Support people navigating alcohol and other drugs issues, and help build stronger, healthier communities. This entry-level qualification prepares you to work across community-based organisations, withdrawal services, residential rehabilitation and outreach services, with automatic eligibility to upgrade to AIPC's Diploma of Alcohol and Other Drugs, receiving 10 units of credit.

Financial hardship can affect anyone, and AIPC's Diploma of Financial Counselling prepares you to help. You'll gain specialised skills grounded in counselling and community services disciplines, ready to launch a new career or complement one you already have in teaching, nursing, ministry, corrective services or administration.

Become the difference in a young person's life. AIPC's Certificate IV in Youth Work (CHC40121) opens the door to a meaningful career supporting the next generation, giving you the confidence and real-world skills to make a genuine impact where it's needed most.

International Students

AIPC's Master of Counselling welcomes international students from any undergraduate discipline, preparing you to become a Registered Counsellor with career opportunities here in Australia or back home. Delivered on-campus in Melbourne and Perth through Acknowledge Education, and accredited by the Australian Counselling Association, it equips you to make a genuine difference in areas from grief and trauma to mental health and family support.

Backed by over 30 years of specialist training and 55,000+ graduates across 27 countries, AIPC's Diploma of Counselling Practice gives you a solid, scaffolded foundation in counselling theory and skills, equally suited to launching a new career or complementing the one you already have.

The ideal path for those seeking an undergraduate degree in counselling. Receive up to a year credit for prior counselling studies and experience.

In this micro-credential you’ll learn effective ways to work with teens as they transition through this dynamic period of their lives. You’ll learn how to help them navigate social media and online communities; peer pressure and bullying; use of alcohol and drugs; risky behaviours; romantic relationships, trauma, and more. You’ll also learn to use the public health model when using a harm minimisation approach in these areas.

In this micro-credential you’ll learn how to work effectively with children as your client, which is uniquely rewarding and challenging. You’ll gain awareness of their developmental stages, including examining attachment styles and how to develop a child-centric approach to practice. You’ll learn how to work with other stakeholders, such as parents, caregivers, schools, etc. And you’ll learn to work with trauma and various health conditions (illness, disability, ASD, ADHD, learning difficulties, anxiety, etc).

Domestic and family violence is a pattern of abusive behaviour that involves one person seeking to control and dominate another person. Domestic and family violence is not always physical – it can involve a range of different forms of abuse.