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Those looking at becoming counsellors are in luck. With a wide range of career options available and the ability to specialise in different areas, counselling provides a great career pathway for anyone interested in mental health.<\/p>\n
If you demonstrate great listening skills, are empathetic and want to make a difference in the lives of others then counselling can be your career calling. From drug\/alcohol counselling to family health, find out what is needed to get a job as a counsellor and how you can turn that job into a rewarding career.<\/p>\n
The terms counsellor and therapist are often used interchangeably, yet there is a difference. While both professions help people to work through mental health and life challenges, the main difference between a counsellor and a therapist is their education and accreditation requirements. Therapy and psychotherapy are highly regulated<\/a> in Australia while counselling is not. Despite this, both professions provide similar treatments and practices.<\/p>\n Typically, a counsellor focuses on immediate mental health issues such as processing grief and anger, building confidence or communication skills, and building better interpersonal relationships. A counselling session is generally shorter than a therapy session as they don\u2019t go deep into a patient\u2019s past. Counsellors can help to treat<\/a> the following:<\/p>\n Counsellors can be employed to work with individuals, couples, families and groups. They can also specialise in a certain area such as marriage counselling or family therapy. As a counsellor, you can be employed by an institution such as a school or as an independent counsellor working from your own practice. Some counsellor career choices include:<\/p>\n Counsellors can work with children, teens or adults to help them navigate their mental health. Some common mental illnesses<\/a> counsellors work with include anxiety disorder, bipolarity, borderline personality disorder, depression, PTSD, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and eating disorders.<\/p>\n School counsellors are often employed by a school or educational institution to help provide students with on-site mental health care. School counsellors will work with all year levels and ages and help students work through issues such as stress, bullying, low self-esteem, disabilities, social anxiety, challenging home or personal life issues and poor academic performance.<\/p>\n Counsellors can be employed to help client\u2019s work through their rehabilitation<\/a> after an illness or workplace injury. They will help a client to navigate their emotional, physical and mental responses to an injury and help them to overcome these issues.<\/p>\n Financial counsellors help people facing financial stressors such as debt or bankruptcy – allowing them to better manage their mental health and develop coping strategies to work through their money issues and the effects it has on their day to day health.<\/p>\n\n
Counselling career pathways<\/b><\/h2>\n
1. Mental health worker<\/b><\/h3>\n
2. School counsellor<\/b><\/h3>\n
3. Rehabilitation counselling<\/b><\/h3>\n
4. Financial counselling<\/b><\/h3>\n