Mental Health Counselor

Duties and Responsibilities: Mental health counselors help both individuals and couples with any issues that may be affecting their mental health. They often encourage their patients to discuss their emotions and problems and they often ask them to evaluate themselves, to try and identify any problems that they may have or if they are experiencing mental illnesses such as depression. After some time, the mental health counselor will refer their clients to a therapist.
Salary: $41,880
Education: A person must first complete and undergraduates degree in a social work areas such as psychology, counseling, and sociology. After that an individual should pursue a Master's degree in Mental Health Counseling and have an undergraduate in another field. Lastly, a person is required to take about 2000-4000 hours of clinical experience under supervision.
Demand or Need for this Profession: 19% job growth
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Reflection: I would not want to be a mental health counselor. I have taken various classes in social work, and i did not really enjoy what they were teaching. I understood it well, it just was not as interesting as i thought it would be. Also, there is no much pay surrounding with a degree in psychology or in sociology, i would pursue a different career path.

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