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12 weeks involving 7-8 hours a week of study. This includes weekly 2-hour online seminars and independent study time.

Course content and topics include:

• established couples counselling theories and approaches in use in Australia today

• extensive research and expert commentary on why particular approaches work well

• ways to enhance your therapeutic skills and apply new theories and competencies to your practice

• strategies to support reflective practice

• common challenges that couples face, such as infidelity, communication difficulties, life transitions, conflicting use of social media, avoidance patterns, family violence and trauma

• ethical decision-making how to support couples who are experiencing complex challenges

• how couples’ emotional and sexual connection can be affected by identity, including cultural diversity, gender, religion, health, disability and/or neurodiversity
• the role and impact of single-session consultations when working with couples
• how to apply assessment processes and develop working formulations which consider couples’ unique narratives, backgrounds and presenting dynamics.