Mental Health Counselor

Duties and Responsibilities: Mental health counselors help people manage or overcome mental and emotional disorders and problems with their family or relationships. They listen to clients and ask questions to help the clients understand their problems and strategies to improve their lives.  

Salary: $42,250 per years and $20.31 per hour

Education: master’s degree, bachelor’s degree, and clinical mental health counseling.

Demand for this profession: Employment of mental health counselors and marriage and family therapists is projected to grow 19 percent from 2014 to 2024, much faster than the average for all occupations. Growth is expected in both occupations as more people have mental health counseling services covered by their insurance policies.

Reflection: I think that I would like to be one because it's related to being a therapist.