Australia is at a critical crossroads in addressing its mental health crisis, and many people face significant barriers to seeking help – stigma, affordability and limited access being among the most persistent. Our online postgraduate counselling programs are designed to meet these challenges and empower the next generation of counselling professionals by combining innovative teaching with real-world expertise. Courses are led by academics who are also active practitioners, bringing firsthand experience of the varied and complex challenges people grapple with, directly into the program.

Build your capability to address Australia’s urgent mental health workforce gap with UNSW Online’s postgraduate psychology programs – the first step to becoming a registered psychologist. Gain foundational knowledge in areas like developmental psychology and behavioural neuroscience, guided by leading Group of Eight (Go8) academics whose research-driven approach ensures you develop in-demand skills to support wellbeing and drive meaningful change for individuals and communities.