Overview

The Counselling program at Monash University is suited to people from a variety of professions, such as human resources, health, social welfare and education. It is taught by leading academics with extensive experience working as counsellors and psychologists.

Key facts

You'll acquire specialised knowledge and skills in professional counselling practice, which you will be able to apply to diverse settings and contexts.

You will engage with highly qualified and dedicated teaching staff who will use their extensive experience working as professional counsellors or psychologists to illustrate theoretical material and who will help you apply this to real-world counselling practice in a variety of settings.

Careers and opportunities

You will develop expert knowledge about counselling practice with individuals, couples, families and groups, and will acquire skills and expertise in contemporary evidence-based counselling approaches in order to conduct assessments and interventions with diverse populations.

You will also master a range of professional skills and develop your own counselling style through 200 hours of professional experience, which includes 100 'contact' hours (e.g. face-to-face, couple, family and group counselling) and 100 'non-contact' hours (e.g. observation, case notes, meetings, administration).

Graduates work in a variety of fields, including careers counselling, education, child and family services, health policy, family counselling, health-services management and rehabilitation counselling.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Lifespan development and counselling

Counselling for change and transition

Cognitive behavioural therapies: Assessment and intervention

Grief and trauma counselling

Contemporary counselling approaches

Emerging counsellor practice

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months
Part-time
- 48 months
- Flexible

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-07-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-15 00:00:00
Starting 2027-02-02 00:00:00

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More details

Semester 1 As an international student, apply for a place anytime throughout the year Mid-year:Application dates vary by faculty but generally close in mid-June

Language

English

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Credits

96 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus, Online

Campus Location

Clayton, Australia

Disciplines

Counselling Psychology View 44 other Masters in Counselling Psychology in Australia

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

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General requirements

CRICOS code: 083043B

Entry level 1

An Australian bachelor degree (or equivalent) with at least a high credit (65%) average.

Entry level 2:

An Australian bachelor degree (or equivalent) with at least a high credit (65%) average and a minimum of two years of full time equivalent relevant professional experience

An Australian bachelor degree (or equivalent) in a related discipline including social work, psychology or counselling with at least a high credit (65%) average

A four-year Australian bachelor honours degree or an Australian graduate certificate or an Australian graduate diploma (or equivalent) with at least a high credit (65%) average

An Australian master's degree (or equivalent) with at least a high credit (65%) average.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

44600 AUD / year

≈ 44600 AUD / year
Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

33800 AUD / year

≈ 33800 AUD / year

Funding

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Scholarships Information

Below you will find Master's scholarship opportunities for Counselling.

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Academic requirements

English requirements

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General requirements

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International Applies to you

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Scholarships Information

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