Diploma in Counselling

Fiji National University's Diploma in Counselling gives students the knowledge, skills and competencies needed to use interpersonal and counselling techniques ethically and safely across a range of settings and roles. Delivered over two years for 240 credit points at the Nasinu, Lautoka and Labasa campuses, the programme is pitched as advanced training for professionals already working in health services, management, education-related roles, or as volunteers in government and non-government organisations where counselling skills come into play. Units cover academic English, human development and educational psychology, introductory counselling, counselling theories and practice across two levels, psychological disorders and mental health, school counselling, counselling assessment and interventions, inclusive education, counselling individuals with special needs, addiction counselling, crisis intervention and supervision, family and relationships counselling, career psychology, child and adolescent counselling, and research methods and evidence-based practice. Entry requires the Fiji Year 13 Certificate Examination to be passed, as set out in the university's academic and student regulations; applicants aged 21 or above who lack the standard progression may be admitted based on maturity, work experience or prior learning.