However, due to the problems of industry and system, China's psychological counseling industry is rather chaotic. For non-professionals, it is still difficult to avoid "into the pit".
As a psychological professional, I want to give you some advice.
1. Choose a reliable institution.
Generally speaking, the registration of mental health centers in major cities and psychological departments of top three hospitals is more reliable.
For patients with severe depression and some other mental diseases, it is recommended to go to top warp and weft centers or hospitals for treatment.
For ordinary people, it may not be serious enough to require psychiatric diagnosis and treatment, so some top three hospitals with a heart for science can also choose.
At the same time, there are some well-known institutions that can make appointments online. For example, one point zero, one psychology, know yourself and yourself, simple psychology, etc. You can make an appointment with your resident consultant on the official WeChat account.
Step 2 ask for an adaptation period
You can ask to talk to the consultant for 20 minutes before paying the fee, which is an optional adaptation period for both parties.
During these 20 minutes, you can ask the counselor what he is good at, what kind of counseling genre he belongs to, and what kind of counseling methods he often uses, and then roughly ask some of your questions and discuss your counseling goals and treatment plans.
In the meantime, if appropriate, you can continue, if not, you can terminate and choose other consultants.
do homework
Before seeking psychological counseling, mastering some psychological knowledge is the most effective way to avoid getting into trouble.
You can read questions about consulting ethics and learn about several major consulting schools and consulting methods. In this way, if you encounter an unprofessional "soul chicken soup chef", you can also stop the loss in time.
At present, there are still many misunderstandings about psychological counseling. But in fact, for some situations that have affected daily life, such as depression, anxiety, intimacy, marriage, parent-child relationship, etc., choosing a professional and suitable consultant is the most effective and fastest help to life.
I also hope everyone can be happy ~
Although Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, China cancelled the "Qualification Examination for Psychological Counselors" as early as 20 17, typing the word "psychological counselor" in the search engine will still "jump out" of many training and certification courses for psychological counselors. In addition, due to the lack of uniform charging standards, psychological counseling fees of thousands of dollars are also miserable for consultants.
In this case, how should people who really need it avoid falling into the "pit"? Which institutions can I go to for help? What kind of traps should we be wary of in the process of receiving services? What laws and regulations can bind relevant institutions at present?
Psychological counselors have a low employment threshold.
At present, the price of psychological counseling in the market is generally based on the qualifications and working years of psychological counselors, ranging from 800 yuan to 1200 yuan per hour, or even higher, which makes the working class daunting. In public hospitals, the expert number of a chief physician is only 30 yuan.
Then, under the situation that there is a serious shortage of psychiatrists in China and the top three hospitals are generally facing difficulties in recruiting psychiatric talents, why are psychological counseling institutions blooming everywhere?
This has to start with the psychological counselor exam. In April, 20001year, the then Ministry of Labor officially launched "National Professional Standards for Psychological Counselors (Trial)", and psychological counselors were formally included in the China Vocational Ceremony. In July, 2002, the national professional qualification project for psychological counselors was officially launched, and the national unified appraisal examination was held twice a year, in May and 1 1 respectively.
On September 20 17, due to market chaos, the qualification certificate of psychological counselors was cancelled, and psychological counselors officially withdrew from the national vocational qualification list, but those who have obtained the certificate are still valid.
Before 20 17, those who apply for the third-level examination for psychological counselors must meet the following conditions: they have a junior college degree or above in psychology, education and medicine, and can directly apply for undergraduate courses. After training, college degree reaches the required number of hours, you can apply for a certificate; Have a bachelor's degree or above in other majors, meet the required standard hours of training, and can apply for the exam after obtaining the certificate of completion; Senior students and fresh graduates can declare with their student ID cards.
