DIPLOMA OF COUNSELLING
Study CHC51015 Diploma of Counselling with Synergy Central
Diploma of Counselling Qualification Description
This qualification reflects the role of counsellors, who work with clients on personal and psychological issues using established counselling modalities. They use communication, micro-counselling and interviewing skills and draw on varied counselling therapies to assist clients. At this level, the counsellor will be working in defined and supported counselling roles in established agencies rather than in independent practice.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.
Synergy’s registration for this qualification can be verified here.
RTOs deliver and assess training products in line with the training package requirements, the guidelines of the Australian qualifications framework, and in line with the guidelines set by the regulator (ASQA).
Industry associations set their membership guidelines, and in some cases, these are in contrast to the requirements of the nationally recognised training packages and delivery strategies of an RTO.
Before you enrol in a diploma of counselling with an RTO, you should then decide whether their delivery approach meets the requirements of an association or other body you might be seeking registration with. For example:
As at 22-6-25, the RTOs’ understanding is that:
ACA (Australian Counselling Association) requires qualifications:
- to be done over 12 months or more
- with no greater than 40% of the diploma achieved through RPL.
ACCA (Australian Community Counselling Association) accepts RTO graduates of the Diploma of Counselling for membership.
Before enrolling in a course with an RTO, you need to check the membership conditions and requirements of any industry Association you might be considering joining, and only enrol with the RTO if the delivery approach meets those conditions, or you do not need to join an organisation like the ACA.
RTOs are not involved in the approval or processing of memberships for associations, and it is incumbent upon the individual to determine whether they will be seeking membership with a particular industry body and what the requirements of that membership are.