Counselling Stream
Description
We train you to take on caring counselling, pastoral and ministry roles informed by a Christian worldview. We help you develop respectful relationships with diverse individuals, families and communities, who are seeking support with mental health and healing of the soul, to empower them to work through their issues for an improved sense of wellbeing and hope for the future.
You will further develop an empathetic understanding of people’s concerns to connect with and help them in a professional and ethical manner.
You will graduate and be able to seek registration as a practising counsellor informed by Christian perspectives as you will have undertaken 80 hours of counselling with 20 hours supervision.
Linked to courses
- In the Bachelor of Applied Social Science this is a Stream
Units
| Unit | Required? | Upcoming offerings |
|---|---|---|
| CN510 Introduction to Counselling [ show ] | Required |
Face to face
Semester 1, 2025 and Semester 1, 2026
|
| CN520 Personal Philosophy of Counselling Practice [ show ] | Required |
Face to face
Semester 2, 2025 and Semester 2, 2026
|
| CN611 Basic Counselling Skills [ show ] | Required |
Face to face
Semester 2, 2026
|
| CN621 Counselling Skills and the Counselling Profession [ show ] | Required |
Face to face
Semester 1, 2026
|
| CN701 Family Counselling [ show ] | Required |
Face to face
Semester 1, 2025
|
| CN602 Common Counselling Issues [ show ] | Required |
Face to face
|
| CN603 Strengths-based Collaborative Approaches to Counselling [ show ] | Required |
Face to face
Semester 1, 2025
|
| PS701 Mental Health for Counselling [ show ] | Required |
Face to face
Summer, 2025
|
| PS602 Human Development: Implications for Counselling [ show ] | Required |
Face to face
|
| CN704 Counselling for Crisis, Trauma and Loss [ show ] | Required |
Face to face
Semester 2, 2025
|
| CN724 Counselling Field Education 1 [ show ] | Required |
Independent/Flexible
Semester 1, 2025 and Semester 2, 2025
|
| CN605 Counselling for Addiction [ show ] | Required |
Face to face
Semester 2, 2026
|
| CN725 Counselling Field Education 2 [ show ] | Required |
Independent/Flexible
Semester 1, 2025 and Semester 2, 2025
|
| PS511 Introduction to Psychology [ show ] | Required |
Face to face
|
For the specific requirements of this specialisation, please refer to the course check for this course.
Eastern College Australia is committed to ensuring as much as possible that its classes will run. If enrolments for a class are less than expected a unit may be offered in a different form such as less face to face classes or online so that it is still available to students.