It is estimated that 1/5 people are struggling with their mental health currently. Supporting people with their mental health can be a rewarding and enriching career. 

If you are thinking of training  or retraining to work in mental health, there is a high demand for mental health workers in Australia currently.  

The number of people available to work in this area far outweighs the demand for services. 

So if you are looking to improve your job and career prospects, why not consider working in psychology or counselling!  You can specialise to work with children, older people or adults. 

Counselling 

Research in Australia suggests that there is a growing demand for counsellors, with another 3.500 counsellors needed by next year alone.  Training in careers where there is a high demand is obviously a good idea.  Having niche skills in the area of counselling is another good idea! 

For example, a Counsellor will train in counselling skills and techniques, but they can also specialise – working in play therapy or pet therapy, creative therapies, grief counselling, counselling children or older people. Here are just some examples of the types of courses we offer that help you specialise in counselling. 

The range of education courses and programs in this field include:

◻️ Pet Therapy 

◻️ Counselling Skills I and II 

◻️ Counselling Techniques 

◻️ Counselling Children 

◻️ Aged Care and Counselling 

◻️ Ecotherapy 

◻️ Grief Counselling 

◻️ Creative Therapies 

◻️ Crisis Counselling 

◻️ Family Counselling 

◻️ Relationship and Communication Counselling 

◻️ Play Therapy 

◻️ Professional Practice in Counselling 

◻️ Professional Supervision 

◻️ Psychological Assessment 

Child Mental Health

In Australia, there is a massive demand for people to work within the child mental health services. The demand for support far outweighs the staff available. So if you are looking for a career where there is a high demand, then this is another rewarding and fascinating career to consider.

We offer various courses to train you in child mental health services –

◻️ Child Mental Health and Child Care

◻️ Child Mental Health and Child Counselling

◻️ Child Psychology

◻️ Developmental Psychology

◻️ Adolescent Psychology

◻️ Developmental, Learning and Behavioural Conditions in Children

◻️ Educational Psychology

◻️ Child Development Certificate

◻️ Neurodiversity

◻️ Play Therapy

Older People and Aging

As we are living longer, there is an increasing demand for services for people as they age. As with counselling and child mental health services, the demand for the services is outweighing the number of people available.

Have a look at some of our training courses to work with older people –

◻️ Older People and Aging

◻️ Developmental Psychology

◻️ Aged Care and Counselling

◻️ Healthy Aging

◻️ Grief

◻️ Counselling

◻️ Play Therapy

◻️ Adult Mental Health

Or perhaps you would like to work with adults and supporting their mental health. Have a look at our training courses in this area -

◻️ Mental Health Managing Mental Health in Adults

◻️ Anger Management

◻️ Stress Management

◻️ Anxiety Management

◻️ Abnormal Psychology

◻️ Emotional Intelligence

◻️ Neurodiversity

◻️ Life Coaching

◻️ Anxiety Management

◻️ Stress Management

◻️ Anger Management

◻️ Careers Counselling

◻️ Emotional Intelligence

There is a high demand for knowledgeable mental health workers.

Enrol anytime to suit you and work at your own pace!  You can view all of our psychology and counselling courses here.

Or contact us at admin@acs.edu.au for more information.