Become a registered counsellor or psychotherapist If you are looking to embrace a counselling career, our Master of Counselling provides advanced training, as well as a pathway to full registration as a clinical practitioner with the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA) – the nation’s professional accreditation body for counsellors and psychotherapists. With an emphasis on skills development, interactive teaching, experiential learning and self awareness, you will become familiar with a wide range of counselling modalities, all taught within research-informed and ethical frameworks. The two-year course includes clinical practice across varied settings, and you will undertake relevant project work and applied research units too, becoming equipped to work across a range of public, private and community sector organisations in areas such as health, individual and family support services, addiction counselling, youth work, grief, disability and mental health. You will demonstrate competence in a range of counselling skills, including collaborative goal setting, empathy, reflective listening, assessment, change and clinical interventions. You will graduate as a professional counsellor, ready for employment across community agencies, government departments, public health settings or as a private practitioner. Study a Master of Counselling at UC and you will: work holistically in a number of community settings with a diverse range of clients, respecting the importance of social and cultural contexts access the most recent and relevant academic conventions and materials develop skills in critical thinking, communication, problem solving and project management experience the experiential, collaborative and holistic approaches to learning, enabling you to develop in-depth practical knowledge and skills, self-awareness and reflexivity fulfil the requirements towards eligibility for professional counselling association membership. Work Integrated Learning Work Integrated Learning (WIL) is a central component of this course and you will undertake at least 260 hours in a counselling placement within an appropriate agency, which often leads to direct employment opportunities for our students. You will also attend field seminars on professional issues and, in conjunction with your agency placement, you will undertake 24 hours of small group supervision on campus. In the Advanced Skills unit you may be able to complete an additional 26 hours of face-to-face counselling at UC’s on-campus Student Led Counselling Clinic, located in the Health Hub, where you would provide counselling to adult individuals under the close supervision of a qualified counsellor and UC educator. Career opportunities Counsellor Psychotherapist Researcher Youth worker Social worker Community educator Welfare worker Mediation facilitator Private practitioner Family counsellor Relationship counsellor Rehabilitation counsellor Prison counsellor Financial counsellor Telephone counsellor School guidance counsellor Trauma specialist counsellor Drug and alcohol counsellor Bereavement counsellor