About Counselling in Australian College of Physical Education (ACPE)

Course Description

Counsellors help people through difficult times of their lives, often when they are most vulnerable. Prepare for a career in counselling by building your personal and professional skills. With a focus on building counselling relationships with your clients that are essential to effective practice, you’ll gain the skills you need to succeed in a rewarding career.

Apply the theoretical foundations of counselling by first appraising selected counselling literature and research, before undertaking extensive practical training. In your second year, you’ll have the option to complete a substantial research project addressing counselling theory or practice, or choose to complete the course through coursework and case studies.

You’ll complete two supervised placements, which will provide you the opportunity to develop skills in assessment, individual and group treatment, working with children and adult clients, working with other professionals and within the supervisory relationship.

6 reasons to study a Master of Counselling at Murdoch

• Work with real clients in Murdoch’s on-campus Caladenia counselling clinic, where you’ll complete your internal practical placement and work with clients under supervision.
• Work in external agencies in the community during your second placement, counselling real clients in different settings under supervision of highly experienced clinicians.
• Study on your own terms – we offer flexible study arrangements allowing you to study full-time or part-time or at our Perth or Mandurah campus to suit your circumstances.
• Take advantage of our scholarships such as the Murdoch University Academic Excellence Award and Postgraduate Access and Equity Scholarship.
• Benefit from experiential learning in a supportive environment.
• Learn from highly experienced staff, with industry and practical knowledge.

Develop your skills

Build essential skills and knowledge to meet your career or study goals. Topics you’ll cover include:

• coached practice in small groups
• counselling adults
• counselling children and adolescents
• trauma counselling
• introduction to creative arts therapies.

Your career

When you graduate, you may be employed in government and non-government counselling organisations working with adults, children, families and couples. This course will also prepare you for employment in settings requiring individual and group therapy competence.

Careers could include:

• Counsellor
• Psychotherapist
• Caseworker
• Support Worker
• mental health professional.

Academic qualification equivalents:

• Entry into a masters degree requires you to have completed an undergraduate qualification that is comparable to
  an Australian bachelor degree, honours degree or graduate diploma..

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS     :   overall score of 6.5 with no band less than 6.0
• TOEFL   :   90 with no band less than 20
• PTE         : 58 with no band below 58

Australian College of Physical Education The Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses

Cost of Living including accommodation, food, and social activities

English Language Requirements

You can meet the English language requirements through any of the ways listed below if

• You are from a non-English speaking background or
• You haven’t completed your final four years of secondary schooling at an institution that teaches entirely in English.
• Time limits may apply to the evidence you provide to demonstrate your proficiency.

i. Tertiary study (VET and higher education)
You need satisfactory completion of study in an English medium educational institution equivalent to one year full time study at Australian VET diploma level or higher or at undergraduate award level or higher.

ii. English language course
You require satisfactory completion of a preparatory course in English at the appropriate level. ACPE has a formal articulation agreement with Navitas English. Students who complete Academic English 3 with a 65% overall score and no skill lower than 65% are able to gain entry into ACPE courses.

iii. English Test
Students whose first language is not English will be required to demonstrate English proficiency by one of the following means:

• Academic IELTS overall score of at least 6.5, with a minimum 6.0 in each of the reading, writing, listening and speaking subtests.
• TOEFL iBT with a minimum of 85 overall and a minimum of 22 for writing. TOEFL paper based test scores are not accepted.
• PTE Academic with a minimum of 61 overall score with a minimum of
• Cambridge English Scale (CAE and CPE) – minimum of 176.

Education programs

• Academic IELTS overall score of at least 7.5, and with no score below 7.0 and a score of no less than 8 in speaking and listening