How do they match: Marriage and Family Therapists

  • Behavior Specialist
  • Behavior Intervention Specialist
  • Behavior Support Specialist
  • Behavioral Specialist
  • Clinical Specialist

  • Ask questions that will help clients identify their feelings and behaviors.
  • Collect information about clients, using techniques such as testing, interviewing, discussion, or observation.
  • Confer with clients to develop plans for posttreatment activities.
  • Counsel clients on concerns, such as unsatisfactory relationships, divorce and separation, child rearing, home management, or financial difficulties.
  • Determine whether clients should be counseled or referred to other specialists in such fields as medicine, psychiatry, or legal aid.
  • Follow up on results of counseling programs and clients' adjustments to determine effectiveness of programs.
  • Gather information from doctors, schools, social workers, juvenile counselors, law enforcement personnel, and others to make recommendations to courts for resolution of child custody or visitation disputes.
  • Provide instructions to clients on how to obtain help with legal, financial, and other personal issues.

  • Collaborate with other professionals to assess client needs or plan treatments.
  • Collect information about clients.
  • Confer with clients to discuss treatment plans or progress.
  • Counsel clients or patients regarding personal issues.
  • Counsel clients or patients with substance abuse issues.
  • Counsel clients regarding interpersonal issues.
  • Develop treatment plans for patients or clients.
  • Help clients get needed services or resources.
  • Interview clients to gather information about their backgrounds, needs, or progress.
  • Maintain client records.
  • Monitor clients to evaluate treatment progress.
  • Refer clients to community or social service programs.
  • Supervise workers providing client or patient services.
  • Teach life skills or strategies to clients or their families.