Rehabilitation or Mental Health Counselors

Rehabilitation or Mental 

Health Counselors

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   Duties and Responsibilities:

 Rehabilitation or mental health counselors work with the mentally, emotionall, and physically disabled. it is their job to help patients develop more faith in themselves. They work closely with their patient' doctors and family. Counselors may work in private practice, for schools, industry, or in hospital or residential health care settings. Counselors often:

• Work with patients who abuse alcohol or are addicted to drugs.
• Interview and observe patients to determine problem areas.
• Conduct personality, aptitude,achievement, and psychologist tests.
• Help patients find and keep jobs.

 Average Salary: $25,000 - $45,000

Educational Requirements:

 Students interested in becoming counselors should take a challening high school curriculum.

 Abachelor's degree in educations, psychology, or sociology is the minium requiremnet for low level consueling jobs, but master's degree is required for most. To become licensed by a state. counselors must pass written and oral examinations and work for about two years in a supervised clinical setting. 

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