Master of Counselling

Masters (Coursework)

The Master of Counselling provides students with advanced professional skills for counselling ministry and for pastoral and spiritual formation. It nurtures the formation of a professional identity and vision suitable for individual and relational counselling.

Key details

Degree Type

Masters (Coursework)

Duration

1 year full-time

About this course

The Master of Counselling provides students with advanced professional skills for counselling ministry and for pastoral and spiritual formation. It nurtures the formation of a professional identity and vision suitable for individual and relational counselling. The course equips graduates to engage in supportive and intensive therapies with psychological competence and theological congruence.Committed engagement in supervision for personal and professional integration is essential to successful completion of the course.

Entry requirements

A person may apply to the Academic Board to enrol as a candidate for the Master of Counselling if the person has:
a) satisfactorily completed either a Graduate Diploma in Counselling, or a Graduate Diploma (or higher qualification) in a field closely related to Counselling such as nursing or social work, from the University of Divinity or from a tertiary education provider that is recognised by the Academic Board and by a relevant professional body, and
b) is a self-insured, non-student member of a relevant professional counselling body, and
c) satisfactorily completes an interview with a Course Advisor.

Career pathways

Graduates who have completed the Research Formation Program may be eligible for admission to higher degrees by research.

Course structure

The Master of Counselling provides students with advanced professional skills for counselling ministry and for pastoral and spiritual formation. It nurtures the formation of a professional identity and vision suitable for individual and relational counselling. The course equips graduates to engage in supportive and intensive therapies with psychological competence and theological congruence.
a) have expert counselling skills
b) have knowledge and experience of supervisory leadership and management structures
c) apply skills to initiate and plan counselling interventions
d) apply critical self-evaluation and theological reflection to their practice of counselling
e) apply professional practice in counselling with diverse people in a wide range of contexts including multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural environments.