Since the 1980s, psychological counseling has been introduced to mainland China. Over the past 30 years, psychological counseling has made significant progress in my country, but compared with other disciplines, the psychological counseling industry has not developed for a long time in my country. At the same time, in 2017, the country has made major adjustments and reforms to the industry, and the vitality of the industry can be said to be erupting again.
So why do I suggest you take this certificate this year?
Among the more than 1.4 billion people in my country, nearly 200 million people have certain psychological problems and need psychological treatment, and at least 1.3 million psychological counselors are needed. However, there are less than 100,000 psychological counselors in the country, so the market gap for psychological counselors is still in an extremely scarce state.
After this year, due to streamlining administration and delegating power, the entry threshold for psychological counselors will rise, and the exam questions and question types may be significantly changed. The most important thing is that subsequent exams are likely to only allow personnel from psychological related majors to take the exam. If other application requirements can be met after hard work, the professional threshold will be rejected by many people who want to enter the psychological counseling industry. Therefore, this year will be an excellent opportunity to apply for a psychological counselor!
Although the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security’s Psychological Counselor Professional Qualification Examination was cancelled in September 2017 (i.e., the previous second- and third-level psychological counselors), as the enthusiasm of all sectors of society to learn psychology knowledge and psychological counseling skills remains unabated, the majority of psychological training institutions and students hope to have an alternative product for psychological counselor training.
This confirms the title "Why do you need to take the psychological counselor exam this year?" Because the certificate project is not long, the examination difficulty is not high, and the examination question types are relatively simple, with only single choice and multiple choice. Therefore, from this perspective alone, I suggest that you can get a high-value certificate in the first stage of the exam for the psychological counselor exam this year.
1. Market demand determines the number of future practitioners.
As the material life of our people continues to improve, more and more people have higher spiritual pursuits. People are paying more and more attention to mental health, and people's demand for psychological assistance and intervention will be the general trend in the future. People at different levels in society have exposed different degrees of psychological problems. From autism in children, parent-child relationships, insomnia, anxiety and depression in adults, loneliness and depression in empty-nest elderly people, to psychological problems in some special groups (such as prison prisoners and psychological panic patients during the epidemic). These people need psychological counseling and help from more professionals.
2. Benefit yourself for life: Psychology is a very ordinary and widely used discipline.
radiates all aspects of work and life. For example, native family problems in life, parent-child education problems, marriage and relationship emotional problems, emotional decompression, micro-expression, hypnosis therapy, etc. Mastering the methods of psychological adjustment can make you have a certain degree of awareness and self-healing ability even if you do not seek help from a professional psychologist or psychological counselor!
3. It is the professional foundation for engaging in many jobs, especially in the education field, consulting field, medicine field, business field, etc.! It is an indispensable knowledge and skills supplement for the above professions! Learning psychology will make practitioners in the above fields icing on the cake and double their personal value!
1. Needs in the field of education
Youth is a high-incidence period for psychological problems. Whether parents or school teachers, as educators of teenagers, can be regarded as a qualified teenager psychological counselor . Therefore, it is essential for qualified teachers to master psychological knowledge. With the frequent occurrence of psychological problems in the adolescent group, more and more universities have begun to require counselors to master psychological knowledge or hold psychological counselor certificates while equipping with professional psychological counselors. Some universities have even begun to conduct psychological counselor training for counselors. It is enough to show the school's emphasis on psychological education.
2. Needs in the field of consulting
(1) Needs for psychological counselors to practice independently
You can open a personal psychological counseling room or be a part-time psychological counselor through your own continuous study. According to the current domestic market conditions, psychological counseling fees range from 100 yuan to 2,000 yuan per hour.
(2) The essential skills for other counselors
In addition to psychological counselors, it is also the professional foundation of family education instructor and marriage and family counselor ! Because many consulting skills and skills have strong similarities! Learning from a psychological counselor can be said to kill multiple goals in one go!
3. Requirements in the medical field
Many patients in hospitals, in addition to suffering from physical pain during their illness, also suffer from huge psychological torture. Therefore, a qualified medical worker needs to give patients a dual physical and psychological attention, and mastering some psychological knowledge is essential. Especially for psychiatric nurses, they master some psychological knowledge and can be more handy when facing patients, and can also be used as an important basis for promotion.
4. Demand in the business field
(1) Human Resource Management and Development
More and more companies' human resources departments are willing to give priority to staff with psychological backgrounds because they have a natural advantage compared to others - they know better how to consider psychological factors in HR policies and process design, so they are more appropriate and efficient in implementation.
They will design effective talent development projects based on the principles of learning and development. They know what kind of incentive mechanisms can play a role. Even in dealing with problem employees and layoffs, they can improve the psychological state of employees more accurately and complete the work smoothly.
(2) Advertising, marketing and market research
Faced with more and more customer groups with special demands, how to better win people's hearts is a necessary skill for every successful salesperson in the future. Only by winning people's hearts and dividends can we win a broader market!
advertising design and marketing plan both require a large number of research results on consumer behavior in applied psychology . Learning psychology well will help you make a pre-understanding and judgment on the level of market recognition and consumer acceptance.
(3) User experience and product design
Research on user experience is necessary in the process of product research and development and design. What kind of function design is the most comfortable to use, and how to design packaging, styles, etc. to increase the attractiveness of the product? So a product manager must also be a psychology expert!
4. Improve interpersonal communication skills
In the process of dealing with people, it is easy to be at ease when dealing with colleagues, superiors, and subordinates.
5. Have altruistic abilities
Become a free mental health doctor for family and friends. In the process of using professional knowledge to help others, let yourself experience the value of life and the joy of helping others.
Although psychological counselors were removed from National Professional Qualification Directory , it does not mean that this profession is gone, and does not mean that there is no need for psychological counselors in this industry. It has just changed the assessment method and the issuing agency. On the contrary, psychological counseling has always been a key work direction that the country attaches great importance to.
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