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Master of Clinical Family Therapy

Course code/s: HMCLFT (Brunswick)

This master degree is ideal for psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists, youth workers, drug and alcohol counsellors, psychiatric nurses, or workers from other professions, such as, teaching and general nursing, who are suitably qualified and want a change of career. It offers a solid grounding in systems theory, as well as experiential work including supervised clinical practice, in a live family therapy context, in teams of no more than six students. No other tertiary institute currently offers this and the feedback, along with our experience as educators, is that this is the very best way to acquire the requisite knowledge and skills of family therapy.

Admission requirements

Candidates must have completed their undergraduate studies with at least a B grade, or 70%, average and should have:

• completed a four-year degree in a related discipline, or a bachelor degree plus an approved fourth year of study, and have at least two year's experience working with families as a case manager or as a family counsellor; or
• completed a three-year undergraduate degree, in the health and welfare field, and have at least three year's experience working with families as a case manager or family counsellor; or
• completed a Graduate Certificate in Family Sensitive Practice, or equivalent course, and have a three-year degree in a related discipline, and have at least two year's experience working with families as a case manager or family counsellor.

In addition, applicants are required to currently working in a counselling or therapy role (full or part-time) and have an employment description that allows them to counsel families. During the course, students are expected to be working within a counselling or therapy relationship with at least five families, at any one time, throughout the year.

Students are also required to have completed the Introductory Workshop in Family Therapy, four-day, continuing education course offered by The Bouverie Centre, or an equivalent course from another institution.

Applicants will need to have a Working With Children check as required by the Department of Justice.

Course structure

This course is offered part-time over two years. Students are required to attend for six hours per week which consists of 3.5-5 hours of supervised clinical experience and 2-2.5 hours of theory.

There are eight subjects in the course and students will enrol in two theory subjects and two live clinically supervised subjects per year.

First year

Teaching period	Subject code	Subject title	Credit Points
TE-SEM-1	FTH5FTA	Family Therapy Theory A	10
TE-SEM-1	FTH5SCA	Supervised Clinical Practice A	20
TE-SEM-2	FTH5FTB	Family Therapy Theory B	10
TE-SEM-2	FTH5SCB	Supervised Clinical Practice B	20

Second year

Teaching period	Subject code	Subject title	Credit Points
TE-SEM-1	FTH5FTC	Family Therapy Theory C	10
TE-SEM-1	FTH5SCC	Supervised Clinical Practice C	20
TE-SEM-2	FTH5FTD	Family Therapy Theory D	10
TE-SEM-2	FTH5SCD	Supervised Clinical Practice D	20