Vocational guidance: Shenzhen: psychological counseling calls for high-end talents
The prevalence of mental illness in Shenzhen is increasing year by year, and patients mainly have emotional disorders, anxiety and neurosis.
Psychological consultation calls for high-end talents
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From June 5438 to October 2006 10, the epidemiological survey of mental disorders in Shenzhen in 2005, organized by Shenzhen Municipal Health Bureau, Public Security Bureau, Labor and Social Security Bureau, Civil Affairs Bureau and Municipal Disabled Persons' Federation, and implemented by Shenzhen Kangning Hospital, announced that the total prevalence rate of mental disorders in Shenzhen was 21.19%; Compared with 4.33% of the survey results of 1996, it has increased by 4.48 times in ten years. This means that one in five people in Shenzhen has various mental problems, including emotional disorders, anxiety, neurosis, serious mental illness and so on.
Status 1
There are long queues in the psychological counseling departments of major hospitals.
Yesterday, when interviewed by major hospitals offering psychological counseling in Shenzhen, the reporter found that there were long queues for people to see psychologists. The doctor suggested that it is best to make an appointment for psychological consultation.
In the psychological counseling room of the Children's Hospital, many parents are waiting in line outside with their children. Dr. Zhou, who is attending a free clinic, told the reporter that there is a great demand for psychological counseling at present, on the one hand, there are potential needs (such as children's problems caused by family disputes). ); On the other hand, it is the actual demand. At this stage, the most prominent problem is that there is a large social demand, but there is a shortage of professionals.
Subsequently, the reporter visited the psychological counseling department of Peking University Shenzhen Hospital. The nurse told the reporter that there are still eight people waiting for treatment, and many people come to see a doctor every day.
Liszt, director of the psychological counseling department, said that they receive about 30 patients every day. Because there are many people attending the clinic every day, he seldom talks when he comes home from work, because he is really tired from his day's work, because unlike other departments in the hospital, he spends more on mental work and oral kung fu, and the analysis of the patient's condition requires thinking and expression skills.
It is understood that in addition to Kangning Hospital, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Children's Hospital and Nanshan Hospital have set up psychological counseling departments. Although most of the counselors in medical institutions graduated with master's and doctor's degrees, the development of psychological counseling in medical institutions is relatively slow due to the lack of investment and return.
At present, the income of hospital psychological counseling department is still relatively low. The charge for professional psychological consultation in medical units in our city is generally 80 to 100 yuan, 1 hour. Compared with other departments in the hospital, the income of doctors is relatively poor. Director Liszt said, I hope that in the future, in addition to training more professionals in this field, I can also moderately improve the living conditions of psychologists. More importantly, I hope that people in the whole society can look at psychological problems objectively.
Status quo 2
Public welfare psychological counseling institutions are hot.
"hello! This is the Shenzhen volunteer hotline. What can I do for you? " In the interview, the reporter found that many public welfare psychological counseling institutions in Shenzhen are welcomed by the society.
Every night, a group of high-level, high-quality and experienced volunteers will wait by the phone, listen to the voices of young friends, and help them correctly handle life, emotion, marriage, law, labor and other work and life issues.
Shenzhen volunteer hotline group was established at 1989. In the past ten years, I have answered nearly 200,000 consultation calls, helped many young people solve their emotional and work problems, and formed a high reputation, which has been affirmed and commended by provincial, municipal and Communist Youth League leaders many times. The hotline volunteers come from different industries, including doctors, teachers, lawyers, psychological counselors, mental health care professionals, human resources professionals, police, engineers and so on. At present, more than 20 members of the group have obtained the qualification of national psychological counselor.
Last year, Shenzhen Disabled Persons' Psychological Counseling and Counseling Workstation was set up on the website of Shenzhen Disabled Persons' Federation, and this kind of personalized psychological counseling was opened through the network. A group of teaching volunteers and caring teams shoulder this glorious mission together.
Last year, another public psychological counseling website became popular. This is the mental health website "Blue Sky of Mind" for primary and secondary school students set up by the Municipal Education Bureau (), and it is the first psychological consultation website for students founded by the education administrative department of the government in China.
Every Saturday night, students can communicate with their psychological teachers online, and three psychological teachers answer questions every time. The website was opened less than a year ago, and its influence among middle school students and parents is growing.
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Psychological consultation
Face double embarrassment
"At present, the demand for psychological counseling talents is facing a double embarrassment," said Chen Xiangyi, a professor of clinical psychology at Nanshan Hospital. "On the one hand, there is a serious shortage of graduates majoring in psychological counseling and therapy in regular universities; On the other hand, students who have obtained the professional qualification certificate of psychological counselors through self-study often lack experience and ability. "
"Shenzhen has trained thousands of psychological counselors in recent years, but it is not easy to recruit truly high-quality psychological counselors." Chen Jue, general manager of Shenzhen Sunshine Station Psychological Consulting Company, said. Many people in the industry have expressed the feeling of lack of high-end talents for psychological counseling.
Liszt, director of the psychological counseling department of Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, said that the fundamental reason for the shortage of mental health talents today is the education and training of the state. Many undergraduate colleges hardly offer special mental health majors, most of which are only offered at the postgraduate level, and even if there are such talents, they may change careers because of poor living conditions in this industry.
According to industry statistics, there are more than 20 private companies providing psychological counseling services in Shenzhen, but these institutions obviously cannot meet the public's demand for psychological counseling. Although Shenzhen has trained more than 1000 psychological counseling talents in recent years, only about 30% of them will engage in psychological counseling after obtaining the professional qualification certificate of psychological counselors.
Chen Xiangyi said that providing a communication platform for psychological counseling practitioners and helping them learn from each other will play a positive role in realizing the "professional, standardized and professional" management of Shenzhen psychological counseling industry. He suggested that the vast number of psychological counseling enthusiasts and counselors should pay attention to cultivating their practical work ability, take the community service of psychological volunteers as an opportunity, go deep into the people, care about their worries, become their intimate friends, and grow up in practice.
Chen Xiangyi said that the Shenzhen Municipal Government and the Municipal Health Bureau are also working hard to promote psychological services to the community, so that more citizens can get psychological help and crisis intervention around them. This plan needs a large number of psychological counselors with professional knowledge to participate, so the demand for excellent psychological counselors in our city will expand in recent years.
When it comes to the cultivation of psychological talents, Professor Chen Xiangyi thinks that Shenzhen has extraordinary potential. First of all, the psychology major of Shenzhen University has a good teacher base and practical opportunities. They will train local professional psychological counseling talents in Shenzhen, which can meet the needs of Shenzhen people and provide high-level services. At the same time, the psychological counseling industry in Shenzhen has a strong learning atmosphere. Psychological counselors attach great importance to self-shaping and have been actively exploring the perfection of theory and practice to seize every opportunity of learning and growth. He believes that these factors are gratifying to the psychological counseling industry in Shenzhen, and believes that in the near future, there will be more outstanding talents. ;