Master of Counselling

Edith Cowan University

ECU’s Master of Counselling has been developed to identify and evolve with rapidly changing market trends in the counselling industry.

Within the course, students learn how to engage with clients through a person-centred framework and consider effective interventions from a range of theoretical backgrounds including psychodynamic, behavioural, cognitive-behavioural, and humanistic. With specific units focusing on children and adolescents, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and practice, counselling in a digital world, and trauma-informed practice, students explore counselling in a wide range of situations and contexts. The ethical and professional issues faced by counsellors are also examined, including the moral obligations and dilemmas faced by counsellors as the field expands across the digital realm.

With a focus on real-life skill development and reflective practice, the course includes 220 hours of professional placement in an agency setting, including 16 hours of supervision. Students will graduate with the job-ready skills needed to deliver flexible, meaningful, and effective counselling practices in unique and far-reaching ways.