Mental Health Counselors
Counsel with emphasis on prevention. Work with individuals and groups to promote optimum mental and emotional health. May help individuals deal with issues associated with addictions and substance abuse; family, parenting, and marital problems; stress management; self-esteem; and aging.
Also called: Clinician, Counselor, Mental Health Counselor, Therapist
Knowledge:
- psychology
- sociology and anthropology
- customer service
- administrative services
Skills:
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- talking to others
- understanding people's reactions
- looking for ways to help people
People and Technology Systems
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it
Abilites:
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
- notice when problems happen
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.
They do well at jobs that need
- Self Control
- Concern for Others
- Integrity
- Stress Tolerance
- Dependability
- Cooperation
Technology:
Internet browser software
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Netscape Navigator
- Client information database systems
- Patient electronic medical record EMR software
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
- Microsoft Dynamics
- Oracle PeopleSoft
