Counsellor Education
SAC considers counsellor education as well as continual professional development important parts of the counselling ecosystem in Singapore. There are many institutions that offer counselling courses in Singapore. Institutions are welcome to submit suitably designed counselling courses they offer to formal reviews by SAC. However, these submissions are voluntary in nature.
SAC Counsellors Education Board conducts periodical review on postgraduate counselling programmes delivered in Singapore that prepares one to become a professional counsellor. Each of these programmes must offer a minimum of one hundred (100) hours of practicum with ten (10) hours of clinical supervision. Upon graduating from any SAC Recognised Programme, an individual who completes a minimum of six hundred (600) postgraduate clinical hours and sixty (60) supervision hours will qualify to apply for SAC Registered Counsellor status.
The full list of our recognised programmes is reproduced below (as of August 2020). Individuals who are interested can approach the institutions directly for more information.
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COURSE PROVIDER |
COURSE TITLE |
VALIDITY PERIOD |
LINK |
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College of Allied Educators Pte Ltd |
Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling Psychology |
1 Jan 2020 – 31 Dec 2022 |
www.cae.edu.sg |
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Counselling and Care Centre |
Graduate Diploma in Counselling Practice |
1 Jan 2020 – 31 Dec 2022 |
www.counsel.org.sg |
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James Cook University Singapore |
Master of Guidance and Counselling |
1 May 2021 – 30 April 2025 |
www.jcu.edu.sg |
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Monash University through Kaplan Singapore |
Master of Counselling |
1 July 2020 – 30 June 2023 |
www.kaplan.com.sg |
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National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
Master of Arts (Counselling and Guidance) |
1 May 2021 – 30 April 2024 |
www.nie.edu.sg/macg |
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Singapore Bible College |
Master of Arts in Counselling (MAC) |
1 Jan 2020 – 31 Dec 2022 |
www.sbc.edu.sg |
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Singapore University of Social Sciences |
Master in Counselling and Graduate Diploma in Counselling |
1 May 2021 – 30 April 2025 |
www.suss.edu.sg |
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TCA College |
Master of Arts in Counselling |
1 May 2021 – 30 April 2025 |
www.tca.edu.sg |
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The Swinburne University of Technology through Executive Counselling and Training Academy Pte Ltd (ECTA) |
Master of Counselling (Advanced) |
1 May 2021 – 30 April 2024 |
www.ecta.edu.sg |
