First of all, I suggest you know about the career you want to enter. In other words, collect some first-hand and real information and see what the profession of psychological counselor is.
If all you know about counselors comes from movies and TV works such as Hypnotist or Good Will Hunting, and you fantasize that you can save mankind with a few words, or you can know everyone's deepest secrets by taking out a pocket watch from your pocket, then I suggest you give up this idea as soon as possible.
Psychological counseling is not so magical, and it is not so immediate. People who enter this profession with these unreasonable beliefs either give up out of deep disappointment or embark on an evil road to save the world and destroy the wicked with their absolutely correct ideas.
If you want to engage in this industry after knowing the true nature of this profession, then the next step is how to lay a good foundation for your career. I think this foundation is mainly divided into two parts, one is the knowledge foundation and the other is the personality foundation.
Knowledge base is easy to understand, just like any other profession, getting started requires a lot of necessary knowledge. We must learn the basic theories and techniques of psychological counseling and master the concepts and principles of various psychotherapy schools. The norms and ethics in the consultation process are also the contents that every consultant must know before taking up his post.
This part of personality foundation is not as simple and easy to understand as knowledge foundation. Because compared with other industries, psychological counselors pay more attention to the personal integrity of counselors because of the particularity of their work.
Psychological counselor exam content:
Psychological counselor level 3
1. Assessment content: theoretical knowledge and professional ability.
2. Question type: the theoretical knowledge is multiple-choice questions (full score 100), and the professional ability is skill multiple-choice questions+case answering (full score 100).
Psychological counselor level 2
1. Assessment content: theoretical knowledge, professional ability and comprehensive evaluation.
2. Question type: the theoretical knowledge is multiple-choice questions (full score 100), the professional ability is skill multiple-choice questions+case questions (full score 100), and the comprehensive evaluation is thesis writing (full score 100).