Graduate Diploma of Counselling

University of Southern Queensland

Start or expand your counselling career
The Graduate Diploma of Counselling will give you the advanced knowledge and expertise to prepare for, or extend, your practices in a range of specialist counselling areas, as well as fulfill part of the requirements towards eligibility for professional counselling association membership.

The Graduate Diploma of Counselling specifically contributes towards entry requirements for the counselling profession, while the other specialisations are designed to build specific counselling assessment and intervention skills for working within a range of contexts and with a wide variety of issues and populations.

Your study options
Alcohol and Drug Studies
Child, Youth and Family Therapy
Clinical Supervision
Foundations of Practice
Mental Health Counselling
Further study
Our Graduate Diploma of Counselling is a stepping stone into the Master of Counselling, giving you the opportunity to fulfill your counsellor training.

Professional accreditation
The Graduate Diploma of Counselling (Mental Health Counselling) is designed to meet the PACFA Mental Health Practitioner Competencies. This qualification may assist Clinical Members of PACFA (Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia) who are applying for registration as Mental Health Practitioners.
The Graduate Diploma of Counselling (Foundations of Practice) is designed to partially meet training standards in the PACFA Training Standards 2014.
Graduates of the Graduate Diploma of Counselling will be able to apply for membership of the Australian Counselling Association (ACA) and registration as a Counsellor with the Australian Register of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (ARCAP). Registration as a Counsellor on the national counsellor register (ARCAP) can be via membership with ACA or PACFA.

At a Glance

Course level postgraduate
CRICOS Code For the course code, kindly refer to the university website.
Institution Name University of Southern Queensland
Campus Location N/A
Institution Type University
Course Duration 1 year part-time
Course University University of Southern Queensland

About University of Southern Queensland

We are the number 1 University in Queensland for graduate employability. A recognised leader in online and blended education, we are renowned for our supportive environment and student-focused commitment to learning and teaching.

 

 

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    At USQ we are united by our three values of Respect, Integrity and Excellence. Through our actions we live these values and it is against them that we hold ourselves and others accountable.At USQ, we’re fostering a values driven culture – one that is built around relationships and community, mutual respect, diversity and inclusion, and a strong commitment to ethics and integrity, collaboration, creativity and innovation. We believe that every individual has a role to play in bringing our values to life. Our people live out the USQ values every day through the positive, supportive and meaningful relationships they create with their peers, students and the community.
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    The University of Southern Queensland (USQ) is a young, dynamic university dedicated to providing quality programs and degrees in a flexible and supportive environment. In less than 50 years, USQ has become a prominent teaching and research institution providing education worldwide from three regional locations – Toowoomba, Springfield and Ipswich.The Toowoomba region founded USQ out of their passion to provide the best possible educational opportunities for local students. The vision and determination of our local communities has seen USQ grow and expand with a reputation as one of Australia’s leading providers of on-campus and online programs in Australia and overseas.We are proud of our history and the story of our Phoenix, which has always been a part of our identity and remains our most cherished visual asset to this day. The current USQ visual identity was launched in 2012, and has been instrumental in cementing USQ’s reputation as a quality provider of education, contributing to our continued growth in our regions and ensuring we remain successful well into the future.
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    USQ offers two types of sponsorships; in-kind and financial. If you are seeking financial sponsorship, please complete the USQ Sponsorships application form. Please note that, once you have submitted your sponsorship application to USQ, your request will be assessed by the University and may take up to 12 weeks. Alternatively, if you are seeking in-kind sponsorship, please email sponsorships@usq.edu.au for an in-kind sponsorships application form. Please note that, in-kind sponsorships are treated on an ad hoc basis. In-kind requests may take anywhere between 1-6 weeks to be finalised, depending on what has been requested.
  • Exhibitions and Displays
    For over a century, what is now USQ Ipswich, operated as the precinct of an institution catering for people with mental disabilities. The ‘Challinor Centre memorabilia’ exhibition shows a variety of artefacts used during the era.This institution operated under various names—opening in 1878 as the Sandy Gallop Asylum, a branch of the Goodna Asylum; then operated as The Ipswich Hospital for the Insane from 1910, The Ipswich Mental Hospital from 1938, The Ipswich Special Hospital from 1963 and the Challinor Centre from 1968.The facility closed in 1994 and the site Heritage listed in 1996 and the precinct was re-purposed for use as a university campus. The University of Queensland occupied the site from 1998-2014, with the University of Southern Queensland acquiring the precinct on 7 January 2015.

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