To become a qualified psychologist, you must first have the qualification certificate of a full-time psychologist, which is similar to a medical certificate. It is reported that relevant departments are formulating professional qualification standards for psychological counselors, so that practitioners can master comprehensive knowledge and have corresponding abilities and qualifications.
Secondly, psychologists should have certain professional knowledge and considerable education and experience. It is human nature that everyone wants to consult a doctor with more experience and good skills. But as far as psychological counseling is concerned, although experience and qualifications are very important, young people and old people have their own characteristics. Older counselors are experienced and can quickly find the crux of the problem, while younger counselors will find the problem faster than experienced counselors, but they will also find it, and there is no limit to the model, so they are more flexible to deal with.
[Edit this paragraph] The work of psychologists.
The work of professional psychological counselors mainly includes the following contents: obtaining information about psychological problems and psychological obstacles of visitors from information sources such as visitors and their families; Comprehensive evaluation of visitors' psychological growth, personality development, intelligence, social, family and marriage life events, and summary of psychological and physiological tests; According to the history of psychological development and the results of psychological and physiological investigation, make psychological diagnosis for visitors, formulate psychological treatment plans and guide their implementation; In psychological counseling, when visitors are found to have mental disorders or physical diseases, they should ask for counseling or transfer to other specialties in time.
Specifically, there are
1, psychological crisis intervention: psychological counseling when a person encounters heavy psychological trauma and blows, such as the loss of ideals, goals and careers, the unexpected death of relatives, the deterioration of interpersonal relationships, etc., which leads to a sharp mental breakdown.
2. Consultation on life problems: including mental health problems such as love, marriage, family and sexual problems, choice of further education and employment, maladjustment, learning difficulties, children's bad behavior, interpersonal problems, alcohol and drug dependence.
3. Psychosomatic disease consultation: the occurrence, development and prognosis of various physical diseases, such as hypertension, coronary heart disease and tumor. It is also related to psychological and social factors. Psychological counseling can be carried out in time to relieve psychological pressure and prevent the aggravation of physical diseases.
4. Counseling for mental disorders: If you suffer from mental disorders such as neurosis and personality change, you can seek medical advice on drug treatment, social function rehabilitation, marriage and childbirth.
5. Counseling for other mental health problems: such as mental health problems of families and groups, psychological counseling can also be conducted.
Psychologists should not only have a certain level of professional knowledge, but also have a certain professional quality.
There are many reasons leading to psychological problems or mental illness, among which conflicts and frictions between people, love and marriage, family conflicts, parent-child relationship, entrance examination, employment choice and other issues are particularly prominent. At the same time, it involves the privacy of many people, and some of them will be very story-telling. Keeping secrets for visitors has become the basic morality and primary quality of psychologists.
In foreign countries, every consulting room will hang a sign with the name, educational background and problems he is good at. If there are those who are good at solving children's psychological problems, there are those who are good at solving husband-wife relationship problems and so on. Help-seekers can choose suitable consultants according to their own problems. Although China has not reached this point, it is also the future trend.
According to the statistics of 199 1, there are 550 psychologists in every million people in the United States, of whom more than 87% have doctorates in psychology or philosophy. According to the statistics of China 1997, there are only 2.4 psychologists per million people, of whom less than 2% have master's and doctoral degrees. No matter in quantity or quality, the situation of psychological counselors in China is not satisfactory. Therefore, some experts say that China's psychological counseling industry has great development potential, and the psychological counseling industry is far from forming a scale. Psychological counseling industry will develop greatly in the future 10. At present, China's psychological counseling has made great progress in quantity and quality.
Paying attention to mental health marks the degree of social civilization. The progressive society looks forward to the emergence of psychological masseurs, which can relieve people's psychological pressure, put psychological counseling on the right track and make people have a higher quality of life.
[Edit this paragraph] Psychologists are high-risk groups.
The living conditions of psychological counselors and therapists are not as glamorous as people think: "We pay high-end emotions and injuries, and psychological counseling is not as simple as producing a product in a factory." "I am a mortal, and I usually cry when I see some sad scenes in movies, not to mention a living person who is sad in front of you?" "From crying in the morning to going to work, I am really unhappy. This woman has influenced me. " "... the emotional host of the psychological counseling hotline finally committed suicide. Due to work reasons, psychological counselors have learned more than n times as much about the dark side of society and negative information as most people. More and more people have realized that this profession is very dangerous, and psychological counselors are high-risk groups! So, how do psychological counselors keep their mental health first in their career? Psychological counseling experts put forward the Tao in the mind of psychological counselors;
"A psychological counselor doesn't need to master the knowledge of this world, as long as he has a good idea.
