Master of Counselling Social Work

Program Overview

This part-time, two-year postgraduate program enhances counseling and therapy skills for practicing social workers. It explores contemporary counseling frameworks, advanced counseling skills, and complex practice issues. Graduates can pursue specialized counseling positions, clinical supervision, private practice, or doctoral research, advancing their careers in the field.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

• The program is designed for practicing social workers to enhance their counseling and therapy knowledge and skills.
• Students will engage in interactive intensives and seminars focusing on practice skills, theory, and analysis of ideas in their social work practice.
• Core facets of the therapeutic relationship are studied using systemic and relational counseling approaches in various practice contexts.
• Contemporary counseling frameworks are explored, such as family therapy, interpersonal psychotherapy, cognitive, behavioral, mindfulness, and trauma-based approaches.
• Students will also develop advanced counseling skills, examine complex practice issues like therapeutic impasse, grief, loss, trauma, and violence, and enhance their social work research knowledge.
• This postgraduate degree serves as a pathway to a Professional Doctorate or PhD.

Careers:

• Potential career paths include specialized counseling positions in health, mental health, and community services.
• Graduates may pursue roles in clinical supervision, private counseling practice, training, and management positions.
• The program is a gateway to doctoral research, providing opportunities for career advancement and specialization in the field.