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Undergraduate Certificate in Mental Health
Degree Level Undergraduate
Year 2025
Degree overview
- Gain a strong foundation of knowledge and skills across core psychological science and counselling concepts to make a difference in your local community, enhance your current skillset, or pave the way for further study, with just six months of full-time study.
- Develop an understanding of the social, historical, professional and cultural influences that shape how mental health is perceived, approached and treated.
- Design a study pathway tailored to your interests by choosing an elective to enhance your specialised knowledge.
- Benefit from a qualification informed by world-class research1 and developed in response to strong industry demand for skilled mental health care professionals.
- Use your credit from this program as a guaranteed pathway* into a range of bachelor degrees.
*Minimum course requirements must be met.
12018 Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA).
What you'll learn

Upskill, reskill, or advance your career with an undergraduate certificate informed by the latest research and guided by contemporary counselling concepts and practice. In just six months of full-time study, you’ll graduate with a solid understanding of mental health conditions and counselling approaches, paving the way for entry into the first year of a related bachelor degree.
You’ll be introduced to psychology as a science, the physiology of the human nervous system and cerebral cortex, and examine the social, historical, professional and cultural influences on how mental health is perceived and impacted. You’ll explore key theories and approaches to counselling and psychotherapy, and develop valuable communication skills used in cognitive and behavioural counselling.
Learn about mental health conditions including depression, anxiety disorder, psychosis and personality disorders, along with approaches to evidence-based treatment, recovery from self-harming behaviour, and the law and ethics surrounding mental health.
Build specialised knowledge with an elective focused on connecting and working with nature for mental wellness, professional communication in the health industry, or sociology, and graduate with a well-rounded skills base.