The major of mental health education trains teachers and consultants who have all-round development in morality, intelligence, physique and beauty, good professional ethics, humanistic quality and psychological quality, solid basic knowledge of psychological theory, preliminary psychological consultation and counseling ability, engage in psychological consultation and counseling, and meet the needs of basic education and related industries.
Career prospects
Students who graduated from psychology can choose to take the mental health education teacher qualification certificate. After graduation, you can try the position of psychological teacher in primary and secondary schools. Recently, the state attaches great importance to students' mental health.
Many schools recruit psychological teachers with the same salary as other ordinary teachers, and there will be more and more demand for psychological teachers like this. Government agencies specializing in psychology for civil servants are generally in the public security system, such as public security bureaus, reeducation-through-labor centers, prisons, drug rehabilitation centers and so on. A psychology professor I know applied for a part-time job in the public security system.
In the public security system, students majoring in psychology are still scarce and well paid. Among many employment directions, students majoring in psychology are the most sought-after in enterprises, and the treatment is also good.
For example, you can do HR in a company. Nowadays, the company's demand for human resources is paying more and more attention to whether you have a psychological background. (HR certificate is preferred) In addition to HR, you can also engage in headhunting, corporate consulting, management and other work in enterprises.
With the development of society, people pay more and more attention to the needs of happiness, and in many places people have gradually realized the importance of mental health. People don't think that only psychopaths can do psychological counseling as before. The income of psychological counseling varies from person to person and from place to place. The psychological counseling industry in Beishangguang and other areas is very developed, and the income can be imagined.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Mental Health Education Major.