Masters (Coursework)
ACAP's Master of Counselling and Psychotherapy is a comprehensive course designed to enhance clinical expertise and career prospects in counselling. It includes practical training, workplace supervision, and covers topics like trauma-informed counselling and neuroscience. Accredited by PACFA and ACA, it prepares graduates for advanced roles in the field.
ACAP's Master of Counselling and Psychotherapy is a comprehensive course designed to equip students with strategies for effective and ethical practice. Building upon the knowledge and skills developed during your undergraduate degree, this course will enhance not only your clinical expertise but also your career prospects as a counsellor. Our Master of Counselling features engaging, relevant core units, covering topics such as trauma-informed counselling, neuroscience, mental health, and contemporary counselling approaches. Emerge from this course with the advanced knowledge, strategies and interventions required to make a lasting difference in the lives of your clients.
As with all ACAP courses, this course has a strong focus on building practical, in-demand skills that you can readily apply in the real world. By conducting staged counselling sessions and practising alternative modes of working with clients (such as video and telephone conferencing), you'll develop an extensive toolkit to improve therapeutic effectiveness. You'll also complete 240 hours of workplace training and supervision, ensuring you graduate from ACAP with a renewed sense of confidence as a practitioner, ready to take on more complex cases and senior positions.
With a Master of Counselling and Psychotherapy online^, you'll be well-equipped to support vulnerable clients across a range of therapeutic areas including mental health, crisis counselling, grief and loss, addiction, and families and relationships.
This study program is accredited by PACFA, the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia, and the Australian Counselling Association (ACA). Graduates who undertake ongoing professional development and clinical supervision requirements are eligible to be listed on the Australian Register of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (ARCAP), an independent national register of qualified counsellors and psychotherapists.
This course has also been accredited by ACAP under its self-accrediting authority.
It is a condition of progression in this course that students complete a national police record check in their first trimester of enrolment.
It is a condition of this course that students complete a National Criminal History Record check prior to enrolment into the second unit of study.
ACAP's Master of Counselling and Psychotherapy online^ offers practical learning experiences, enabling you to apply knowledge in real-world settings and effectively contribute to the fields of counselling and psychotherapy. Among the core units of this postgraduate course are:
_^Please note that all students are required to complete 240 hours of practical placement regardless of their chosen delivery mode (online, on-campus, or blended)._
Once you graduate from the Master of Counselling and Psychotherapy, you will open doors to a range of possible career opportunities. Listed below are a few typical roles you could consider:
The Master of Counselling and Psychotherapy course is comprised of 16 units, which are level 600 units. To find out unit delivery information view the relevant Yearly Planner.
The course duration is 2 years full time or up to 6 years part time. For more information on the recommended course sequence click here.
Applicants who can demonstrate that they have completed an equivalent unit at a postgraduate level within the last 12 months can request to have these qualifications assessed for credit.