Programme summary

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Courses & timetables

Admission requirements

[PGDipCounselling]

8, 120 1.0
Part-time for 18 months
Starts July
24 places
by 30 January 2013. Short-listed candidates will be interviewed in February 2013
CA2372
Mt Albert campus | Waitakere campus

Applications for this programme have closed for Semester 2, 2012.

NZ$ 1491 per 30-credit course

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Programme summary

Learn about collaborative counselling approaches, including Narrative Therapy, Solution- focused Therapy and Collaborative Language Systems. Put theory into action through practical experience.

Do you want a career in counselling? The Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling provides you with the skills to work in a diverse range of counselling environments in Aotearoa New Zealand. Explore collaborative counselling approaches, in particular narrative therapy, solution focused therapy and collaborative language systems. Find out about power relations, and the significance of cultural, historical and social context in the shaping of people’s lives.

Highlights

• As a graduate you can apply for provisional membership of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors.
• Ethical approach: our lecturers work to the guidelines of the Code of Ethics of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors.
• Includes a workplace practicum.
• Bi-cultural practice and the study of Maori practice models are key parts of most courses.
• Staff who have extensive counselling experience and are members of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors.
• Cross-credits towards the Master of Social Practice.