Graduate Certificate of Coaching and Counselling

Course summary for current students

Contacts

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Further information

Further information
Health - Student and Academic Services
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Key to campuses

B = Melbourne Burwood Campus
G = Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus
S = Geelong Waterfront Campus
W =Warrnambool Campus
X = Off campus

Award granted	Graduate Certificate of Coaching and Counselling
Campus	Offered at Melbourne Burwood Campus
Duration	One year (2 units per Trimester 1 and 2) or part-time equivalent
Deakin course code	H577
FEES The full course fee is $8440. The course is only offered part-time. FEE-HELP is available.

Course overview

The Graduate Certificate of Coaching and Counselling enables you to develop the knowledge, skills and experience that are applicable to any career where working with individuals and groups for behaviour change is a focus. Throughout the course you will acquire strong interpersonal, coaching, facilitation, counselling and communication skills and the ability to adapt the application of various tools and techniques across challenging individual and group settings.

You will also acquire skills relevant to research evaluation and methodologies, ethics and professional standards, reflective practice and professional development.

Professional recognition

A number of professional associations are linked to the coaching and counselling fields including the International Coaching Association (ICA), the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and the Australian Counselling Association. The course curriculum is aligned to and likely to fulfil the accreditation requirements of a number of accrediting bodies such as the ICA. The ACA does not accredit graduate certificate courses, but will credit graduates from H577 with professional development points.

Subject to accreditation, graduates will be eligible to apply for registration and membership of the relevant associations.

Career opportunities

This course provides sufficient generic skills and professional practice applicable to any career where working with individuals and groups for behaviour change is a focus.

For students who have a recognised undergraduate major sequence in psychology, this course offers an alternative career pathway from the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC) approved Honours and Graduate Diploma courses.

Graduates will be well-equipped for a range of positions that require coaching and/or counselling expertise, including (but not limited to):

counselling and health coaching
business and leadership coaching, human resources
supervisor roles; team leaders, and managers
youth programs; education institutions
community groups/support agencies, adult education
human services and health/medical/psychology domains
professional trainer/facilitator for seminars and workshops
sports, exercise and nutrition coaching
public speaking and presentations, Public Relations
private practice (e.g., life coach; executive coach; mentor, counsellor or life skills counsellor)
Not-For-Profit organisations e.g., welfare organisations, community Centres; aid organisations

Articulation

Students who have completed the Graduate Certificate of Coaching and Counselling will be able to articulate into H677 Graduate Diploma of Coaching and Counselling.

Fees and charges

Unit fees can be viewed within individual unit descriptions. You can search for a unit using the Unit Search.

Please be aware:

Fees are calculated on a per unit basis
Fees charged will depend on the individual units chosen
Fees per unit/credit point may increase annually due to rises in the cost of course delivery and services