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Job Description

Diagnose and treat mental and emotional disorders, whether cognitive, affective, or behavioral, within the context of marriage and family systems. Apply psychotherapeutic and family systems theories and techniques in the delivery of services to individuals, couples, and families for the purpose of treating such diagnosed nervous and mental disorders.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 21-1013.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 54,090.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 26.00
Currently, there are 36,960 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Marriage and Family Therapists”.

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Tasks for “Therapist”

Provide instructions to clients on how to obtain help with legal, financial, and other personal issues.
Collect information about clients, using techniques such as testing, interviewing, discussion, and observation.
Provide public education and consultation to other professionals or groups regarding counseling services, issues, and methods.
Encourage individuals and family members to develop and use skills and strategies for confronting their problems in a constructive manner.
Counsel clients on concerns, such as unsatisfactory relationships, divorce and separation, child rearing, home management, and financial difficulties.
Confer with other counselors, doctors, and professionals to analyze individual cases and to coordinate counseling services.
Develop and implement individualized treatment plans addressing family relationship problems, destructive patterns of behavior, and other personal issues.
Determine whether clients should be counseled or referred to other specialists in such fields as medicine, psychiatry, and legal aid.
Maintain case files that include activities, progress notes, evaluations, and recommendations.
Follow up on results of counseling programs and clients' adjustments to determine effectiveness of programs.
Confer with clients to develop plans for posttreatment activities.
Ask questions that will help clients identify their feelings and behaviors.
Supervise other counselors, social service staff, and assistants.
Provide family counseling and treatment services to inmates participating in substance abuse 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.
Write evaluations of parents and children for use by courts deciding divorce and custody cases, testifying in court if necessary.

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