A Counselor, or Mental Health Counselor, works with patients to help them overcome and manage different mental and emotional challenges. Their duties include meeting with patients to listen to their problems, diagnosing their mental or emotional disorder and building treatment plans and coping strategies for the patient to follow.
Một Counselor phải có khả năng hoàn thành nhiều nhiệm vụ và trách nhiệm khác nhau. Sau đây là một số nhiệm vụ và trách nhiệm mà một Counselor phải có khả năng thực hiện:
- Perform initial evaluations of client needs and develop customized treatment plans.
- Educate staff and clients on stress and trauma coping mechanisms.
- Provide individuals with the resources they need to reach personal goals.
- Monitor client progress and modify their treatment plans as needed.
- Coordinate with social and medical agencies, healthcare providers and community outreach programs to provide clients with needed services.
- Complete continuing education courses to maintain National Certified Counselor certification and stay up-to-date on the latest practices.
Một Counselor cạnh tranh sẽ có một số kỹ năng và trình độ nhất định, bao gồm:
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to empathize with clients
- Ability to consider internal and external resources to develop a client treatment plan
- Willingness to work on-call or at a sudden notice
- Organizational skills
