- Do you like psychology?
- Do you want to become a counselor?
- I'm not a psychology major, is there still a chance to change careers?
- 35+ are you only getting into the psychological counseling industry now, is it too late?
If you are curious about these questions, I would like to talk to you about the charm and growth of this profession.
Owen Yaron put it this way in "A Gift for Psychotherapists":
Every day, we look beyond our personal desires and focus on the needs and growth of others. We take pleasure not only from the growth of our clients, but also from the impact they have on others in their lives.
Every year, hundreds of thousands of people choose to become a counselor, from all over the world with different life experiences, some people change careers at the age of 45, and some people transform from "self-help" clients to "helping" counselors, a profession that is by no means a subsistence job for them.
And from the perspective of market prospects, the World Health Organization's recommendation that "one psychological counselor per 1,000 people is the balance point of a healthy society" suggests that China needs at least 1.4 million psychological counselors, and the mainland has at least 430,000+ psychological counselor talent gap.
So "I want to be a counselor" may be the inner voice of many people, but are you suitable for this profession? How to take the first step? How can I really get into the industry? These are the three major doubts that stand in the way of achieving this goal. You have a lot to worry about:
Worried that you are a non-psychology major and afraid that you will not be qualified for the position of psychological counselor?
Worried about your heavy workload and lack of energy to study?
Worried about the large investment in the early stage, and in the end you can't make a living from it?
This week, Simple Psychology invited psychological counselors with different qualifications who have been practicing for 3, 5, and 16 years to share with you the mental journey of counselors at different stages.
On May 21st, we invited Ms. Qin Lin, who has accumulated 1w+ hours of consulting experience, and on May 22nd, two excellent intern consultants & novice consultants, Bai Jin and Huang Ting, to discuss with you:
1. What is the way out for psychological counselors when their professional qualifications are unclear?
2. How to start accumulating cases in 0-based psychological counseling?
3. Can I become a psychological counselor only through long-term training?
4. How to judge whether you are suitable to become a psychological counselor?
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What is the difficulty of changing careers as a psychological counselor? There are three main aspects:
It is difficult to receive professional system training
There is only scattered short-term training, and there is a lack of long-term training in the professional system, which makes it difficult to form a complete knowledge system.
It is difficult to accumulate experience in internship supervision
Many trainings in the market only provide theoretical knowledge, and lack internship and supervision, which are the most critical.
It is difficult to obtain customers in the early stage of practice
The first year of practice is the most difficult, and many of the training cannot provide customers after the end of the training, and there is a lack of platform support.
The fact is that if you don't have an internship, theoretical fragmentation, and technology alone, no matter whether you go through personal practice or platform entry in the future, you can't find a stable source of cases, which means that you have no income.
Changing careers is a piece of effort greater than choice, the early road choice is not good, the future is a bottomless pit that consumes your money and energy, the market will always look at the effect, not a certification.
In order to solve these problems, "Simple Psychology Uni - Psychological Counselor Training Program PRO" proposes a solution.
Since 2016, 70% of the students who have been on the simple psychological counseling platform for more than 6 months have been accepted in 100-500 hours, far exceeding the industry average.
The training program PRO is a set of one-stop training system that extends on the premise of improving professional competency, combining system theory + practical technology + real cases + professional supervision to open up the entire practice path.
In the future, no matter how the access requirements of the psychological counseling industry change, professional competency will be the most important and fundamental ability for the industry, the market, and visitors in the future.
If you want to practice in the future, it is undoubtedly a more correct and cost-effective choice to devote your time and energy to the improvement of your professional competency than to take the certificate but still do not know how to do consulting.
Recruitment for the spring class of PRO2024 psychological counselor training program is underway! There are only 10 students left in the enrollment slot! 👇 Click [Read the original article] at the end of the article to view the project details 👇
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Course Objective
The goal is to cultivate "professional competency".
In 2 years, you will grow from a novice with 0 foundation to an internship consultant who starts to accept internship cases, and the internship of the whole project is recruited from the official platform of Jianxin! True! Social Case!
This means that your investment begins to pay off, which is more valuable than any certificate, academic qualifications, your time and energy are so precious, in the career change period to delay for an additional year, you not only have to increase the investment of more time, energy, money, but also lose a year of income that could have earned more consulting fees
Now that you've made your career choice, why not choose a program that will help you get through the toughest of your first steps faster?
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Course system
A more mature curriculum system
This year marks the 10th anniversary of Simple Psychology. The psychological training program has been continuously recruited for more than 20 periods, has been stably enrolled for 8 years, and has been continuously iteratively optimized for 8 years, with a mature, professional and trustworthy curriculum system! It's also a gold rush in the fierce market!
We refer to the model of training graduate students in colleges and universities at home and abroad, and explore a more suitable growth path for the present, which is divided into 3 stages of gradual growth, even if you are 0 foundation and not a psychology major, as long as you are interested in psychology, through each stage of the project, you can improve your professional ability step by step, and realize your professional dream is not as difficult as you think.
初阶
◍ Have a comprehensive understanding of the ethics and setting of psychological counseling; Master basic counseling skills and attitudes; ◍ Settled in the simple psychology exclusive hotline platform: hotline internship training + 40-hour hotline + 30-hour group supervision
Intermediate
◍ In-depth understanding of various schools of consulting theories and techniques, and be able to form preliminary consulting ideas according to different types of problems and needs; ◍ Settle in the simple psychology intermediate internship platform: initial interview training + 30 hours of pre-counseling internship + 30 hours of group supervision
High
◍ Have a comprehensive grasp of the consultation stage, the closing stage and common issues. ◍ Settle in the simple psychology low-cost internship platform: open a paid case internship + 30 hours of case counseling internship + 30 hours of group supervision
The three stages adopt the mode of theoretical learning + internship + supervision, which ensures that the theory and practice are not disconnected, so that the students can be immersed in the internship uninterruptedly in the learning process, accumulate consulting hours and experience in the internship, and make adequate preparations for the future practice road.
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Internship supervision
Practical internship supervision
More than 190+ hours of internship & supervision is the biggest competitive advantage of the project!
First of all, you should choose a psychological counselor training program, and if you don't have an internship program, you can pass it directly.
Secondly, if it is a simulated internship in the form of a drill, a free public welfare internship, and a low-cost internship of a few dollars, you don't have to look at it anymore, because of this