Career planning for psychological counselors (1)

1. Self-evaluation

1. My current situation:

I have a neutral personality. He is good at contemplation, has deep inner experience, is gentle, restrained, straightforward and enthusiastic, and has strong stability. He likes reading and playing chess. His advantage is that he is down-to-earth, conscientious in doing things, and loves to help others. His disadvantage is that he is stubborn and easy to follow rules. His specialty is to enter the heart or play chess. Perceptual intelligence. Join a social service-oriented club during college, have a strong motivation for achievement, and have a strong desire and ability to learn.

2. Evaluation results: The temperament type is a mixture of phlegm and melancholic temperament, with choleric temperament. The career interest test indicates that he is good at psychology, philosophy, and education.

2. Social environment planning and career analysis

1. General social environment:

Psychological counselors have broad employment prospects. Because psychological counselors are needed in all walks of life, they can be found in society, schools, prisons, and human resources departments of enterprises and institutions. If you obtain an intermediate or senior psychological counselor certificate, you can open one yourself. Psychological counseling clinic.

Psychological counselors are a very popular industry in the future. The number of suicide deaths in China every year has reached 287,000, and 2 million people attempt suicide every year. In 1990, there were 25.6 million patients with depression in China, only 5% of whom received treatment, and 15% of patients with depression had suicidal tendencies. According to surveys, there are more than 16 million patients with various mental disorders and psychological disorders among the 1.3 billion population. There are 190 million people in China who need interventional psychological counseling and psychological treatment in their lifetime. Among the 150 million adolescents, there are 100 adolescents who suffer from emotional and stress problems. 30 million. This shows that the lack of professionals engaged in psychological counseling is one of the reasons for the relatively high suicide rate in our country. In 2004, Hu Jintao, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, delivered an important speech at the National Work Conference on Strengthening and Improving the Ideological and Moral Construction of Minors, emphasizing the need to “care about the growth of minors and create good conditions and social environment for their physical and mental health development” "With the strong advocacy of government policies, all tertiary-level hospitals are required to set up psychology departments, and primary and secondary schools are also required to open psychological consultation rooms with psychological counselors.

2. Special occupational social environment:

The current employment prospects of psychological counselors in my country are not optimistic. China’s psychological counseling industry lacks a sufficient talent base and sufficient industry self-discipline. Awareness, but the most important thing is the lack of truly effective management mechanisms. However, I am confident that China's psychological counseling industry will get better and better. Although it will be chaotic at first, social elimination and public needs will create a healthy industry. Even if Chinese psychology is not good, it will gradually get better in the future. Anything that develops will move forward and will not go backwards. It will only make more and more progress. Those bad problems are only temporary, not permanent. You should not look at the problem too one-sidedly, but have a long-term perspective. I believe that my choice will not be wrong. My confidence is around ten years. Even if I don't end up working in this industry, I've gained a lot from learning this knowledge.

3. Establish development goals

Direction: Psychological counselor

Progress: Self-study of psychological counselor professional qualification training course.

1. 2008-2009:

Achievement goals: Participate in psychological counselor and office software training and obtain certificates.

Competency goals: possess the theoretical foundation of psychology, further improve the ability to interact with people, and possess certain eloquence.

2. 2009-2011:

Academic goal: Obtain a bachelor's degree in psychology from the Beijing Higher Education Self-study Examination

Outcome goal: Complete the study of psychological counseling Read all teaching materials for teacher level two and participate in the training of psychological counselors.

Competency goals: Have certain psychological counseling case analysis capabilities, good eloquence, computer proficiency, and a wide social range.

3. 2013-2015:

Educational goal: Pursue and obtain a postgraduate degree in on-the-job psychology

Ability goal: Form your own management philosophy and have High level of speech, ability to organize and lead a team; direct and smooth communication with company decision-makers; psychological quality and ability to cope with emergencies; certain popularity in the industry.

IV. Career planning implementation strategies

Gap: 1. Lack of necessary skills and innovation ability as a psychological counselor. 2. Lack of quick adaptability. 3. Narrow social scope. 4. Low self-confidence.

Methods to narrow the gap:

1. Education and training methods

(1) Make full use of the time spent studying in school before graduation to supplement yourself with the necessary skills. knowledge and skills. Including participating in club activities, reading relevant books extensively, applying for professional qualification certificates, etc.

