constructivism
Lifespan development theories
Freudian concepts
Piaget’s stages of cognitive development
Erikson’s psychosocial stages
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
Bowlby’s attachment theory

After receiving plenty of face-to-face training and role plays to make sure you feel ready and confident to take the next step, you will be able to apply what you have learned in our simulated Clinical Practice module allowing you to use your newly acquired skills with real or simulated clients.

Campus Information

Brisbane

Melbourne

Sydney

Intakes

Jan
April
July
Oct

Application Processing Time in Days: 20

Minimum English Language Requirements

English Level Description	IELTS (1.0 -9.0)	TOEFL IBT (0-120)	TOEFL CBT (0-300)	PTE (10-90)
Expert	9	120	297-300	86-90
Very Good	8.5	115-119	280-293	83-86
Very Good	8	110-114	270-280	79-83
Good	7.5	102-109	253-267	73-79
Good	7	94-101	240-253	65-73
Competent	6.5	79-93	213-233	58-65
Competent	6	60-78	170-210	50-58
Modest	5.5	46-59	133-210	43-50
Modest	5	35-45	107-133	36-43
Limited	4	32-34	97-103	30-36
Extremely Limited	< 4	< 31	< 93	< 30

Job Opportunity Potential

Curious about what roles in the industry you can apply for upon completing your CHC51015 Diploma of Counselling? Here’s a list of career opportunities:

Therapeutic Case Worker/Manager
Counselling Support Worker
Group Facilitator
Coach/Mentor
Family Support Worker
Pastoral Support Worker/Carer
Education/Psychosocial Support
Prevention and Early Intervention Worker

PSW Opportunity

Post Study Work Steam Renames to Post Higher Education Work Steam.

Bachelor degree holders including honours can get upto 2 years of post study stay
Master by course work and extended (with a duration exceeding 2 years) can stay upto 2 years
Masters by research (with a duration exceeding 2 years) and PhD holder can stay upto 3 years
The Maximum eligible age to apply for PSW will be reduced to 35 years of age from 50 years of age for all applicants

Due to the Australian Indian Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement signed by the 2 countries, according to which:

Indian students completing bachelor degree including honours can stay upto 2 years
Bachelor degree with First class honours in STEM including ICT can stay upto 3 years
Masters by coursework in extended researched (with a duration exceeding 2 years) can stay upto 3 years
PhD students can stay upto 4 years

Admission Requirement / Eligibility Criteria

You must meet both the academic and English language requirements.

Academic Requirements

Completion of at least the equivalent of Australian Year 10,
You must be at least 18 years of age.
English Language Requirements

You must meet one of the following criteria:

IELTS score of 5.5 (or equivalent), with no individual band score below 5.0; or
ALG in-house English proficiency test that is equivalent to IELTS 5.5; or
A Certificate IV level qualification (or higher) completed within the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) in Australia within 2 years before starting this course; or
Completion of the Senior Secondary Certificate of Education in Australia and in the English language within 2 years before starting this course.

Australian Learning Group

Subiaco , WA ,Australia