Master of Counselling
Choose your specialisation
Couple Counselling
Gain an advanced understanding of the theory and practice necessary to work as a couple counsellor in this specialisation.
Forensic Counselling
The Forensic Counselling Specialisation gives you a deep understanding of the legal and ethical systems in forensic psychology.
Human Services Counselling
The Human Services Counselling Specialisation focuses on the skills necessary to work with people and groups facing various social, emotional, behavioural, or mental health challenges.
Overview
Want to refine your pre-existing counselling skills for further career success? The Master of Counselling is designed for people currently employed in the human services sector who have an interest in the specialist fields of couple or forensic counselling. Get ready to advance your counselling and research skills, particularly if you’re interested or currently employed in education, mental health, justice and welfare sectors.
Upgrade your skills
- Plan and implement counselling interventions
- Competence in assessment
- Written or oral communication skills
- Critically apply research principles
- Advanced skills to work therapeutically with a range of clients
Stretch your career further
- Private practice counsellor
- Mental health counsellor
- Social worker
- Pastoral care
- Grief counsellor
Strong industry connections and co-creation
The forensic stream is delivered in collaboration with the Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Swinburne University of Technology, which is the current preferred provider of evidence-based specialist forensic training to a wide variety of professionals working with forensic clients both in Victoria and across Australia. Partnerships with forensic organisations are in place to support forensic placements.
Key codes
International student visa
International students in Australia who hold student visas are required to study full-time and on campus. Courses that are taught entirely online are only available to international students studying outside Australia or those in Australia who are not on a student visa. Online courses are not available to international students in Australia who hold a student visa.
Professional accreditation
Why Swinburne?
Ranked top 250 in the world for the subject of psychology
Times Higher Education World University Ranking by Subject 202383.5% of students found employment within 4 months of graduating
Ranked top 20% in Australia for 5-star PG Overall experience
