Mental Health Counselor

Duties and Responsibilities: Medical Health counselors work in primary mental health caregivers for their patients. Some duties they do are conducting mental health assessment, developing individualized treatment plans , they run classrooms or workshops, making treatment referrals and leading therapy sessions.

Salary:$41,880

Education: A master's degree and a state license  is required in all states. A bachelor’s degree program can be completed in a variety of fields and usually take about 4 years to complete.

Demands needed for this profession: In order to be a mental health counselor you need to find it easy to connect with people and discuss their problems and issues. Another things that is very important is excellent written and verbal communications skills and an analytical approach will really help you in mental health counseling.

Reflection: I would not like to become a mental health counselor because it isn’t something I am good for. What I mean is that I really don’t have much qualities in order to perform this profession. I also really don’t enjoy being involved in people’s lives as much.