(2) Make full use of the training opportunities provided by the company to employees and strive for more training.

(3) Pursue self-study undergraduate and graduate degrees in psychology.

2. Discussion and communication methods

(1) Discuss and communicate with teachers and classmates more during school, and choose to communicate with some of them frequently after graduation.

(2) Actively communicate with your boss at work and deepen your understanding.

3. Practice exercise methods.

(1) Make full use of your working conditions to expand your social circle, pay attention to your classmates’ social circle, and pay attention to your interactions with everyone.

Success criteria:

My success criteria are the coordinated development of personal affairs, career, and family life.

As long as I try my best, develop my abilities, and achieve tangible self-improvement at each stage, I will not feel like a failure even if my goals are not achieved.

5. Feedback and correction

If the goal is too high, it will affect other important things in one's life.

It is difficult to find the right job, and the current salary and benefits in the psychological counselor industry are low.

Be careful when changing jobs.

I believe that my ideal will be realized, even if I sacrifice other happiness! Even if it costs ten years!

Career planning for psychological counselors (2)

1. Counselors work more seriously and harder than clients

Psychological counseling is the relationship between counselors and clients Activities where researchers work together to enhance visitors’ self-understanding and self-improvement. In the early stages of counseling, counselors take more responsibility for establishing basic norms, teaching clients how to use session time, and clearly stating each other's responsibilities and work. After consulting for a period of time, the counselor gradually retreats behind the scenes, becomes passive and encourages the client to take more responsibility for speaking. If after a period of conversation, the counselor works harder than the client, and has greater expectations for the client's improvement than the client himself, then the counselor will need to conduct self-discussions to discover the hidden anxieties or problems to be solved. .

2. Eager for the client to change immediately and regard it as their own responsibility

Counselors are often affected by the client's anxiety in the early stages of practice and hope that the client can change during the session. After several sessions, there are obvious behavioral changes to alleviate the client's problems and prove one's therapeutic ability. However, changes in the client's behavior are usually not immediate, but require certain processes and conditions. , the client’s self-understanding and behavior change involve many factors. Their problems are accumulated over many years, and psychological distress is always layered.

3. Trying to change the client’s thinking , Emotions and Behaviors

The mistake that both junior and senior counselors will make is trying to persuade and change the client's thoughts, emotions and behaviors. As a result, not only did the client not change, but he aroused more and stronger resistance and defense. In actual consultation, ( ) the counselor must keep in mind that the client’s problematic thoughts, emotions and behaviors are almost all the self-defense mechanism itself or the result. The counselor’s job is to provide a relationship, atmosphere and situation to allow the client to Once you become aware of your own problems, changes will occur. %$#@

4. When the client is talking, the therapist is thinking about questions, answers or suggestions

When the client is talking, what is the counselor doing? It is certainly not appropriate to spend too much time thinking about one's own affairs during consultation, nor is it good to spend too much time asking clients about major cases or suggestions. The entire consultation process is full of interaction and discovery, not a time for supervision or searching for answers.

5. Explain the feelings and behaviors of the case based on your own experience

Interpretation skills will be used during the consultation process. When faced with a client's problem, even if the counselor has had similar experiences, it is not advisable to use his or her own experience to explain the client's feelings and behavior and then tell the client what to do. Because the same issue touches different levels and meanings of the individual’s heart. The counselor's job is not to use his or her own experience to explain the client's behavior. The counselor's job is to assist the client to explore the meaning of the problem and gain more growth and learning from the experience.

6. Frequently ask why

Newbies will unconsciously often ask why they visit. But an effective way to consult is not to ask why. This is because asking why questions can easily trigger the visitor's defense mechanism, especially an intellectual defense mechanism. In this way, it is not easy for the visitor to be aware of his inner feelings. Moreover, counselors who often ask why will gradually turn the therapeutic relationship into a feeling of wealth investigation, which is not conducive to the establishment of a trusting relationship.

During consultation, you should avoid asking the visitor a lot of questions just to satisfy your curiosity. Experienced counselors will try to arouse the client's curiosity about themselves, their thoughts, feelings and behaviors, and their curiosity to learn more about themselves.

