Graduate Coursework

Master of Narrative Therapy and Community Work

  • Course code: MC-NTCW
Clock
Duration
1 year full time / 2 years part time
Location
Mode (Location)
Online
Calendar-month
Intake
February
Key dates
Dollar
Fees
AUD $28,000 (2026 indicative first year fee). Commonwealth Supported Places (CSPs) are not available
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Course overview

Overview

  • Enhance your clinical and practice-research skills in narrative therapy
  • Learn a respectful, non-blaming approach to counselling and community work
  • Gain expertise from internationally renowned narrative therapy experts

The Master of Narrative Therapy and Community Work is a postgraduate specialist qualification for professionals interested in enhancing their clinical and practice-research skills. This course is offered entirely online, providing flexibility for working professionals.

Narrative therapy is a respectful, non-blaming approach to counselling and community work, which centres people as the experts in their own lives. It views problems as separate from people and assumes people have many skills, competencies, beliefs, values, commitments, and abilities that will assist them in reducing the influence of problems in their lives.

Who is the Master of Narrative Therapy and Community Work for?

This course is designed for counselling and community work professionals with an undergraduate degree and at least two years of experience in their field who wish to utilise methods of narrative therapy in their practice. Graduates have come from various countries, including Singapore, Canada, China, Australia, Spain, Hong Kong, Israel, Tanzania, Ireland, Chile, South Africa, Denmark, Mexico, New Zealand, and the UK.

Why study the Master of Narrative Therapy and Community Work?

Gain hands-on experience while learning from expert educators. The degree is delivered as a joint initiative of the Department of Social Work at the University of Melbourne and The Dulwich Centre, Adelaide – an international centre for narrative therapy training established by internationally renowned social worker and narrative therapist Michael White.

It's a practice-based program, with a wide range of national and international teachers, specifically designed to spark continual innovation in the field of narrative therapy and community work.

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