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Career Details :: Counseling Psychologists

Description

Assess and evaluate individuals' problems through the use of case history, interview, and observation and provide individual or group counseling services to assist individuals in achieving more effective personal, social, educational, and vocational development and adjustment.

Experience

Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.

Education

A bachelor's degree is the minimum formal education required for these occupations. However, many also require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).

Training

Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.

Tasks

• Counsels clients to assist them in understanding personal or interactive problems, defining goals, and developing realistic action plans.
• Selects, administers, or interprets psychological tests to assess intelligence, aptitude, ability, or interests.
• Advises clients on the potential benefits of counseling or makes referrals to specialists or other institutions for non-counseling problems.
• Develops therapeutic and treatment plans based on individual interests, abilities, or needs of clients.
• Collects information about individuals or clients, using interviews, case histories, observational techniques, and other assessment methods.
• Analyzes data, such as interview notes, test results, and reference manuals and texts to identify symptoms and diagnose the nature of client's problems.
• Consults with other professionals to discuss therapy or treatment, counseling resources or techniques, and to share occupational information.
• Evaluates results of counseling methods to determine the reliability and validity of treatments.
• Conducts research to develop or improve diagnostic or therapeutic counseling techniques.

Related Careers

• Child, Family, and School Social Workers
  
• Clinical Psychologists
  
• Educational, Vocational, and School Counselors
  
• Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists
  
• Recreational Therapists
  

Important Abilities

• Oral Expression
• Oral Comprehension
• Problem Sensitivity
• Written Comprehension
• Inductive Reasoning

General Work Activities

• Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
• Analyzing Data or Information
• Making Decisions and Solving Problems
• Assisting and Caring for Others
• Establishing & Maintaining Relationships

Important Skills

• Social Perceptiveness
  
• Active Listening
  
• Reading Comprehension
  
• Critical Thinking
  
• Active Learning
  

Frequent Work Context

• Job-Required Social Interaction
• Objective or Subjective Information
• Consequence of Error
• Provide a Service to Others
• Deal With External Customers

Related Majors

Major	Add to XapPack
Applied Behavioral Sciences	[ add ]
Applied Psychology	[ add ]
Applied/Clinical Psychology	[ add ]
Behavioral Science	[ add ]
Behavioral Sciences	[ add ]
Behavioral/Emotional Disturbances	[ add ]
Behavioral/Social Sciences	[ add ]
Biology/Psychology	[ add ]
Business Administration/Behavioral Science	[ add ]
Career Development/Community Counseling	[ add ]
Clinical Developmental Psychology	[ add ]
Clinical Psychology	[ add ]
Clinical/Community Psychology	[ add ]
Clinical/School Psychology	[ add ]
College Counseling/Student Personnel	[ add ]
College Student Development	[ add ]
Community Counseling	[ add ]
Community Psychology	[ add ]
Computer Science/Psychology	[ add ]
Conflict Transformation	[ add ]
Counseling	[ add ]
Counseling Adolescents/Adults	[ add ]
Counseling Children/Adolescents	[ add ]
Counseling Psychology	[ add ]
Counseling Psychology/Human Services	[ add ]
Counseling Services	[ add ]
Counseling/Clinical Psychology	[ add ]
Counseling/Educational Psychology	[ add ]
Counseling/Human Development	[ add ]
Counseling/Psychological Services	[ add ]
Counseling/Substance Abuse	[ add ]
Counselor Education	[ add ]
Dispute Resolution	[ add ]
Education Counseling	[ add ]
Education/Psychology	[ add ]
Elementary School Counseling	[ add ]
General/Experimental Psychology	[ add ]
Guidance/Counseling	[ add ]
Health Psychology	[ add ]
Higher Education Counseling	[ add ]
Human Development Counseling	[ add ]
Human Learning/Development	[ add ]
Marital/Family Therapy	[ add ]
Marriage/Family/Child Counseling	[ add ]
Philosophy/Psychology	[ add ]
Pre-school Education	[ add ]
Professional Counseling	[ add ]
Psychological Counseling	[ add ]
Psychology	[ add ]
Psychology/Biology	[ add ]
Psychology/Clinical Practice	[ add ]
Psychology/Education	[ add ]
Psychology/Human Services	[ add ]
Psychology/Personnel/Human Resources Management	[ add ]
Psychology/Physical Therapy	[ add ]
Psychology/Religion	[ add ]
Psychology/Research	[ add ]
Psychology/Sociology	[ add ]
Psychology/Sociology/Anthropology	[ add ]
Psychology/Special Education	[ add ]
School Counseling	[ add ]
School Counselor	[ add ]
School Counselor/Bilingual	[ add ]
School Psychologist	[ add ]
Secondary School Counseling	[ add ]
Sociology/Psychology	[ add ]
Spanish/Psychology	[ add ]
Theology/Psychology	[ add ]

Institutions Offering Related Majors

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