Career planning for psychological counselors (3)

(1) Self-awareness (confidant):

1. Preface: Seize the present:

"The Doctrine of the Mean" says, "Everything will be successful if it is forewarned, and it will be ruined if it is not forewarned." For me, who has spent a year in college, it is indeed necessary to plan my life well. "Without determination, nothing is feasible in the world." What's more, as the number of college students increases, the employment pressure will surely become heavier year by year. Make a preliminary plan for your life now to help cope with it. future employment pressure.

I think there are two reasons why it is difficult for college students to find jobs: one is because the school curriculum is out of touch with the requirements of enterprises; and the other, I think, is a more fundamental reason is that most college students lack awareness of career planning. , without establishing clear career goals and cultivating and training relevant professional abilities in college, the gap between the requirements and the company's requirements was discovered only after graduation, but it was too late.

2. Career interests: I like to read news, consulting columns (such as psychological interviews), understand consulting knowledge, and like conversations, experiments, and measurement types of work.

3. Ability aptitude: I served as a student cadre in college and have strong organizational and coordination skills; strong interpersonal communication skills; quick thinking and fluent expression.

4. Professional values: The employment of college students has become a concern of the whole society. The employment rate of college students continues to decline, and the employment problem is serious. College students should have excellent professional qualities, such as: professional loyalty, professionalism, team spirit, self-learning ability, innovation ability, etc.

5. Behavioral personality: I have strong self-learning ability, strong self-motivation, and dare to challenge myself; cheerful, lively, social-loving, adventurous, energetic, optimistic, careful, and ambitious. He lives a simple life and does not compare with others. In his spare time, he likes to make friends, listen to music and participate in campus activities. But sometimes I am too sensitive, I feel a little tired and lazy on weekdays, I don’t have enough energy to study and do things, and my efficiency is not high. In the future, we must enhance our personal self-control ability, formulate task schedules, and strictly demand ourselves.

6. Comments from others: We feel comfortable letting him do anything by himself. Sometimes he needs our help. If he encounters difficulties, he will usually handle them by himself. He is upright, kind, and well-connected. He is fully confident in himself, has high overall quality, has strong leadership skills, has a strong sense of responsibility, has lofty ideals, and has been striving for them. He loves school and is a loyal defender of the class; he is easy-going and humble, and is someone whom his classmates are willing to cooperate with; he has a far-sighted vision and is unremitting in his pursuit of ideals. Smart, strong coordination ability, good at cooperating with others, strong planning and organizational skills, careful about things, patient with people, full of passion!

(2) Professional cognition (knowing others):

1. Analysis of external environment: Psychological counseling as a standardized industry has only been born in China for 6 years (beginning in 2002). As an emerging industry, it has many areas that need improvement. It is not an exaggeration to describe the current psychological counseling market in China as “a mixed bag”. The psychological counseling industry is like a besieged city. Some people are trying their best to get in, but many people in the psychology profession are unwilling to engage in this industry. Some people say that psychological counseling is a profitable industry, and the hourly income of 300-500 yuan is coveted by many people; others say that psychological counselors cannot even fill their stomachs, and it is a high-risk industry.

Psychological counseling is slowly developing in this contradictory debate.

In the long run, psychological counselors, as a standardized profession, were only introduced by the Ministry of Labor in 2001, and the first batch of psychological counselors were only available in 2002. Previously, although there were quasi-psychological consultations similar to the "Intimate Sister" Q&A, it was not clear how professional it was. As for the evaluation of successful cases, it is a highly technical clinical evaluation. To this end, I have explored the issue of counseling effectiveness evaluation with a number of counselor training instructors. At present, our country mainly uses a combination of self-evaluation and scale evaluation. From a professional perspective, this may include evaluation biases such as placebo effect and expectation effect. What constitutes a successful case is a very debatable professional question.

2. Target career analysis:

Consultant→Consultant→Consultant→Have your own consulting room.

3. Professional quality assessment:

The results of the professional ability assessment show that my social orientation and interests are particularly prominent, and my artistic orientation and research orientation are both strong. This result is basically in line with me. The actual situation is just suitable for consulting work.

4. SWOT analysis:

Advantage factors (S): As China integrates with the world economy, the employment prospects of consulting talents are booming across the board, and both supply and demand are booming. Psychological counseling is a major in great demand, and is in demand by various institutions and enterprises, and the employment prospects are very broad.

