Master Practitioner of Holistic Counselling Online Program
Master Practitioner of Holistic Counselling Program
Enrolment places are limited – Enrol now below
About the course
The Holistic Counselling Training Program at The Australian Holistic Academy is designed to support those ready to guide others through emotional healing and transformation using a compassionate, evidence-based, mind-body-soul approach.
This internationally recognised program offers a pathway into a career that supports others while also allowing you to live in alignment with your values, your lifestyle, and your heart.
What Is Holistic Counselling?
Unlike conventional talk therapy, holistic counselling is integrative and client-led. It considers the full human experience, mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual to support deep healing, self-awareness, and growth.
You’ll learn how to weave together modern counselling methods with complementary techniques like mindfulness, somatic awareness, positive psychology, nervous system regulation, and self-empowerment tools.
It’s a career that allows you to hold safe, transformational spaces meeting clients where they are and guiding them home to themselves.
What You’ll Learn
Throughout the program, you’ll:
- Gain an in-depth understanding of the interconnectedness of mind, body, and soul
- Learn to support emotional healing through evidence-based and heart-centred therapeutic techniques
- Develop skills in active listening, client assessment, mindfulness, and embodiment practices
- Understand the impact of trauma, stress, and belief systems on wellbeing
- Learn how to create client plans tailored to individual needs and healing styles
- Explore how to work ethically, safely, and professionally as a holistic counsellor
- Discover how to build and grow your own practice with clarity and confidence
Why Become a Holistic Counsellor?
- Build a heart-led career in a rapidly growing industry
- Offer clients a safe and empowering space for emotional breakthroughs and transformation
- Create a business that offers you freedom, flexibility, and financial sustainability
- Be part of the future of wellness — combining professionalism with soul-led service
- Support others with tools that heal, uplift, and empower the whole person
- Live your purpose while making a lasting difference
Make a Difference. Start Within.
When we support others in healing their hearts, we help change the world, one conversation, one moment of connection at a time.
Enrolments are now open.
Begin your journey toward becoming a qualified Holistic Counsellor today.
Course Duration:
Undergraduate
12 months Full-time – Approximately 22 study hours per week
23 months Part-time – Approximately 12 study hours per week.
Postgraduate
10 months Full-time – Approximately 22 study hours per week
20 months Part-time – Approximately 12 study hours per week
*requirement – completion of Certificate in Meditation Teaching
Virtual Campus:
Study online at times convenient for you, at your pace, with high level support and guidance.
Monthly one-hour Zoom Counselling Masterclass – attend live or watch the recordings.
Exclusive online student community for additional support, connection and announcements.
Next Intakes:
15 September 2025 (enrolments now open)
27 October 2025 (enrolments now open)
Course Fees:
International students are welcome.
All course fees are shown in AUD
Undergraduate
Full Payment on Enrolment: $6,500
Payment Plans:
12 monthly payments of $546 (total: $6,552)
52 weekly payments of $126 (total: $6,552)
Postgraduate
To enrol as a postgraduate student you must have completed the Certificate in Meditation Teaching course:
Full Payment on Enrolment: $5,500
Payment Plans:
9 monthly payments of $616 (total: $5,544)
36 weekly payments of $154 (total: $5,544)
Recognised Certification:
This is an internationally accredited and industry approved professional training program. Upon completion of this program you will be qualified, have knowledge on how to build your business and be ready to start your new holistic career or provide additional support within your current holistic practice.
Step into a career that feels purposeful, aligned, and rooted in deep, meaningful impact.
This internationally recognised program offers a pathway into a career that supports others while also allowing you to live in alignment with your values, your lifestyle, and your heart.
This course provides you with multiple industry-recognised certifications:
- Certificate in Advanced Meditation Teaching and Holistic Human Development
- Advanced Practitioner of Holistic Empowerment Coaching
- Master Practitioner of Holistic Empowerment Coaching
- Master Practitioner of Holistic Counselling
Internationally Industry Recognised
This course is recognised in 36 countries. Oceania: Australia & New Zealand, UK & Europe: UK, Ireland, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Denmark, Gibraltar, Liechtenstein, Iceland, Belgium, Luxemburg, Greece, Latvia, Sweden, Channel Islands, Norway, Estonia, Austra, Malta, Isle of Man, Netherlands, South Africa, Canada
Who This Course Is For
- Individuals seeking a career change into a field that is impactful, meaningful, and aligned with their values
- Existing holistic practitioners (such as energy workers, yoga teachers, coaches, bodyworkers) who want to expand their scope of practice and offer deeper emotional support
- Those who feel called to be part of positive change in the world
- People drawn to the holistic path and ready to build professional skills rooted in integrity and compassion
- Adults aged 18 and above — from any background, with or without prior experience
Why Become a Holistic Counsellor?
- Build a heart-led career in a rapidly growing industry
- Offer clients a safe and empowering space for emotional breakthroughs and transformation
- Create a business that offers you freedom, flexibility, and financial sustainability
- Be part of the future of wellness — combining professionalism with soul-led service
- Support others with tools that heal, uplift, and empower the whole person
- Live your purpose while making a lasting difference
Your Pathway Forward
This IICT-recognised and industry-accredited training equips you with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to begin working as a professional Holistic Counsellor.