What is Tao? Love.
What is Tao? study
What is Tao? Establish a good consulting relationship (respect, enthusiasm, sincerity, friendliness and positive concern).
What is Tao? Psychological counselor at work, idle person after work.
Psychological counseling may be as simple as that. "
[Note1] (1) Without love, you can't do the other three well; (2) learning, the only constant in the world is change; (3) Respect, respect for different values, etc. Enthusiasm, create a warm and warm atmosphere; Sincerity, "truth", "goodness" and "beauty" are often linked; * * * Love, the ability to experience the inner world of others, needs to be cultivated; Pay active attention to the positive, and pay moderate attention to the positive.
[Note 2] "Respect, enthusiasm, sincerity, * * * affection, active concern" can refer to the psychological counselor in the National Vocational Qualification Training Course. Level 3 "edited by Guo Nianfeng. —— Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House, July 2005, page 53 —— page 63. "
Chen Zhixiong pointed out that before formally engaging in psychological counseling, we must first solve our own psychological problems and keep our mental health at a good level; Then, in the career of psychological counselors, as long as you master the "Tao in the mind of psychological counselors" and have a clear psychological orientation at work, you can greatly reduce the probability that psychological counselors themselves are affected by negative emotions! Among them, don't forget: timely supervision, consultation and study are also indispensable links in the personal growth of psychological counselors. (Phoenix website agent)
[Edit this paragraph] The development of psychological counseling at home and abroad
In the west, especially in the United States, once people encounter psychological problems such as depression, emotional frustration and environmental discomfort, they will first think of looking for a psychological counselor. Americans regard counseling as natural and simple as eating McDonald's.
The United States is the birthplace of modern psychological counseling and the most developed country in psychological counseling industry. There, almost every middle class has its own psychological counselor. Some people say that successful Americans are supported by two people, one is a lawyer and the other is a psychological counselor. According to statistics, every 500 Americans have a psychological counselor, 30% of Americans have regular psychological counseling, and 80% of them go to psychological clinics irregularly. However, this situation should not have happened easily in China in the past. Because of China people's inherent consciousness, people have strong resistance to mental illness. Everyone can accept that a person is sick, but if someone says they want to see a psychiatrist, it will attract a lot of strange eyes. In recent years, with the rapid economic development in China, people pay more attention to people-oriented, and many people have gradually accepted the profession of psychologist. In Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other first-tier cities, seeing a psychiatrist is already.
[Edit this paragraph] Psychologists are high-risk groups.
The living condition of psychological counselors is not as glamorous as people think: "What we pay hurts high-end emotions and emotions, and psychological counseling is not as simple as producing a product in a factory." "I am a mortal, and I usually cry when I see some sad scenes in movies, not to mention a living person who is sad in front of you?" "From crying in the morning to going to work, I am really unhappy. This woman has influenced me. " "... the emotional host of the psychological counseling hotline finally committed suicide. Due to work reasons, psychological counselors have learned more than n times as much about the dark side of society and negative information as most people. More and more people have realized that this profession is very dangerous, and psychological counselors are high-risk groups! So, how do psychological counselors keep their mental health first in their career? Psychological counseling experts put forward the Tao in the mind of psychological counselors;
"A psychological counselor doesn't need to master the knowledge of this world, as long as he has a good idea.
What is Tao? Love.
What is Tao? study
What is Tao? Establish a good consulting relationship (respect, enthusiasm, sincerity, friendliness and positive concern).
What is Tao? Psychological counselor at work, idle person after work.
Psychological counseling may be as simple as that. "
[Note1] (1) Without love, you can't do the other three well; (2) learning, the only constant in the world is change; (3) Respect, respect for different values, etc. Enthusiasm, create a warm and warm atmosphere; Sincerity, "truth", "goodness" and "beauty" are often linked; * * * Love, the ability to experience the inner world of others, needs to be cultivated; Pay active attention to the positive, and pay moderate attention to the positive.
[Note 2] "Respect, enthusiasm, sincerity, * * * affection, active concern" can refer to the psychological counselor in the National Vocational Qualification Training Course. Level 3 "edited by Guo Nianfeng. —— Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House, July 2005, page 53 —— page 63. "
Chen Zhixiong believes that before formally engaging in psychological counseling, we must first solve our psychological problems and keep our mental health at a good level; Then, in the career of psychological counselors, as long as you master the "Tao in the mind of psychological counselors" and have a clear psychological orientation at work, you can greatly reduce the probability that psychological counselors themselves are affected by negative emotions! Among them, don't forget: timely supervision, consultation and study are also indispensable links in the personal growth of psychological counselors.