{"id":19866,"date":"2024-11-21T12:00:14","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T12:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalcareercounsellor.com\/blog\/?p=19866"},"modified":"2024-11-21T11:59:32","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T11:59:32","slug":"counselling-psychology-career-scope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalcareercounsellor.com\/blog\/counselling-psychology-career-scope\/","title":{"rendered":"All You Need to Know About a Career in Counselling Psychology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: georgia, palatino; color: #000000;\">Did you know that in India, 20% of the population needs counselling at some point in their life? That is one out of five people! If you come down to career counselling in specific \u2013 There are about 265 million students enrolled in schools and most of them need counselling and guidance, or at least the option should be open to them. And yet there are less than 1000 psychologists in the country. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: georgia, palatino; color: #000000;\">The scope of counselling psychology is endless and yet there is a real lack of information available on how to go about pursuing this degree and what sort of career you can think of with a degree in counselling psychology.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; color: #000000; font-size: 24px;\"><b>What is Counselling Psychology?<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: georgia, palatino; color: #000000;\">Counselling Psychology is a discipline of study under professional psychology that focuses on building and improving an individual\u2019s personal and relational functions. It addresses the mental, emotional, social, and physical health concerns people have at different stages in their lives. It focuses both on typical life stresses and more severe issues with which people may struggle as individuals and as a part of families, groups and organizations.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; color: #000000; font-size: 24px;\"><b>Who are Counsellors? What Do They Do?<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: georgia, palatino; color: #000000;\">When we think of a counsellor \u2013 our minds immediately switch to a clean, whitewashed room with long glass windows a bespectacled man or woman, and most importantly a comfy couch! Pop culture has graced us with this stereotypical impression of a counsellor and whether it matches our reality or not, hardly matters. What matters is the work that these counsellors do,<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: georgia, palatino; color: #000000;\">They act as a facilitator between your thoughts and actions. They help you connect the dots with what is often buried deep inside your subconscious and how it should or shouldn\u2019t affect your actions.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: georgia, palatino; color: #000000;\">They help you define goals for yourself, come up with a roadmap, and support and guide you to reach these goals.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: georgia, palatino; color: #000000;\">Contrary to popular opinion, they are not your problem solver. Rather they help you realize where the problem lies.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; color: #000000; font-size: 24px;\"><b>What\u2019s Needed to be a Counsellor?<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: georgia, palatino; color: #000000;\">So you want to be a counsellor? Well\u2026 here\u2019s a questionnaire for you.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: georgia, palatino; color: #000000;\">Are you a listener? Do you pay careful attention to what people have to say without any bias or judgment?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: georgia, palatino; color: #000000;\">Do you have the ability to make people comfortable around you?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: georgia, palatino; color: #000000;\">Are you a problem solver?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: georgia, palatino; color: #000000;\">Do you like helping people?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: georgia, palatino; color: #000000;\">If your answer to the above questions is YES! You definitely are on the right track if you want to pursue Counselling Psychology.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><b>What Can You Do with a Degree in Counselling Psychology?<\/b><\/span><b><\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li aria-level=\"1\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; color: #000000; font-size: 24px;\"><b>Clinical Social Worker<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: georgia, palatino; color: #000000;\">After pursuing a degree in counselling psychology, you can go on to work as a social worker with governmental and non-governmental organizations. In this role, you will get to work with women, children, and individuals from marginalized strata of society who have gone through mental, physical, social, and emotional abuse, often assault.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This role is equally sensitive, as it is important. And having pursued counselling psychology you\u2019ll have a better understanding of how to navigate this path and help those who need it.\u00a0<\/span><b><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li aria-level=\"1\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; color: #000000; font-size: 24px;\"><b>Rehabilitation Counsellor<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Often people with disabilities or patients with a deadly disease or after a serious trauma who have lost certain physical and\/or mental abilities, need help to deal with its effect before they re-enter society. That is what rehabilitation counsellors help with. Rehabilitation Counsellors are responsible for making sure an individual has come to terms with their disease or disability and facilitating their transition back into their normal lives. They are often associated with hospitals and clinical centres, but can also work outside the healthcare system.\u00a0<\/span><b><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li aria-level=\"1\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; color: #000000; font-size: 24px;\"><b>Mental Health Counsellors<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After graduating with a counselling psychology degree, you can work as a mental health counsellor and treat people with emotional and mental disorders. Mental health counsellors use therapeutic techniques to deal with issues such as depression, anxiety, addiction, stress, trauma, grief, bulimia, anorexia, etc.\u00a0<\/span><b><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li aria-level=\"1\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; color: #000000; font-size: 24px;\"><b>School Counsellors<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: georgia, palatino; color: #000000;\">Teenage years are a very vulnerable time for any individual. This is the time when one is most rebellious, and also when one needs the most help and guidance. This is also the time when an individual is supposed to make the decision that will impact the rest of their life \u2013 career. The role of a school counsellor is two-fold.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: georgia, palatino; color: #000000;\">On one hand, they deal with problems that students often can\u2019t or don\u2019t want to talk about with their parents like bullying, shaming, low self-esteem, etc. On the other hand, they also help students in making decisions like subject selection, choosing a career and college, and what academic grades and non-academic profile are needed for them to pursue their chosen career.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">School counsellors have a very important role to play \u2013 they act as the bridge between the students, their parents, and their teachers.\u00a0<\/span><b><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li aria-level=\"1\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; color: #000000; font-size: 24px;\"><b>Career Counsellors<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: georgia, palatino; color: #000000;\">If you want to work with students and guide them on something really specific, i.e., their career choices, you can work as a career counsellor. While a degree in counselling psychology will train you on how to deal with students, parents, and teachers; career counselling needs something extra \u2013 information on career trends, college application and admission processes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There are online programs like the Global Career Counselling Program that help you gain this specialization in career counselling. It will enable you to engage with students and their parents, assess where the student\u2019s talent and abilities lie and guide them in making the<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">right career choice. Additionally, career counsellors often work one-on-one with students. They help them build their college-ready profile, the college application process, till the point the student gains a place in the college or university of their choice.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">The best part \u2013 you need not necessarily have a degree in psychology to become a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalcareercounsellor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">career counsellor<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 24px;\"><b>Wrapping it Up!<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: georgia, palatino; color: #000000;\">Counselling Psychology is a very important and noble career pathway. And if you want to pursue it \u2013 Kudos to you!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">To pursue counselling psychology you need a graduate degree in either counselling psychology, clinical psychology, or applied psychology. But to become a career counsellor, you only need to register for your <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalcareercounsellor.com\/career-counselling-courses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Global Career Counselling program<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\"> that runs in collaboration with UCLA extension.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: georgia, palatino; color: #000000;\">So if becoming a career counsellor is your dream, don\u2019t wait!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 20px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/univariety1.viewpage.co\/GCC-blog-call-back-request\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Reach Out to Us Today!<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that in India, 20% of the population needs counselling at some point in their life? 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