1. Clinical psychological counseling: engaged in psychological counseling services in hospitals, psychological clinics and other institutions to provide emotional support and psychological counseling for patients. The object of counseling is mainly normal people who need help in coping with the pressures and tasks in daily life.
2. Educational consultation: Engaged in psychological consultation in schools, training institutions and other educational institutions to provide emotional support and psychological guidance for students or faculty.
3. Enterprise psychological counseling: Engaged in psychological counseling services in enterprises and institutions, providing mental health counseling, career development planning and other services for employees. For enterprises, through the implementation of enterprise psychological counseling, we can get a deeper understanding of employees' personal information, solve problems for employees, keep employees in good working condition, and cultivate employees' loyalty more easily.
4. Marriage and family counseling: Marriage and family counseling refers to professional psychological counseling services that help couples or family members solve problems and difficulties encountered in marriage and family. These problems can include poor communication, sexual problems, intimate relationship problems, quarrels, unhappy marriages and so on.
5. Social welfare industry: providing psychological counseling services for socially disadvantaged groups (such as the poor, the disabled, the abused, etc.). These services are usually provided by non-profit organizations or government agencies to help these groups solve mental health problems and improve their living and working environment.
6. Private consultation institutions: provide psychological consultation services for private clients. These services are usually provided by professional psychological counseling institutions or individuals, aiming to help clients cope with problems and challenges in life and improve their mental health and happiness.
Conditions for applying for a psychological counselor
1. Education requirements: Bachelor degree or above is usually required, and the professional background is psychology or related major.
2. Training requirements: You need to attend the training course of psychological counselor qualification examination and complete the required training hours and internship time.
3. Examination requirements: You need to pass the professional qualification examination for psychological counselors, which covers psychological theoretical knowledge, psychological counseling skills and laws and regulations.
4. Practical experience requirements: Applicants are usually required to have some practical experience in psychological counseling and provide relevant supporting materials.
5. Professional quality requirements: Applicants are required to have good communication, expression and coordination skills, as well as keen insight, judgment and adaptability.