Graduate Diploma in Counselling

POSTGRADUATE COURSE
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Professional Outcomes

Graduates will find work in counselling and counselling-related disciplines across a wide variety of government and/or non-government agencies.

About This Course

The Graduate Diploma in Counselling has been developed to allow those with a previous undergraduate qualification/s to continue developing skills for effective interpersonal engagement. The qualification also serves as a pathway as the units comprise the first year of the Master of Counselling Practice course.

The course is designed to build self-awareness and your capacity to relate to and engage with the broad range of clients in need of counselling support. However, there are other significant benefits to developing your communication and counselling skills, with relevance to a broad range of human service contexts such as counselling, teaching, nursing and ministry.

Building on your previous study, the Graduate Diploma in Counselling will help you develop a comprehensive understanding of foundational theories in counselling. The many specialisation units available will help you more effectively customise the delivery of your counselling, depending on situations and contexts.

Counselling can change lives for the better. If you want to turn your counselling awareness into a career or if you are seeking a pathway in a Counselling Masters degree, the Graduate Diploma may be the right path for you.

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge 

Graduates of a Graduate Diploma in Counselling will have: 

  • Demonstrate advanced theoretical and technical knowledge relevant to contemporary counselling practice  

 Skills 

Graduates of the Graduate Diploma in Counselling will be able to: 

  • Evaluate counselling theories in the light of contemporary scholarship and the Christian tradition, and with a view to their applicability to counselling practice 
  • Identify the key elements of trauma, grief and loss and the implications of these for counselling practice 
  • Analyse complex client mental health and developmental issues and identify solutions in ways which serve to serve support client wellbeing and flourishing 
  • Engage in therapeutic conversation with clients with highly-developed counselling skills, autonomy, well-developed judgement, adaptability and responsibility 
  • Work sensitively and ethically with diverse clients within varied contexts 

Application of Knowledge and Skills 

Graduates of the Graduate Diploma in Counselling will be able to: 

  • Communicate their conclusions and professional decisions to clients and human service professionals 
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Course Structure

8

Unit Total

8

CORE

Core

    * unit pre-requisites required

    Where can I study?

    You can study on campus at Adelaide – Millswood SA, or partially online with online plus.

    Field education placement is a requirement of this course and is offered at: Adelaide – Millswood SA

    How much does it cost?

    Learn more about
    fees and available payment options.

    Application Process:

    Applications may be accepted up to two weeks after the semester begins.

    Click here to access the current Academic Calendar.

    When can I start?

    Semester 1 – February
    Semester 2 – July

    How long does it take?

    1 year full-time or part-time equivalent.

    What do I need for entry?

    ACADEMIC ADMISSION REQUIREMENT

    Successful completion of a 3-year Bachelor’s degree with a Credit average of at least 5.0, or approved equivalent.

    NON-ACADEMIC ADMISSION REQUIREMENT

    • Current CV
    • Transcripts from previous academic studies
    • Prospective students need to be able to demonstrate the presence of a set of human capacities as a pre-requisite for acceptance into a Counselling course at Tabor. This is demonstrated in two ways:
      1. A personal statement – addressing your motivation to study counselling and your choice of Tabor as an institution (500 words). We recommend that this statement be written as a first-person narrative that discusses your skills, personal qualities and experiences that will assist your development into an exceptional counsellor.
      2. An intake interview – applicants must attend an interview in which they demonstrate capacities for counselling including self-awareness, relational abilities, ethical understanding, and the ability to reflect on experience and be open to feedback.

    Additional Information

    EXIT POINTS

    Graduate Certificate in Counselling after 6 months full-time or part-time equivalent.

    COURSE CODES

    Tabor: SS814C
    SATAC: Not applicable

    COURSE LEVEL
    Postgraduate Course

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    Email: enquiry@tabor.edu.au
    Phone: 1300 482 267

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    This qualification is TEQSA accredited and is recognised within the Australian Qualifications Framework