Master of Counselling and Psychotherapy
Earn a professional Master's degree in counselling and psychotherapy featuring cognitive science and hands-on clinical placement.
Best for:Best for individuals holding an undergraduate degree or relevant professional experience seeking to train as registered counsellors and psychotherapists.
Overview
The Master of Counselling and Psychotherapy at the Ikon Institute of Australia offers advanced academic training combined with practical clinical experience. Students explore cognitive science, neuroscience, and various therapeutic modalities including psychodynamic, humanistic, somatic, and trauma-informed approaches. The curriculum prepares candidates to work ethically and sensitively across diverse client populations. A mandatory 120-hour supervised placement ensures graduates develop hands-on therapeutic expertise and case management skills.
What you'll do
- Complete coursework integrating cognitive science, neuroscience, and psychotherapy
- Engage with diverse therapeutic approaches including psychodynamic, humanistic, and somatic frameworks
- Complete a 120-hour practical clinical placement
- Manage a client caseload under professional supervision
- Apply ethical guidelines and cultural sensitivity in client interactions
Requirements
Degree required: Bachelor Degree in any discipline, or equivalent specialist training and professional experience
Degree offered: Master
Language: English
Instruction: English
- Ability to meet academic demands at the postgraduate level
- Demonstrated commitment to ethical therapeutic practice
- Interpersonal and cultural sensitivity
- Applicants with only vocational training qualifications require at least five years of full-time equivalent professional experience as a counsellor, psychotherapist, or psychoanalyst
- Applicants with only recent senior secondary education are not eligible
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How to apply
Submit an application directly through the Ikon Institute course portal. Provide documentary evidence of prior qualifications or professional experience depending on the chosen admission pathway.
- Academic transcripts
- Documentary evidence of prior learning or professional experience
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