You’ll graduate ready to offer 1:1 counselling sessions, group support spaces, or integrate this skill set into your existing practice all while feeling deeply supported through your own personal growth journey.
Why Train with The Australian Holistic Academy?
- Accredited training grounded in both science and soul
- A trauma-aware, heart-led approach to learning and client care
- Flexible study options to support your lifestyle and pace
- Real-world application, mentorship, and community connection
- A professional, safe space to grow your skills and confidence and walk your own path of transformation
Make a Difference. Start Within.
When we support others in healing their hearts, we help change the world, one conversation, one moment of connection at a time.
Enrolments are now open.
Begin your journey toward becoming a qualified Holistic Counsellor today.
Course Outline
This is an evidence-based and heart-centred professional program, providing hands on supervised practice that helps to refine counselling skills. This training integrates evidence-based research for holistic wellbeing and includes:
All modules from the Certificate of Meditation Teaching, details can be found here.
Ten stand-alone courses combined with a major practical holistic counselling skills component.
Course One – Certificate in Autonomic Nervous System Realignment Therapy (ANSR)
The Autonomic Nervous System determines what neurochemicals and at what quantity to release into the body. These chemicals impact the physical environment that cells form and live in. Based on clinical evidence, ANSR investigates how and why what we think influences our physical wellbeing and the dramatic impact of how changing our thought process can improve our physical health.
Course Two – Certificate in Brain Body Medicine
Based on scientific research and humanistic psychology this course explores why people may find themselves unable to overcome old belief systems, negative thinking and habits that contribute to living happier or healthier lives. Exploring simple and practical tools that can assist with adopting a more positive and healthier thought process. This course takes the mystery out of mind body medicine.
Course Three – Certificate in Advanced Holistic Counselling Therapy
Dive deeper into the practicalities of holistic counselling therapy. Study communication skills, how to develop the counsellor/client relationship, relationship counselling, mental & emotional wellbeing, counselling parents and teenagers and releasing past trauma. This course covers the importance of ethical practices in holistic counselling.
Course Four – Certificate in Holistic Telephone and Online Counselling
Preparation to be able to provide telephone (telehealth) and online counselling for clients. These kinds of sessions require special skills to ensure the client is provided with the same quality experience as in-person consultations.
Course Five – Certificate in Holistic Grief and Loss Counselling
People experience grief and loss differently. These experiences are not only related to the death of a loved one, people can experience grief after the end of relationship or friendship, losing a job or during periods of change (eg empty nesting). Holistic Grief and Loss Counsellors provide clients with coping skills, emotional support and resources to help support them through the grieving process.
Course Six – Certificate in Holistic Trauma and Abuse Counselling
Holistic Trauma and Abuse Counsellors provide support, guidance and resources for clients to overcome trauma and look at implementing strategies and life habits that allow them to find balance in their life again. In this line of work it is necessary to have a thorough understanding of referral networks and the cycle of domestic violence.
Course Seven – Certificate in Holistic Marriage and Relationship Counselling
The role of a Marriage and Relationship Counsellor can involve acting as a mediator, this course will provide skills and information to support couples, families and others in close relationships. This course covers positive communication skills, life tools for expressing emotions, taking accountability, setting goals and identifying outcomes.
Course Eight – Certificate in Holistic Therapies for PTSD
Based on the work of Bessel van der Kolk, a psychiatrist, author and educator who has spent his career studying the impact of traumatic experiences on the body. Since the early 1970s, Bessel van der Kolk has been at the forefront of research in PTSD. You will discover effective ways to guide your clients beyond PTSD into self-empowerment and improved mental, emotional and physical health.
Course Nine – Certificate in Inner Child Work
Inner child work is an effective way of identifying and resolving childhood trauma. Tools in Inner Child Work can help to develop a sense of safety, build connection with joy, innocence, playfulness and openness.
Course Ten – Certificate in Holistic Psychotherapy
Holistic Psychotherapy combines traditional counselling methods with alternative therapies, focusing on treating the whole person – mind body and soul. This course covers a range of therapeutic techniques such as mindfulness, meditation, bodywork and energy healing, which support emotional and physical healing. By integrating these modalities students can offer a comprehensive, person-centred approach fostering deep healing and transformation.
Practical Advanced Holistic Counselling Skills Components
This component builds students confidence in being able to handle complex cases professionally.
- Unit One: Clinical Practice – This is an opportunity for students to practice and develop essential counselling skills, helping to bring their theoretical knowledge into real-world application. Students work with clients face-to-face or via video conference with both the student and the client providing feedback to the supervisor after each session.
- Unit Two: Case Studies – Case studies provide students with the opportunity to develop their skills by analysing real-life counselling scenarios, expanding their understanding of therapeutic processes and clients experiences. There are a range of case studies covering diverse issues allowing for students to enhance their problem-solving and critical thinking skills and the application of different counselling techniques.
- Unit Three: Master Practitioner of Holistic Counselling Thesis. – Students are required to complete an extensive research project in an area of holistic counselling that interests them as part of the Master Practitioner of Holistic Counselling. This thesis is the opportunity for the student to explore topics relevant to their area of interest, conduct original research and gain insights into the field of holistic counselling.
Enrolment places are limited – Enrol now
This is an internationally accredited and industry approved professional training program. Upon complete of this program you will be qualified, have knowledge on how to build your business and be ready to start your new holistic career or provide additional support within your current holistic practice.