Counsellor

Counsellors assist people to better understand themselves by explaining options, setting goals and helping them to take action.

Counsellors may perform the following tasks:

  • work with clients to find solutions to emotional and mental problems
  • act as facilitators in group sessions
  • work with other professionals such as medical practitioners, psychologists and social workers as part of a health management team
  • act as mediators in conflict resolution.

Counsellors may specialise in a number of fields such as working with people from non-English-speaking backgrounds, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and single parents, or in service areas such as health, accommodation, relationships, employment, grief and loss, stress management, child development and abuse issues.

Required Skills - Counsellor

  • sympathetic and caring
  • good communication skills
  • maturity
  • good life-coping skills

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