24 monthsProgramme duration
31,840 AUDTuition Fee/year
2Scholarships
Feb, May, SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Psychology
Degree
Other
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
Blended
- Are you interested in furthering your counselling qualifications and carrying out your own research, preparing you for registration as a counsellor? Benefit from foundational courses with practical residential schools and clinical placements to ensure you’re ready for your career in counselling.
- The Trauma Focused Practice specialisation in the Master of Counselling allows you to explore trauma-informed practice as a framework for understanding the impact of trauma, and investigate the various models and approaches to recognising and treating trauma, enabling you to better facilitate safety and wellbeing within your position.
- Engage in case conceptualisation and the application of trauma informed practices for the physical, emotional and cultural safety of clients.
- Learn how to recognise and assess a range of trauma symptoms and triggers utilising case studies.
- Understand more about the continuous discoveries in neuroscience and how this will shape the future of counselling interventions and inform your therapeutic interventions as a counsellor.
- Balance your study with work and life commitments - most of the masters courses are offered online allowing you flexibility to study when it suits you.
- Develop your applied skills further utilising our telehealth system simulations and working with the community and alongside clinical supervisors in UniSQ's Psychology and Counselling clinics in Toowoomba and Ipswich.
- Choose to embark on a substantial Research Project or select a smaller Capstone Project to further your research skills.
Professional accreditation
The Master of Counselling (Qualifying) is accredited by the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA) and the Australian Counselling Association (ACA) which enables registration as a Counsellor with the Australian Register of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (ARCAP).
Programme overview
Main Subject
Psychology
Degree
Other
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
Blended
- Are you interested in furthering your counselling qualifications and carrying out your own research, preparing you for registration as a counsellor? Benefit from foundational courses with practical residential schools and clinical placements to ensure you’re ready for your career in counselling.
- The Trauma Focused Practice specialisation in the Master of Counselling allows you to explore trauma-informed practice as a framework for understanding the impact of trauma, and investigate the various models and approaches to recognising and treating trauma, enabling you to better facilitate safety and wellbeing within your position.
- Engage in case conceptualisation and the application of trauma informed practices for the physical, emotional and cultural safety of clients.
- Learn how to recognise and assess a range of trauma symptoms and triggers utilising case studies.
- Understand more about the continuous discoveries in neuroscience and how this will shape the future of counselling interventions and inform your therapeutic interventions as a counsellor.
- Balance your study with work and life commitments - most of the masters courses are offered online allowing you flexibility to study when it suits you.
- Develop your applied skills further utilising our telehealth system simulations and working with the community and alongside clinical supervisors in UniSQ's Psychology and Counselling clinics in Toowoomba and Ipswich.
- Choose to embark on a substantial Research Project or select a smaller Capstone Project to further your research skills.
Professional accreditation
The Master of Counselling (Qualifying) is accredited by the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA) and the Australian Counselling Association (ACA) which enables registration as a Counsellor with the Australian Register of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (ARCAP).
Admission Requirements
Tuition fees
Domestic
International
Scholarships
International Student Support Scholarship 2027
Value
10% tuition fee waiver
Deadline
31 Dec 2027
Application requirements
QS Event Attendance is NOT required
Entry requirements
University of Southern Queensland
Value
15% tuition fee waiver
Deadline
31 Dec 2027
Application requirements
QS Event Attendance is NOT required
Entry requirements
University of Southern Queensland
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