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Graduate certificates and postgraduate diploma courses

Graduate Diploma in Counselling and Human Services – Melbourne (Bundoora) (HGCHS)

This course is designed both for people who wish to practise as counsellors and for those who wish to exercise a major counselling function within another profession. It offers training of sufficient duration and depth to equip the successful student to practise professionally in the role of counsellor. Continued supervision from a qualified counsellor is strongly recommended following completion of the course and is a necessary prerequisite for eventual membership of a Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA) member organisation. It is a full-time course and can be completed in one year (full-time) or over two years (part-time). The clinical placement component is taken at a time mutually agreed upon by the students and the subject coordinator. The remaining ‘core subjects’ must be completed as a cohort in a given year. The course articulates into the Master of Counselling and Human Services degree. Please note that neither of these courses leads to accreditation as a psychologist.

Psychology students should consult the entry for the Master of Counselling Psychology.

Admission requirements

Applicants should be graduates, but those with other professional qualifications or who can demonstrate appropriate academic skills will be considered. In the selection of applicants, preference will be given to those who have prior experience in counselling (either in a paid or voluntary capacity) or in a counselling-related facilitative role. Admission is based on demonstrated academic ability and demonstration of suitable personal qualities at interview.

Course structure

This course has a total of 120 credit points.