There are two reasons for charging for psychological counseling:
On the one hand, professional psychological counselors need to study and grow for a long time before they can formally practice, resulting in learning costs ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of yuan. Therefore, the consultant has invested a lot in the early stage, so the cost is relatively expensive.
On the other hand, in the process of solving psychological problems, psychological counselors need to establish a consultation-visit relationship with visitors and make a good match with them in order to really help them. The relationship between consultation and interview is essentially a contractual relationship, and charging can make this contractual relationship better fulfilled, so that both parties can abide by the contract content and obtain better consultation effect. It can be said that compared with fee-based consultation, the effect of public welfare consultation is much worse, or even ineffective.
Although the specific charging standards of each counselor are different, there are certain industry norms to be observed for the charging of psychological counseling.
The standard duration of psychological consultation is generally 50 minutes (or 1 hour). There are two charging standards for psychological consultation: one is the length of consultation, and the other is the professional level and qualification of consultants.
Generally speaking, the fees charged by interns who have just obtained the certificate of psychological counselor are different.
Engaged in psychological counseling for 2~5 years, with the improvement of psychological counseling technology and experience, the corresponding consulting fees are also increasing, and the charging standard is raised from 200 yuan to 500 yuan.
Engaged in psychological counseling for 5-8 years, 500 yuan's middle school fees have been raised to 1 1,000 yuan.
Psychological counselors who have been engaged in psychological counseling for 8 years generally charge more than 1000.
Of course, the fees of psychological counselors should refer to the local consumption level, and the prices of psychological counseling in Beijing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen are often higher than those in other cities. So there are differences between cities.
Therefore, the charge of psychological consultation is related to the personal practice level of the consultant, the consulting effect of the consultant and the local psychological consumption level.
Due to the increasing pressure of life and the need of personal growth, more and more people realize the importance of psychological counseling. Whether it is professional problem-solving psychological counseling or developmental counseling for personal growth needs, it has become a social trend, and psychological counselors have become one of the most promising occupations.
If we can fundamentally understand the reasons and standards of psychological consultation fees, for psychological counselors, we can help visitors solve problems and achieve growth with a more stable state and a more professional perspective; For visitors, they can get rid of psychological problems, complete self-transformation and move towards a better life with a more cooperative attitude and a firmer belief.