41301 – Therapists in counselling and related specialized therapies

البيان الرئيسي

Therapists in counselling and related specialized therapies assist individuals and groups of clients to identify, understand and overcome personal problems and achieve personal objectives. They can be specialized to work on specific problems and they may practice psychotherapy.

المهام الرئيسية

• Interview clients, prepare case histories and assess problems
• Develop and implement counselling and intervention programs to assist clients in determining goals and means of attaining them
• Counsel clients, provide therapy and mediation services, and facilitate group sessions
• Liaise with community agencies or partners, and identify additional or alternative services and provide referrals
• Evaluate the effectiveness of counselling programs and interventions, and clients' progress in resolving identified problems and movement toward defined objectives
• Follow up on results of counselling programs and clients' adjustments
• Prepare assessment, progress, follow-up and court reports
• May supervise other counsellors, social service staff and assistants
• May provide public education and consultation to other professionals or groups regarding counselling services, issues and methods
• May provide witness testimony in court proceedings
• May conduct research, publish research papers, educational texts and articles and deliver presentations at conferences
• May collaborate with employee assistance programs or with government organizations in health and safety or with victims of crime
• May participate in fundraising activities.

متطلبات التوظيف

• A bachelor's or a master's degree in the field of counselling, therapy, mental health, psychology or a related social service discipline is required and a period of supervised clinical work with clients may be required.
• A master’s degree in the field of therapy is required for art therapist, music therapist, and dance therapists.
• Membership with a provincial or federal association is usually required by employers.
• Registration with a regulatory body is required in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick for counselling therapists.
• To practise psychotherapy, a permit is required in Quebec and registration with the appropriate regulatory body is required in Ontario.
• In Quebec, registration with a regulatory body is required for marriage and family therapists, psychoeducators and sexologists and criminologists.

أمثلة على المسميات الوظيفية

preretirement counsellor · addictions counsellor · drug addiction counsellor · marriage counsellor · marital counsellor · marriage consultant · alcohol addiction counsellor · bereavement counsellor · grief counsellor · family counsellor · crisis counsellor · family planning counsellor · group home counsellor · mental health counsellor · couples therapist · marriage therapist · sex therapist · children's counsellor · special needs counsellor · child and youth counsellor · welfare organization counsellor · sexologist · child and family counsellor · counsellor for persons who are intellectually impaired · human relations officer - family and children's services · counselling program supervisor · psychoeducator · community mental health counsellor · family therapist · registered clinical counsellor · clinical counsellor · psychoeducational consultant · disability consultant · behavioural consultant · marriage and family therapist · play therapist · gambling addictions counsellor · human relations officer - family therapy · registered marriage and family therapist · gambling addictions therapist

الأجور (في الساعة)

المصدر: أجور بنك الوظائف، إصدار 2025 (ESDC). المنخفض والمرتفع هما المئين العاشر والتسعون.