Diploma of Counselling

The course is timetabled for 78 weeks, including 60 weeks of training and assessment across 6 terms of 10 weeks each, and 18 weeks of holidays, making it a 1.5-year program.

Students will complete a simulated Clinical Practice module where they gain hands-on counselling experience with simulated clients at the ALG student counselling clinic. The clinic provides a representational environment that reflects workplace conditions with suitable facilities, equipment, and resources, including client information that is true to life.

You must meet one of the following criteria: an IELTS score of 6.0 (or equivalent) with no individual band score below 5.5; an ALG in-house English proficiency test equivalent to IELTS 6.0; a Certificate IV level qualification or higher completed within the AQF in Australia within 2 years before starting the course; or completion of the Senior Secondary Certificate of Education in Australia in the English language within 2 years before starting the course.

Graduates can pursue roles such as Therapeutic Case Worker/Manager, Counselling Support Worker, Group Facilitator, Coach/Mentor, Family Support Worker, Pastoral Support Worker/Carer, Education/Psychosocial Support Worker, and Prevention and Early Intervention Worker in established organisations such as community health centres, education agencies and government departments.

Yes, completing the CHC51015 Diploma of Counselling will open a study pathway into a Bachelor of Counselling and Psychotherapy with ALG's sister company, Ikon Institute of Australia, offering more career and professional development opportunities.