Bachelor of Counselling

Designed to equip you with the practical and soft skills you need for the counselling career you want, ACAP’s Bachelor of Counselling degree provides comprehensive counselling training with a strong focus on reflective practice. When you choose to study counselling with ACAP, our industry expert mentors will empower you to forge a successful counselling career supporting individuals, couples, families or groups in various settings.ACAP provides a hands-on learning experience, allowing you to explore counselling frameworks, ethical practice and cultural diversity, and develop a wide range of skills across mental health, trauma-informed practice, grief and loss counselling, and more. To solidify your understanding of theoretical concepts, you’ll also undertake 200 hours of industry work placement to gain real-world experience and put your counselling skills into practice.Our Bachelor of Counselling course is accredited by the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA), the Australian Counselling Association (ACA), and by ACAP under its self-accrediting authority. If you’re an international student looking to study a Bachelor of Counselling in Australia, ACAP is the place to be. The course offers a comprehensive grounding to counselling frameworks, essential skills, ethical practices, and cultural diversity. All International students will receive foundational training in counselling, emphasising modern techniques, theories in counselling and psychology, as well as research and practical applications. Our Bachelor of Counselling in Australia course is available to onshore international students at our Melbourne and Sydney campuses.

International students must meet the following criteria:

Participate in a screening interview (typically by phone though online can be arranged if required), and
Be 18 years or above at the date of commencement, and
Completion of a Senior Secondary Certificate of Education (or equivalent), or
Completion of a Diploma or above (or equivalent), or
Admission to an undergraduate degree at an Australian University (or equivalent)
International student IELTS requirement: Academic IELTS minimum overall band of 6.0 with no individual band below 5.5 completed in the last two years (or equivalent).

Overseas qualifications must be deemed by ACAP as equivalent to Australian qualifications.