The specific reasons are as follows:

First, a wide range of employment.

Psychological counselors can generally be engaged in positions such as psychology in primary and secondary schools, pedagogy teachers, and psychology teachers in colleges and universities, engaged in enterprise consulting, human resource management, etc., and can also be engaged in psychological counseling in communities and medical units, or engaged in psychological counseling and psychotherapy in clinics.

Second, the employment prospects are good.

There are about/kloc-0 counselors per 65,438+10,000 people in the United States, while there are only 4.6 counselors per 1 10,000 people in China, so there is a big talent gap in the psychological counseling industry. People nowadays attach great importance to psychological problems. From being ashamed to talk about mental illness to actively seeking help, the market scale of psychological counseling industry is growing every year, and the future employment prospects of psychological counselors are good.

Third, the wage level is high.

In first-tier cities, such as Beijing and Shanghai, people have a great demand for psychological counseling, and the cost of psychological counseling services is relatively high. The monthly salary of psychological counselors can reach 8,000 to 20,000 yuan, and the price of psychological counseling services in second-and third-tier cities is not low. The monthly salary of psychological counselors is generally 5000 to 1 10,000 yuan.

Application conditions and examination time:

I. Application conditions

1, with a nationally recognized college degree or above.

2. Have a junior title or above in psychology, medicine or education.

3. One year before graduation, students in junior college or undergraduate college will have a student ID card or a school that can issue a certificate.

Second, the registration time

The registration time of psychological counselor exam is in March and September every year, and the registration time is slightly different every year. The specific examination time and place shall be determined by the local examiner departments. In the first half of 2022, the starting time for the examination registration of psychological counselors is March 2 1, and the closing time for the examination registration is April 2 1.

In the second half of 2022, the arrangement of basic training examination for psychological counselors was not notified. According to the examination arrangement for the first half of 2022 issued by official website, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, the registration time for psychological counselor examination in the second half of 2022 is expected to be from September 19 to 10/9.