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Overview
- Extend your knowledge and expertise in the specialist area of trauma focused practice. This specialisation is designed for those already in the field or those with a specific interest in this area of practice.
- Explore topics such as the impact of trauma and the various models and approaches to recognising and treating trauma.
- Explore recent developments in neuroscience literature related to complex trauma and understand how this will inform best therapeutic practice.
- Guided by experienced academics and industry-professionals, prepare for a career you're able to sustain by learning about vicarious trauma. Build your ability to recognise signs of burnout to ensure you’re skilled in sustainable self-care practice.
Career outcomes
If you're already a health professional, a counselling specialisation can enhance your skills and assist you to advance in your current position.
Responding to and supporting patients with trauma is an in-demand and growing skillset and the Graduate Certificate of Counselling (Trauma Focused Practice) provides the knowledge to assist and complement work within various roles in industries such as counselling, social work, human services, policing and criminal justice, education and health.
Graduates may find roles as a:
- trauma-informed case worker
- refugee and asylum seeker support worker
- victim support officer
- correctional services officer
- support officer for services relating to grief and loss, crisis intervention, domestic and family violence.
What you'll study
Explore the courses you'll study as part of this specialisation.
Refer to the UniSQ Handbook for detailed recommended enrolment patterns and course availability.
Relevant degrees for this specialisation
Graduate Certificate of Counselling
Upskill, specialise and diversify your career with expert counselling skills. Ideal for current professionals and graduates in health and allied fields, you’ll develop essential skills in counselling techniques, diagnosis, and online therapeutic interventions that can be applied to a variety of careers and industries. Choose to specialise in addiction counselling, mental health counselling, trauma focused practice, or child, youth and family therapy.
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