Social needs of psychological counselors
Nowadays, psychological problems and doubts are getting bigger and bigger, and many people have found a manufacturing industry with short development trend and market prospect, that is psychological consultation. Being a psychological counselor can not only help yourself and your family to deal with psychological doubts, but also help many people according to this position. More and more people realize that psychological counseling is a very practical post.
The number of suicide deaths in China has reached 288,000 every year, and the number of attempted suicides has reached 2 million every year. Moreover, only 5% of the 25.6 million patients with anxiety and depression in China have been treated, while 15% patients with anxiety and depression tend to be masochistic. Wu Ruihua, a scholar at the Institute of Psychology of China Research Institute, thinks that the lack of professionals engaged in psychological counseling is one of the reasons for the relatively high suicide rate in China.
What can a counselor do?
The professional qualification certificate of psychological counselor is the basic certificate of psychological counseling and the qualification certificate of employment.
Professional qualification certificate is like driver's license, accountant's accounting certificate, doctor's certificate, etc. , which belongs to a basic qualification certificate of this profession. Therefore, in principle, to engage in psychological counseling and related occupations in China, it is necessary to obtain the qualification certificate of psychological counselor.
After having a psychological counselor, you need to have solid basic knowledge and accumulation of all kinds of knowledge, coupled with your professional ethics, to be a qualified psychological counselor. At present, there are many psychological counseling clinics or related institutions in China, and their scope of employment is also expanding: psychological counseling centers are set up in schools, psychological clinics are set up in large and medium-sized cities, and psychological decompression institutions are set up. , are the career direction of psychological counselors.
You also need to learn some psychological counseling knowledge in military, sales, lawyers and other industries.