Graduate Diploma in Counselling
Course code: GD-COUNSMO
This course is available to domestic students only
October
AUD $25,488 (2026 indicative first year fee). Commonwealth Supported Places (CSPs) are not available
Career outcomes
Overview
As demand for mental health services increases nationwide, the need for counsellors with advanced qualifications has never been greater.
The online Graduate Diploma in Counselling is designed to prepare you to step into this demand with confidence. Providing you with the professional competence, ethical readiness and Australian Counselling Association (ACA) accreditation required for practice.
This transformative qualification will prepare you for counselling and support roles across industries like:
- Allied health
- Business
- Community services
- Disability
- Education
- Government
- Public and private hospitals
- Private practice
- Youth services.
Profile
Lyndal Hickey
Dr Lyndal Hickey is the Course Director and a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social Work at the University of Melbourne. Dr Hickey has a broad range of professional experience in social work and family therapy practice and leadership, project management, policy and service development.
As an educator, she coordinates an online graduate research capstone for experienced social work, health and human service professionals engaged in practice-based research, engages in subject and course re-design and teaches professional identity to emerging social work professionals.
As a researcher, she is focused on understanding and improving health and social outcomes for children and young people living with disability or health conditions, and their families, while strengthening communities to create inclusive opportunities for all.
