Mental Health Counselor

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work with patients to improve their overall mental health
• Encourage their clients to discuss about the emotions they are feeling and discuss about events that are occurring in their lives
• Help their patients develop goals
• Refer patients to other specialists such as a psychologist
• Help prepare and maintain treatment records
• Collect information about their clients through things such as interviews and tests
• Based on their experience they will develop treatment plans
• Give counseling to family members to help them understand what their family member is going through
• Evaluate how effective treatment will be
• Create programs for patients
• Meet with family members members or other people in order to exchange information about patients
• Discuss with their patients about their future
• Plan programs that are related to substance abuse

Salary:  $41,500

Education: Master’s degree in psychology, clinical mental health counseling, marriage and family therapy. A bachelor’s degree can also be acceptable

Demand for this profession: The demand for this profession is 19% which is much faster than average.

Reflection: I would not like to become a Mental Health Counselor because this job doesn’t interest me and because you don’t make much money