mental health counselor

Mental Health Counselor

Duties and Responsibilities: Mental health counseling is what people typically think of when they hear the word counseling, but counselors' actual job duties may go well beyond what people imagine. Clinical counselors do indeed talk people through problems. In many cases, though, they diagnose as well as treat mental illness.

Salary: $43,190

Education: Educational Requirements for Mental Health Counselors. In order 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.

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one?Why?Why not?

I think that i would and i wouldn't want to be one at the same time because like most other good paying jobs they pay good but then you also have to go to school for like an additional 4 years and once i'm done with high school im done i ain’t trying to do more than the years