Graduate Diploma of Counselling - JNI

About this course

This Graduate Diploma of Counselling offered by JNI through SEEK Learning develops your counselling knowledge and skills to enable you to forge a successful professional counselling career.

This in-depth counselling course provides you with the advanced theoretical and practical expertise to practise as a professional counsellor in a clinical setting, whether community-based or in private practice.

In addition to studying psychology theory and developing advanced communication skills, you’ll learn about cognitive behaviour therapy, positive psychology, working with young people and victims of sexual assault and family systems therapy, as well as honing your social research skills. You’ll also critically reflect on your professional approach to counselling, exploring ethical and legal issues.

This counselling program is the second exit qualification that forms part of the Master of Counselling and Applied Psychotherapy course.

Eligibility

Applicants are required to have completed:

• An undergraduate degree or graduate certificate in a related field plus sufficient relevant professional experience.

OR

• A diploma, advanced diploma or associate degree in a related field plus extensive relevant professional experience.

Related fields include social work, psychology, nursing, teaching, welfare, counselling, rehabilitation counselling and behavioural sciences.

Practical components

Clinical placements provide students with the opportunity to put their education into practice. JNI operates counselling clinics on campus in Sydney. Students also have the option to complete their fieldwork with JNI's range of external clinical organisations.

Areas of study

In this graduate certificate, the subjects you will study include:

• Understanding human behaviour across the lifespan: an introduction to psychology
• Theories and practices of counselling
• Practicum 1 – advanced therapeutic communication
• The counsellor: ethics, legal and professional issues
• The psychology of personality and counselling practices
• Social psychology
• Practicum 2 – clinical placement

And one of the following electives:

• Social research methods
• Professional supervision 1
• Family systems therapy 1
• Positive psychology and coaching
• Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT)
• Working with complex presentations
• Responding to sexual assault: issues, risks and treatments
• Cultural understandings of healing
• Focusing
• Working with young people

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Finance options

If you are an Australian citizen you may be eligible to receive FEE-HELP, meaning you can defer payment of your course fees. Additionally, if you are an Australian resident you may also be eligible to receive Abstudy/Austudy.

Student support

As a student of JNI, you will receive extensive student support from your course advisor and mentor. You will receive one-on-one study support to help you create goals and study plans and develop strong study skills. You will also have access to over 70 million articles from one of the largest online libraries in Australia.

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How will this course advance my career?

Counselling is a highly respected profession. Helping people find solutions to the problems they face can be a challenging and richly rewarding role. Studying this advanced counselling course will give you the practical skills and theoretical grounding to craft a career assisting people with the difficult issues in their lives.

The Jansen Newman Institute (JNI) has a solid reputation amongst the counselling and psychotherapy sectors, having produced hundreds of highly qualified graduates capable of changing lives for the better.

JNI prides itself on hands-on learning – so you’ll emerge confident, capable and job-ready, having been trained by lecturers who are recognised specialists in their field. They also manage on-campus counselling clinics and have partnerships with a range of professional organisations where you can complete your clinical training.

This course also serves as a pathway to the Master of Counselling and Applied Psychotherapy course.

How else will I benefit from this graduate diploma?

• Upon successful completion of this course you will receive a nationally recognised, accredited Graduate Diploma of Counselling from JNI through SEEK Learning.
• Receive career-focused training with practical, hands-on training.
• One-on-one support via email or telephone throughout the course.
• All course materials provided.
• Completing this course could help you get enrolled at some universities.
• JNI operates on-campus counselling clinics and has partnerships with a host of external organisations where you can complete your clinical training.
• JNI’s Clinical Placement Coordinator can assist you in securing your work placement.

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