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Please tell me that how to become a counselor what qualifications do i need to become a counselor also tell me that please?

Originally Posted by Bruce7566

Please tell me that how to become a counselor what qualifications do i need to become a counselor also tell me that please?

In order to become a Counselor you need to possess the following :

- Educational Degree : Master degree is a must from recognized institute.

- Degree Field : Marriage and family therapy, clinical social work, mental health counselling, school counselling or equivalent.

- Age : should be 21 years but not more than 40 years at time of counselor application post.

- You need to have licence of counselling in any filed.

- Key skills which is mostly required is you need to be a good listener, need to keep secret talks within yourself only, you should be friendly etc.

Experience is a must : Supervised clinical practice is often needed before you apply to the post of counselor.

# A career counsellor has to work and interact with number of peoples of different ages/qualification/experience in his/her day to day profession.

# A career counsellor has to help his/her client while choosing career option.

# A career counsellor has to keep the following things in mind while counselling his/her client which are:

* Area of interest of client
* Aptitude of client
* Skill of client
* Educational level of client
* Personality of client

# The areas where one usually get job are:

* In school and colleges
* Employment agencies
* Even can start private practice.
* As social services offices.
* NGOs
* and many more options

I am a commerce student but now want to pursue career as a family and marriage counselor. So please suggest me some short term courses and also suggest from where I should do my master in this field through distance learning?