Master of Counselling, Rehabilitation and Mental Health

What you will study

Year 1 requires the completion of 120 credit points.

• 120 credit points from chosen Core

Year 2 requires the completion of 120 credit points.

• 60 credit points from chosen Core
• 60 credit points from chosen Specialisation or Electives

Core Units

• Academic Integrity Module
• Community-Based Health Service Delivery Systems
• Employment and Disability
• Managing Wellbeing and Performance
• Rehabilitation Counselling
• Rehabilitation Counselling Practicum
• Service Coordination and Case Management
• The Service User Perspective in Health Care
• Vocational Rehabilitation
• Fundamentals of Employee Assistance Program Counselling
• Mental Health Counselling A
• Mental Health Counselling B
• Professional Counselling Practice

Specialisations

A specialisation is a sequence of related subjects studied in your course. You must complete at least one specialisation in some courses to attain your degree.

Students are to select one specialisation.

• Advanced Practice
• Applied Research

Entry requirements

Academic entry requirements

Prerequisites

Successful completion of an Australian bachelor's degree (or equivalent).

Specialisation - recommended: Health Sciences, Psychology, Behavioural Sciences or other relevant field.

Applicants with industry experience will also be considered.

Students who have completed a Graduate Diploma in Rehabilitation Counselling (PHG0001CI) can enter the course via the Cognate pathway and receive up to 120 credit points (1 year).

Recognition of Prior Learning

Credit for previous study (advanced standing) is the recognition of prior study or learning that can be counted towards a qualification. This can reduce the number of subjects required to complete your course. The amount of credit received depends on the level and relevance of your previous study and the number of subjects completed.

The University will designate courses for which admission is limited to Year 1. In these cases, credit is limited. Please take a look at the list of limited-entry courses.

Please visit the Advanced Standing webpage to check if this course is available for credit.

Outcomes

Career outcomes

After graduation, you could work across various industries, including allied health, education, government, sports and more.

Possible roles include:

• Rehabilitation Counsellor
• Counsellor
• Mental Health Counsellor
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Counsellor
• Student Wellbeing Coordinator

Learning outcomes

• Apply advanced and specialist theory, philosophy, research and evaluation methods to facilitate rehabilitation counselling and counselling practice.
• Plan, implement and evaluate client-centred assessment to facilitate treatment outcomes in complex environments.
• Apply complex and specialised counselling skills and psychological interventions with creativity and initiative to meet complex patient needs in rehabilitation counselling and counselling contexts.
• Generate professional documentation and reports for various stakeholders within complex rehabilitation counselling and counselling contexts.
• Critically reflect on rehabilitation and mental health counselling practice through monitoring and evaluating one's work and developing plans to meet personal and professional development needs.
• Appraise and apply legal, ethical and professional responsibilities of a counsellor and rehabilitation counsellor in complex environments and make referrals where appropriate.
• Design, implement, evaluate, and revise theoretically informed evidence-based counselling and behaviour change interventions to facilitate desired long-term vocational and avocational outcomes.
• Practice ethically and socially responsibly as a health care practitioner and/or researcher.

Fees and CSP

Indicative annual fee in 2026: $12,198 (Commonwealth Supported Place).

Indicative annual fee in 2026: $33,000 (domestic full-fee paying place).

A student’s annual fee may vary by:

• The number of units studied.
• Choice of courses.
• Credit from previous study or work experience.
• Eligibility for government-funded loans.

Student fees shown are subject to change. Could you contact the university directly to confirm?

Commonwealth Supported Places

The Australian Government allocates a certain number of CSPs to the universities each year, which are then distributed to students based on merit.

If you're a Commonwealth Supported Student (CSS), you only need to pay some of your tuition fees. The student contribution amount is the balance once the government subsidy is applied. This means your costs are much lower.

Limited CSP spaces are offered to students enrolled in selected postgraduate courses.

Your student contribution amount is:

• Calculated per the courses you're enrolled in.
• Depending on the study areas they relate to.
• Reviewed and adjusted each year.

HECS-HELP loans are available to CSP students to pay the student contribution amount.

FEE-HELP loans are available to assist eligible full-fee-paying domestic students with the cost of a university course.