How difficult is the psychological counseling industry? Don't be fooled into not finding out!

Since I was in college, I have chosen psychology as my major. My family, from the rich to the poor, advised me not to be stubborn. Everyone from my uncle to my grandson asked me: If you choose this, how will you find a job in the future?

Psychology: Who the fuck did I recruit? ...

To tell the truth, it is not difficult to find a job, and there is still a shortage of consulting assistants. With a monthly salary of around 3,000, you have to grow up. You will be a consultant in the future, and then you can go to a consultant for personal analysis training, and look at the bill of-3,000 yuan at the end of the month. How beautiful!

I'm hired, and I'm proud!

After graduation, I wandered around the major psychological counseling institutions in Guangzhou to have a general understanding of how this industry works and talk about what I have learned.

Let me tell you what you can do in the psychological counseling industry.

It looks like a panacea, that is, you can make a living anywhere, but you need real strength to do it well. Psychological technology is not visible and quantifiable like other technologies. Only when you have achievements will others recognize you.

The development direction of R&D and market-oriented psychological industry is mainly due to the customer base and technology, which can actually do well in any industry. Let's talk about the familiar situation here, that is, entering the industry will eventually lead to the development of psychological counseling.

First of all, a qualified psychological counselor should meet the following conditions:

To sum up: be rich!

This is really not bragging. Personal analysis is psychological counseling, and it takes at least 40 times to fully understand the personality of psychological counselors.

When you don't know enough and can't see your current situation clearly, when you consult others, you will actually touch your own problems, and it is easy to bring yourself into the relationship and have various problems. Being bad to yourself is also irresponsible to visitors.

So I put personal analysis first. This step will actually help you to be firm in your direction, which is very helpful!

Many consultants in the industry have changed careers. First, they have money and investment. Second, I made money, but I was tired and wanted to grow up by myself.

A word of truth-graduates of this major have changed careers! No money for training! I have no money to do my own psychological analysis! There are also problems that ordinary people have to consider, such as buying a house and getting married.

Probably everyone's impression will be fixed on the news broadcast by CCTV in April last year:

The daily salary of psychological counselors can reach 9000 yuan!

In fact, our industry calls it high 9000!

Because the last name of the consultant interviewed is Gao!

We are all fake consultants!

I work in a leading psychological consulting company in Guangzhou. When calculating the consultant's salary at the end of the month, two words-sad!

The highest paid consultant: only1more than 2000. This is also a full-time consultant, and he has consultations almost every day (only one consultation is needed that day, and you should have time to write a case after the end).

Thirdly, to correct the misunderstanding of the public, psychological counselors are actually "part-time". Without consulting, they don't have to come to the company, but without consulting, there is almost no salary and there will be no basic salary every month!

Unless you are also an executive of the company, there is actually a risk of "double identity". Since your client is also your visitor, the consultation will inevitably involve ethics and privacy.

Someone said it was wrong? Consultant, isn't that a part-time job?

You can do a part-time job! But the number of your cases will be very small!

Because all the people who come to seek psychological counseling have jobs, the time period will be concentrated on Saturday and Sunday, and everyone wants the time period of 9: 00 am, 10,1/am and 3: 00 pm, which will inevitably lead to conflicts.

In the field consulting company, if the consultant's time flexibility is not big enough, visitors will not choose you, especially if you are not particularly prominent and famous, it is almost 0!

Even the famous consultants in my previous organization worked full-time. When you receive a large number of consultation cases, it is troublesome to change the time frequently. If you often fail to do it because of time conflicts, visitors will soon be lost. Other consultants are also waiting in line for the opportunity to take the case. If you don't work hard, many people want to replace them.

Someone said it was wrong? Isn't the unit price of a consultant 500 to 2000 hours?

1000 yuan an hour is already a master, and at least 10 years of consulting experience is needed.

Then a large part will be consulting companies, especially if your case source is to find you through the company, the consulting agency will be above 50%, sometimes as high as 70-80% (including consulting assistant services and company profits). In other words, the average hourly consultation in 500 yuan can probably get about 150 yuan from the consultant.

Don't say that consulting institutions are so black-hearted, and consulting institutions themselves need to make profits. Especially at present, psychological counseling is not fully recognized by the public, and it is difficult for psychological institutions to find groups in need when the consulting cost is relatively high.

Among the psychological institutions where I work, there are few psychological counseling institutions that can not go bankrupt. In other words, there should be a little charity for counseling. At present, most psychological institutions undertake psychological counselor training courses, counseling courses and online courses at the same time to maintain profitability.

Being a businessman is to sell yourself to demand groups who are good at matching therapy and fields. In this process, you should maintain your learning and consulting ability, so don't say part-time, full-time may not be busy!

Ok, then, give the role of businessman to the consulting agency, let them help you promote it, and get public attention with its platform, and you will be drawn from the consulting fee.

Well, don't be a businessman, you should be able to give lectures, write articles and guide the flow. In short, you should keep yourself in a visible position. Otherwise, you will always be anxious: what if this case is over and there is no case? When you are worried about your survival, it is difficult for you to settle down and have a good consultation.

It is not easy to enter this industry, based on the above points: you need to have

It is not so easy to enter this industry. I'm not saying this alarmist, but I want to make it clear so as not to be deceived by people who don't know the real market. It was a hard process, and then I gave up halfway and found that my blood was gone.

This industry is difficult to get started. At least I didn't make any money in the first five years, but it's worth it! The later, the more valuable!

What is the most valuable thing in this profession? It is your growth.

In other words, your career growth is accompanied by your own growth. You will find that your life will get better and better, you will have a better relationship with people around you, you will understand others' feelings better, you will be more tolerant of rudeness and unreasonable troubles, and you will understand human nature better.

In the future, the role of businessmen will become less necessary after the public receives more psychological counseling. At the same time, when you will accumulate a certain amount of cases in the later period, you will also have a good reputation and be recommended by others.

After seven or eight years of case accumulation, your career will start to be stable. You don't need to invest so much money to supervise and do personal analysis. You can also train novice consultants according to your experience.

Since Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security cancelled the "Professional Qualification Examination for Psychological Counselors" in June last year, the threshold for becoming a psychological counselor has become higher. It is necessary to wait for the introduction of a new certification system in the last two years, and limit the assessment objects to people with medical and psychological related majors.

In the case that the new certification system has come out, only the postgraduate entrance examination can obtain formal qualifications at present.

I am also a young white, most of the information comes from several psychological counseling institutions, but also from the communication with various psychological counselors.

Because I didn't know myself clearly before, I had many difficulties in my life. Now I also benefit from this and get out of the predicament gradually. I think there must be many people in my situation, so I want to pass on the good things and help more people. At present, I am preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination and intend to further study the theory of psychological knowledge.

What about you? If you have any ideas, you can leave a message below. If there is any mistake, please leave a message to correct it. Let's grow together! thank you