After passing the "national third-level psychological counselor" certification, you can apply for the "national second-level psychological counselor" with the following conditions: having a doctorate in psychology, education and medicine; Have a master's degree in psychology, education and medicine, have reached the required standard hours after the second-level formal training of psychological counselors, and have obtained a certificate of completion; Those who have obtained the third-class professional qualification certificate of psychological counselors, have been engaged in psychological counseling for three consecutive years, have reached the required standard hours after the second-class formal training of psychological counselors, and have obtained the certificate of completion; With intermediate or above qualifications in psychology, education and medical professional and technical positions, after the second-level formal training of psychological counselors, they have reached the required standard hours, obtained the certificate of completion, and have been engaged in psychological counseling for three consecutive years.
In other words, anyone with a professional college degree or above will obtain a third-class certificate through training and then have three years of relevant work experience. After training, you can get the qualification to apply for the second-level psychological counselor certificate of the highest level in China.
Compared with developed countries, it takes a long process and examination to train a qualified psychological counselor. It can be said that the entry threshold of psychological counselors in China is relatively low.
There are "loopholes" in industry supervision
After the cancellation of the old counselor's license, the new practice system has not yet been introduced, which has become a "loophole" in this industry. Another "loophole" is in industry supervision-because psychological counseling does not belong to the category of "medical services" and does not accept the supervision of the health department, it is temporarily in a state of no business department.
According to reports, the sources of funds for social organizations include their service (business) income, that is, social organizations can provide consulting, training, evaluation and other income that does not exceed their business scope. At the same time, it is strictly forbidden for social organizations to "white note" financial bills, and formal tax invoices need to be issued in the tax department.
According to the regulations, the most important thing to judge whether a social organization is operating normally is its financial management. The Accounting System for Non-profit Organizations promulgated and implemented by the Ministry of Finance is a special law for financial management of social organizations. Social organizations should "effectively put an end to problems such as large cash payments, no invoices or original vouchers."
If the consulting organization is a "social organization", the consultant can ask it to issue a formal tax invoice and provide the original voucher to avoid "paying without knowing".
It is recommended to receive professional treatment in the hospital.
For these phenomena, it is urgent to build a healthy psychological counseling ecology composed of independent consultants, private consulting institutions and industry associations.
According to a social survey, nearly 30% of young people under the age of 35 in China are prone to depression. Because most patients with depression are ashamed to go to regular hospitals for medical treatment, experts estimate that only 1 out of every 10 patients with depression may eventually receive psychiatric treatment. Due to special periods such as pregnancy, abortion, childbirth and menopause, women are more likely to suffer from depression than men.
Depression is a disease, and mild depression can be relieved by psychological counseling, but "emotion" and "disease" are two different things. Depression can't be cured simply by psychological counseling. You must receive professional treatment, including medication or instrument therapy. It is suggested that regular hospitals and medical associations should be the first choice for psychological consultation.
Thank you. Just don't accept it
People don't know it. If you know what you know, you will win every battle. A person who doesn't even know himself can't understand others, and no one can buy their understanding with money. Therefore, a person who doesn't understand at all will not play much guiding role in other people's psychological problems.
Understand or not has nothing to do with diploma. A diploma only shows how many years you have studied, and at most proves that you have some knowledge, but your mind depends entirely on wisdom, so people who are qualified to do psychological counseling are even less qualified to tell you what to do.
Psychological problems can only be cured by relatives. People who don't know themselves but know their true love, this is because true love always treats their lover better than themselves, so the careful care of lovers or relatives is one hundred times better than that of psychologists.
In addition to drugs, heart disease mainly depends on oneself. But you must be accompanied by your relatives. First of all, you should correct your mentality to calm yourself down, and believe that good intentions will be rewarded to make you smooth. If you can't calm down, do more things that you are most interested in with your relatives, let yourself fall asleep tired, and so on, until your mentality is stable and you slowly enter a normal life. That is, you must not be upset.
Stop trusting counseling. But if necessary, you must go to the hospital for treatment.
If you mean to avoid into the pit by finding a reliable psychological counselor, then the following contents may help you. If not, it is estimated that this answer will be biased.
