Master of Counselling

Monash's Master of Counselling builds a professional counselling qualification through applied and experiential learning rather than a primarily theoretical approach, taught by staff who bring their own experience as practising counsellors or psychologists into how they teach the material. Students develop expertise working with individuals, couples, families and groups, learning contemporary evidence-based counselling approaches for assessment and intervention across diverse populations, and refine their own counselling style through supervised professional placements. The structure assumes students want to graduate ready to practise, so assessment leans heavily on applying theory to real counselling scenarios rather than testing theoretical recall alone. It suits people planning a career as a professional counsellor across mental health, community, education or workplace settings, and offers more depth and a fuller professional qualification than Monash's shorter Graduate Certificate of Counselling for students who know counselling is their long-term career direction.