Diploma in Counselling Applied (Careers) (Level 6)

The Diploma in Counselling Applied (Careers) is designed to provide you with an understanding of the application of career counselling in a range of situations. Under clinical supervision you will be able to review your developing skill base in relation to the management of clients with career needs. 

This programme meets some, but not all, NZAC criteria specified in the Practitioner Competencies for Counselling Workers in Aotearoa – New Zealand.

At the completion of this diploma, you will be able to:

• Evaluate the different theoretical approaches which underpin effective counselling practice and demonstrate these under clinical supervision
• Assess the appropriateness of different theories of counselling in specific cases
• Demonstrate awareness of social, political, cultural and economic contexts within which they work
• Identify ethical issues specific to counselling in the clinical context
• Demonstrate responsiveness to cultural difference in counselling practice
• Under clinical supervision they will be able to review their developing skill base in relation to the management of clients with career needs
• Demonstrate the skills of a reflective practitioner
• Demonstrate a number of competencies required for NZAC registration

Programme structure

STAGE 1
 

Course No.	Course Name	Crds
BC5101	Client Centred Practice Issues	20
BC5110	Counselling Theories	20
BC5106	Introduction Professional Practice	20
BC5112	Treaty of Waitangi	10
BC5102	The Impact of Social Policy on Current Issues in New Zealand Society	20
BC5107	Career Theory and Practice 1	20
BC5103	Introduction to Individual and Social Psychology	10
Total: 120

You must pass BC5106 Introduction to Professional Practice and BC5107 Career 
Theory and Practice I before entering Stage 2 of this programme

STAGE 2

Course No.	Course Name	Crds
BC6202	Cognitive Behavioural Approaches	20
BC7323	Systemic Approaches to Couple & Family Counselling	20
BC6207	Career Theory and Practice II	20
AS6205	Introduction to Research	10
BC6206	Practicum II (Careers)	20
Total: 90
Electives (select 30 credits from following topics)
AS6201	Assessment and Treatment Planning	10
AS6202	Motivational Interviewing	10
BC6201	Existential Approaches	20
AS5104	Theories of Substance Use, Misuse and Addiction	10
BC7314	Group Work	20
BC7322	Narrative Therapy	20
BC7311	Key Issues Working with Adolescents	20
BC7308	Research Project	10
AS7310	Te Kotahitanga Hauora Maori	10
Total Credits required for Stage 2 Diploma: 120

• Course outlines (PDF)

Entry requirements
42 credits at NCEA level 3, including a minimum of 14 credits at level 3 in each of three subjects, or an equivalent qualification, or evidence of the ability to achieve within the programme. 

For applicants who have English as a second language, a minimum IELTS score of 6.5 or equivalent is required.  All enrolments to the counselling programmes are subject to the approval of the Head of Centre. 

Students will normally be mature adults with appropriate life experience in order to have a broad view of client issues.

Please click here for additional information on our Counselling programmes.