1 Usually, you will search through the Internet search engine or dial 1 14.
General search psychological counseling center, psychologist, so-and-so psychological counselor, national psychological counselor, etc. Baidu, 360 and sogou often list a bunch of advertising agencies first, and then naturally rank psychological institutions. The search results are generally hospitals and some large psychological companies with company qualifications (not necessarily full-time psychological counseling institutions), and most of them are general hospitals. Unfortunately, in the paid ranking, whoever can afford the money ranks well, and the search engine only recognizes the money, but not the strength (you know, the promotion funds of ordinary psychological institutions can't play the role of bidding network at all), let alone find a good consultant with personal practice on the search network.
2 Review whether the consultant has qualification certificate.
First of all, it must be said that if you don't even have a certificate, you must be untrustworthy. Obtaining a certificate is the basic requirement of the country. The scope of work that national second-level and national third-level psychological counselors can engage in is different. As for the first level, there seems to be no. However, it would be wrong to judge the consultant's skill only by the level, because that only represents the consultant's ability to practice, not the ability to practice.
3 Look at the age and qualification of the consultant
Generally speaking, age is very important. In many western countries, it is not allowed to practice counseling alone under the age of 35. In addition, psychological counselors initially had many roles such as family, children and lovers, and completed some important events in their lives. Such a counselor may have more advantages in counseling (except for special counseling).
Qualification refers to how many cases the counselor has done, whether he has personal experience (that is, the counselor has done psychological counseling himself), whether he has a professional training background, whether he has participated in growth learning, and whether this learning is systematic and continuous. The number of cases and the average number of case consultations can basically measure the technical level of a consultant, especially the continuation rate and dropout rate of cases. Of course, these ordinary outsiders don't know, and only the peers in the circle may be more clear.
4 preliminary communication to see the feeling
Before deciding to receive counseling, if you can simply talk to the counselor, then you can feel what the counselor on the other end of the phone usually gives you. A good psychological counselor must convey a feeling of peace, stability and good listening, make you feel understood and accepted, and at the same time make you feel professional without too many technical terms.
5 information collection to see the level
One advantage of this era is the developed information. You can get to know the counselor through various channels. His salons in public places, open classes, articles he wrote, and areas covered by WeChat official accounts. Can let you directly feel whether the counselor is concentrating on his career and promoting psychological counseling to those in need. Although a counselor who only focuses on consulting may not always appear in the public sphere, a counselor who never appears in the public sphere is not necessarily an excellent counselor, at least he may be out of touch with society.
6 Look at the settings before consulting
A good consultant will definitely not break the consultation setting. Unless there are special circumstances, counselors generally recommend holding talks in the consulting room, not establishing multiple relationships with customers, not dating you in cafes, teahouses or any open and unprofessional occasions, and not accepting your hospitality and gifts. A good consultant will abide by professional ethics.
7 Consult, meet and see how you feel.
8 experience in the consultation process
In the communication with the counselor, you can feel the psychological connection, which is more difficult to describe in words. However, you should feel trusted, dare to let go of your worries, feel relaxed, and then be willing to express your inner secrets and feelings and face yourself. If you have concerns, a good consultant will try to adjust the pace and wait for the time when you really start.
9 depends on the neutrality of the consultant.
Psychological counselors generally do not make moral judgments (because they are not members of the ethics Committee, hehe), and they will not consult you in the form of accusations or criticisms. Similarly, they will not promise you absolute results. Generally speaking, once the normal consultation time is fixed, it will not exceed the time limit, and controlling the consultation time is therapeutic.
Please also remember that psychological counseling is not achieved overnight, and it often takes a process, sometimes even a long time, accompanied by some uncomfortable psychological feelings. Counselors don't simply judge you after listening, nor do they blindly give you advice and analyze you. Those people often haven't started yet.
You will find that those who always accompany you are gentle, firm and tolerant; Constantly encourage listening and accepting you; Always understand you, trust you, warm you, always delay telling you the answer, don't give you advice, and promote yourself to face and explore, which is the real intention consultant.
Finally, by the way, people who know counselors best are all peers, so if you know people in the local counselor circle, you can ask them and listen to their peers' opinions.