Summary

Paetahi Tumu  Bachelor of Counselling is a three-year degree designed to meet the professional membership requirements of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors (NZAC), Te  Tautoko, NZ Christian Counsellors Association, and the Drug and Alcohol Practitioners Association Aotearoa New Zealand (Dapaanz). 

 

Students in this programme will develop the professional skills required to work within the complex and interprofessional social service and health communities. Additional to what many other counselling programmes offer, it includes a mental health and addictions focus. Placement is a significant element of this programme. 

 

Within this degree programme, students will develop the skills to: 

• Demonstrate empathy and respect for others

• Understand the social, political, and cultural context of counselling

• Understand different cultural values

• Articulate the theoretical base of counselling

• Integrate knowledge, skills and practice

• Understand their own values and beliefs in relation to counselling

• Understand the professional Codes of Ethics

 

Graduates are prepared to enter the counselling workforce at a beginner-practitioner level in the context of a bicultural Aotearoa, New Zealand.

 

Design Factory

In their third year of study, students can apply to study the 30 credit Design Factory NZ module. This experience teaches a range of problem-solving methodologies, which students will apply to a real-world challenge provided by an industry partner. Students will work in a multi-disciplinary team alongside students from engineering, business, IT, sport and exercise science, media arts, and more.