Counselling Psychology is a programme that is specially designed to fulfil the demand for knowledge and skills in counselling psychology for professionals with an interest in counselling. The programme provides professional and practical qualification in real - life counselling expertise for people practising counselling psychology including in organisations, health including hospitals and hospices, social welfare including pastors of religion, social workers and in education, community and rehabilitation, and human resource management.

Trainees in counselling psychology spend time in counselling sessions with a client in actual life settings including institutions such as hospitals, prisons, schools and colleges, family crisis centres, adolescent crises centres, drug rehabilitation centres, police stations, and industries. This is to enable the trainee work will real clients under the supervision of trained counsellors from the department or other institutions. In addition, trainees carry out a small scale research project on a topic of their own interest under the guidance of an assigned supervisor.