Mental Health Counselor

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Work with individuals, groups and communities to improve mental health
• Encourage clients to discuss emotions and experiences
• Examine issues including substance abuse, aging, bullying, anger management, careers, depression, relationships, LGBTQ issues, self-image, stress and suicide
• Help clients define goals, plan action and gain insight
• Refer clients to psychologists and other service

Salary: $42,250

Education:

Undergraduate Work	Earn a Bachelor's Degree in Counseling	4 Years
Graduate Work	Earn a Master's Degree in Counseling	5-6 Years
PHD or Doctoral Work	Earn a Doctorate in Counseling	7-8 Years

Demand for this picture: Demand for Mental Health Counselors is expected to go up, with an expected 30,100 new jobs filled by 2018. This represents an annual increase of 3.41 percent over the next few years.

Reflection: Many different types of mental health counselors can be found nearly anywhere. Here at school we are provided with counselors that are trained to deal with certain situations such as family problems, domestic violence, mood stabilizing and also those with speech impediments. It would be a privilege to become a mental health counselor because that way i am able to help many people of all ages to help better themselves and become an independ individual again to society.