I am a person who is willing to do the job well the first time; I am able to focus very focused on a project or task every time; I have sensitive organizational skills; I have a very strong sense of responsibility; Believe that high efficiency and multiple results are important; be reliable, be able to carry out work from beginning to end, and have perseverance and determination to achieve goals; be reasonable and have a stable and peaceful mentality; be driven and enterprising.

Weaknesses (W): I am good at discovering interesting things, and I dare to take risks but sometimes I am timid. Lack of patience for tasks that take a long time to complete; lack of sensitivity to how policies or decisions will affect others; unwillingness to support risky behavior; underestimation of yourself and your contribution to the organization; low morale , easy to relax and not persistent enough in the face of pressure and setbacks.

Faced with so many disadvantages, I should use my strengths and avoid weaknesses, choose a job that can give full play to my strengths, try to avoid my weaknesses, and try to correct them. Some disadvantages are determined by the personality itself and may have been finalized. Then I should accurately position myself and create a stage where I can show my advantages.

Opportunity factors (O): The increase in job opportunities in the psychological counseling industry is naturally a product of the rapid development of the industry - the rapid growth of the industry has promoted the demand for talents in the industry. However, the growth rate of industry talents is far from meeting the rising market demand for talents. Therefore, psychological counseling talents have become a very in-demand profession.

Challenge factors (T): Although the consulting industry now has its own development potential, with the advent of the economic crisis, people's innovation in consumption concepts, and adjustments to national macroeconomic policies, the consulting industry is facing high costs The fees also prohibit many people with problems.

(3) Career planning and design:

1. Career goals and paths:

Career goal: consultant (plan to work for 1-2 years) → Counselor (3-5 years) → Consultant (10 years) → Own your own consulting room (10 years)

Career path: Familiar with modern Western psychological theories, master the various schools of modern psychological counseling methods to broaden knowledge. Participate in various level examination preparations and strengthen the training of foreign language speaking.

2. Action plan and strategy:

Understand the company’s employment direction, participate in simulated job fairs, and try to use as many resources as possible to train yourself. Improve your comprehensive ability, understand the skills required for the target position, and move forward step by step.

Strive to improve your professional strength, go to the library more often, and increase your professional knowledge. Participate in practical activities organized by some companies. When working part-time, be open-minded and learn from professionals.

Have the psychological quality and ability to cope with emergencies, and have a wide social scope. Go to some professional websites and forums to communicate with experts. If you are optimistic about a sales position in a company, you should learn as much about the company as possible to increase your chances of success in applying. During the interview, conduct research on each interviewing company and analyze the needs and characteristics; prepare materials and contingency strategies before the interview, and use your strong expressive skills and strong appeal during the interview.

3. Corrections and alternatives:

Due to changes in the social environment, family environment, organizational environment, personal growth curve, etc., as well as the influence of various unpredictable factors, a person's career Career development is often not smooth sailing. In order to better proactively grasp life and adapt to the ever-changing workplace world, it is very necessary to formulate an alternative career planning plan.

1) Pass the counselor certificate, consultant certificate, and computer certificate.

2) Obtain the teacher qualification certificate.

Factors I weighed when formulating alternatives:

If I fail to become a consultant after 5 years of hard work, then I will change my career to become a middle school teacher or corporate human resources Planning Lecturer.

Based on the job recommendation from the vocational ability test in the self-assessment - "Suitable for work in persuasion and education." In fact, I also like this kind of work very much. I am good at language expression and have strong writing skills and organizational skills. At the same time, the ability requirements for teachers are relatively easy compared to those for marketing managers. I believe I can be qualified to work as a middle school teacher.

(4) Conclusion:

Shakespeare once said: "Life is a work. Whoever has life ideals and plans to realize them will have a good plot and ending. You can write very wonderfully and eye-catchingly. "Without the accumulation of small amounts of water, it is difficult to form a big river." Without a little bit of accumulation, it is difficult to create a big climate. There is a mountain peak in everyone's heart, carved with ideals, beliefs, pursuits, and ambitions; there is a forest in everyone's heart, carrying harvest, fragrance, frustration, and hardship. If a person wants to succeed, he must show courage, work hard, fight, and struggle.