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Edith Cowan University (ECU)

  • 19% international / 81% domestic

Graduate Certificate of Counselling and Psychotherapy

  • Graduate Certificate

This course offers conceptual foundations in the practice of individual psychodynamic counselling and systemic couples and family therapy.

Key details

Degree Type
Graduate Certificate
Duration
0.5 year full-time, 1 year part-time
Course Code
J53, 094453D
Study Mode
In person

About this course

This course offers conceptual foundations in the practice of individual psychodynamic counselling and systemic couples and family therapy.

The course provides first applied knowledge of counselling case management.

Study locations

Joondalup

What you will learn

  • Demonstrate currency with the theory of psychoanalytic technique as it pertains to individual counselling, including applied knowledge of the concepts transference and countertransference
  • Demonstrate advanced foundation knowledge of various psychodynamic and systemic couples and family therapy theoretical frameworks
  • Outline key principles of systemic theory to understanding couples and family functioning
  • Demonstrate a theoretical knowledge and first applied knowledge of counselling/psychotherapy case management
  • Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of ethical frameworks for counselling

Career pathways

Counsellor, Psychotherapist, Human Services Officer, Community/Welfare Worker, Youth Worker, Case Worker