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Master of Pastoral Counselling (with specialisation)

Advance your knowledge and skills for a range of professional pastoral counselling contexts
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The Master of Pastoral Counselling aims to qualify individuals from a variety of backgrounds in pastoral counselling, including churches, universities, schools, military service, corrective services, police, aged care facilities, and the general community.

This award has professional accreditation by the following bodies as an approved postgraduate counselling training program.

  • Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA)
  • Australian Counselling Association (ACA) 

Students will learn to apply advanced knowledge and skills (including knowledge of research principles and methods applicable to the field) in a range of professional pastoral counselling contexts, enabling them to develop a mastery of the field in their professional practice. The program integrates applied pastoral theology with advanced pastoral counselling theory and skills through an in-depth understanding of the discipline through either clinical coursework or research and serves as a pathway to further learning.

 

We also offer pastoral counselling at a Graduate Diploma and Graduate Certificate level.

INTERESTED IN THIS COURSE?

Our course advisors are well placed to match your background and educational objectives to the course that would best suit your needs. 

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Course duration

4 years part-time

Study mode

Online (Distance Education) with compulsory Intensives in Canberra.

View our Intensives calendar. (Includes Residential or Intensive dates for subjects across our courses.)

CSU students may be eligible for financial support to attend compulsory Intensives in person.

Admission

Applicants should:

  • be able to demonstrate personal suitability to undertake professional practice as a pastoral counsellor, including self-awareness, relational capacity, personal ethical practice, being able to reflect on and learn from experience, and being open to positive and  challenging feedback; AND
  • hold an undergraduate degree in theology, psychology or equivalent.

Applicants with degrees in other disciplines are encouraged to apply; OR

  • have successfully completed the Graduate Diploma of Pastoral Counselling at CSU; OR
  • hold a Graduate Diploma of Counselling from another institution; if so they may be required to complete the Applied Pastoral Theology subject before being granted admission to the Master of Pastoral Counselling.

Enrolment 
To enrol, students apply directly to Charles Sturt University.

Subjects

These subjects are covered in the Graduate Diploma of Pastoral Counselling and will be part of the Masters course.

  • Pastoral Counselling: Theory and Professional Issues
  • Pastoral Counselling: Grief and Loss
  • Pastoral Counselling: Crisis Intervention
  • Pastoral Counselling: Relationship and Family
  • Pastoral Counselling: Mental Health and Trauma
  • Spiritual Direction in the Christian Tradition
  • Applied Pastoral Theology

MASTER OF PASTORAL COUNSELLING (128 POINTS)

All of the Graduate Diploma of Pastoral Counselling Subjects listed above, plus:

  • Advanced Pastoral Counselling (16 points)
  • Social Research Methods for Pastoral Studies (8 points)
  • Pastoral Counselling: Research Proposal (8 points)
  • Pastoral Counselling Dissertation (32 points)

MASTER OF PASTORAL COUNSELLING (CLINICAL) (13 SUBJECTS)

All of the Graduate Diploma of Pastoral Counselling Subjects listed above, plus:

  • Advanced Pastoral Counselling (16 points)
  • Theological Ethics for the Helping Professions (8 points)
  • Pastoral Counselling Professional Practice (16 points)
  • Reflective Practitioner Perspectives in Pastoral Counselling (16 points)
  • Social Research Methods for Pastoral Studies (8 points)
Practical experience

This Masters course in counselling emphasises face-to-face practical sessions for role play and hands-on learning. This course includes a focus on applying course learning to the student’s background context for all assessment tasks.

Professional recognition

The Master of Pastoral Counselling (Clinical) has been accredited by the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA) as a postgraduate counselling training program. It satisfies the academic and professional training requirements for ‘Provisional Membership’ with PACFA. Further client and supervision hours will be required beyond the Master of Pastoral Counselling (Clinical) program to meet the  ‘Clinical Membership’ (750/75) category.

The Graduate Diploma of Pastoral Counselling and the Master of Pastoral Counselling have been accredited by Australian Counselling Association (ACA) as an approved postgraduate counselling training program.

Career opportunities

When you study Master of Pastoral Counselling you will be able to make a difference to people’s lives by providing spiritual and psychological support to those who need it most. You will develop the skills and experience to offer counselling across a wide range of settings – pastoral and clinical practice, church and community work, and lay or ordained ministry – to help people with any issue, be it personal, family, marital or faith.

What our students say

“The Masters of Pastoral Counselling was a life-changer for me. The opportunity to read more widely, wrestle with new ideas and gather with others from a variety of backgrounds, worldviews and experiences was enriching and stimulating. The online structure allowed me to work around my own timetable eagerly looking forward to each subject. I travelled and stayed over night for the practical sessions which was a wonderful break from the daily routine and turned into times to focus on the study without interruptions or competing demands. Loved it.”

- Joanne McDonough, 2019
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