The School of Psychology and Counselling is focused on developing programs and research that make a direct and significant impact on the community and to our daily lives. The school aims to make important contributions to the improvement of human health and to the development of Australia’s healthcare policy and services through our teaching, collaboration, research and community service activities.
QUT Health Clinics
The QUT Health Clinics 
provide the community with quality and affordable health services. The School of Psychology and Counselling has one clinic, the Psychology and Counselling Clinic . The Psychology and Counselling Clinic's main function is to provide affordable psychological services to the local community and to act as a training facility for postgraduate counselling psychology students. These facilities keep the school engaged with the community whilst also providing students with valuable real world experience.
Industry Partnerships and Community Research
Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety - Queensland (CARRS-Q ) exemplifies an approach to shaping and informing public debate that works through long-term partnerships with key government and industry bodies. This research component of the school conducts groundbreaking research in the area of road safety, working in collaboration with such agencies as the Queensland Police Service and the New South Wales State Transit Authority.
Community Engagement and "Real World" Education
The Faculty is constantly engaging with external partners in its teaching and learning and research activities to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes. The school's staff seeks out projects and creates partnerships with industry to improve the health of the community both locally and globally.
An example of this is QUT's long standing relationship with the Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) who support research conducted in the school by students. Psychology and Counselling staff assists by enhancing knowledge in the areas of research design and psychometric testing. The ‘real world’ experiences and knowledge shared by the QAS paramedics in the classroom has aided the education of students, for example, in understanding the impact of work-related trauma.
Another strong area of community engagement is work with health and education departments in the prevention of mental health problems in children and adolescents. An example is programs such as The Resourceful Adolescent Program .