A mental health counselor provides support to those experiencing emotional issues such as anger, distress, resentment, anxiety, stress, and burnout issues. A mental health counselor provides support using a variety of therapeutic techniques to help a person manage emotional challenges. Counselors at Mind and Beyond Counselling center, offers help to clients to engage in more healthy coping strategies, techniques to lead a more functional life.
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Mental Health Counselling: How it Works
Mental health counselling, or psychotherapy, is something many people wonder about. It’s a concept that, until one begins, seems hard to fully grasp. It’s not uncommon for people to associate counselling with the proverbial couch, with the client lying on this piece of furniture and spilling their guts while a counselor, who may or may not look like Sigmund Freud, furiously takes detailed notes on a pad of paper. This process is called psychoanalysis and is rarely practiced in the twenty-first century (but mental health counselors typically do take some notes to increase understanding). If this picture is outdated, how does clinical mental health counselling really work?
How Mental Health Counselling Works
Mental health counselling is a formal, purposeful partnership between a client and a mental health professional. It’s sometimes referred to as clinical mental health counselling; not because it’s cold and dispassionate but because it is based on sound research and uses techniques proven to be effective.
What is a mental health counselor?
According to Mental Health America, a mental health counselor has received training to hold individual and group counselling sessions. They can diagnose mental health conditions, but they cannot prescribe medications.
To become qualified, mental health counselors must have a master’s degree in psychology or counselling and have completed several years of clinical work experience. They must also pass the licensing exam in their state.
When they have completed these requirements, their full job title may be one of the following:
- Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor
- Licensed Mental Health Counselor
- Licensed Professional Counselor