Mental Health Counselor

Duties and Responsibilities:    Mental health counselors offer guidance to individuals, couples, families and groups who are dealing with issues that affect their mental health and well-being. One of the things that Health Counselors do is work with individual groups and communities to inform them on Mental Health.  Examine issues like substance abuse, aging, bullying, anger management , careers, depression,relationships, LGBTQ issues, self image, stress and suicide.

Salary: $41,8000

Education:       To  become a licensed mental health counselor in most states, a master's degree is required. Schools offer master's degrees in counseling, psychology and other related mental health fields. Admissions requirements into a master's degree program generally include completion of a bachelor's degree and obtaining a minimum score on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). Curricula for master's degree programs in the mental health fields may encompass classes such as cognitive psychology, counseling psychology and professional ethics.

Demand:   The demand of the career is going to grow by 19% through the years 2014-2024, this means that you might have more opportunity as to finding a place to do your profession.
 

I wouldn't like to be one because I think i would get overwhelmed with the issues of some people.