How do they match: Mental Health Counselors

  • Family Services Coordinator
  • Family Therapist

  • Counsel and advise individuals and groups to promote optimum mental and emotional health, with an emphasis on prevention. May help individuals deal with a broad range of mental health issues, such as those associated with addictions and substance abuse; family, parenting, and marital problems; stress management; self-esteem; or aging.

  • Act as client advocates to coordinate required services or to resolve emergency problems in crisis situations.
  • Counsel family members to assist them in understanding, dealing with, or supporting clients or patients.
  • Gather information about community mental health needs or resources that could be used in conjunction with therapy.
  • Learn about new developments in counseling by reading professional literature, attending courses and seminars, or establishing and maintaining contact with other social service agencies.
  • Meet with families, probation officers, police, or other interested parties to exchange necessary information during the treatment process.
  • Plan or conduct programs to prevent substance abuse or improve community health or counseling services.
  • Refer patients, clients, or family members to community resources or to specialists as necessary.
  • Supervise other counselors, social service staff, assistants, or graduate students.

  • Advocate for individual or community needs.
  • Collect information about community health needs.
  • Confer with family members to discuss client treatment plans or progress.
  • Counsel family members of clients or patients.
  • Lead classes or community events.
  • Maintain professional social services knowledge.
  • Plan programs to address community health issues.
  • Plan programs to address community mental wellness needs.
  • Provide basic health care services.
  • 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.
  • Train staff members in social services skills.