Main work content
(1) Emotional counseling for unmarried and married people;
(2) premarital consultation and counseling for unmarried men and women;
(3) Providing consultation and guidance on the adjustment of the relationship between husband and wife;
(4) Providing consultation and guidance on the adjustment of family interpersonal relationship;
(5) Help the parties to resolve various marriage and family crises;
(6) Providing parents with self-education and counseling in parenting education;
(7) provide counseling and guidance for divorced and remarried people;
(8) Provide consultation and guidance on family health and safety.
Career prospects
In western developed countries and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions, there are many marriage and family counselors with professional certification. They provide counseling services for those who encounter problems in love, marriage and family life, and effectively help people relieve all kinds of marriage and love troubles. Generally, there are 1 marriage and family counselors for every 300 families. At present, there are nearly 200,000 marriage and family counselors in the United States, serving 80 million families, and the number of counselors is increasing rapidly every year. Marriage and family counselors are respected, with high social status, high income and flexible working hours.
For a long time, because there is no professional certified marriage and family counselor in China, marriage and family counseling has to be undertaken by the staff of women's federations, trade unions, Communist Youth League organizations, family planning committees and other social workers at all levels, which is far from meeting the huge needs of society. China has a population of 65.438+0.38 billion and 370 million families, and the number of urban families alone has reached 65.438+0.654.38+0.00 billion. Most people have to go through the process of choosing a spouse, falling in love, getting married, starting a family and having children. At present, people's requirements for quality of life, marriage and family happiness are constantly improving. However, in the face of confusion in mate selection, frustration in love, turmoil in marriage, disharmony in family and crisis of adolescent growth, many people are confused and have various problems. Many parties who encounter marriage and family problems have no recourse, which even leads to personal tragedy. In some big cities, the divorce rate has reached more than 35%. Therefore, there is a huge market demand for marriage and family counseling. According to the urban population alone, the career gap of marriage and family counselors in Chinese mainland is over 400,000.
The employment direction of marriage and family counselors includes:
(1) Marriage counseling centers of women's federations, trade unions, civil affairs, family planning and education departments at all levels, and women's rights protection agencies;
(2) Marriage and family counseling centers, marriage law firms, marriage investigation and evidence collection units, marriage agencies, wedding service agencies, etc. ;
(3) Family education consulting institutions, children consulting and training institutions, youth activity centers, etc. ;
(4) Community service centers, community elderly clubs, domestic service agencies, family health service agencies, health fitness beauty clubs, etc. ;
(5) around the emotional hotline, psychological counseling center, etc. ;
(6) love and marriage columnists and consulting experts in magazines, television and radio;
(7) Do independent consultation and set up a marriage and family counseling center (this training provides business guidance services).