Psychological counselors are divided into blue seal and red seal, which actually refer to two different practicing certificates. The specific reasons are as follows:

Different objects

Blueprint counselors work in the field of mental health, and the main audience is non-clinical people. The red book psychological counselor mainly serves the clinical field of psychology, and the clients are people who need psychological treatment.

Different qualification certification

Blueprint psychological counselors need to pass the nationally recognized psychological counselor qualification examination to obtain the qualification, while Hongben psychological counselors need to take the psychological counselor qualification examination on the basis of obtaining the psychological counselor qualification certificate to obtain the Hongben qualification certificate.

Different knowledge and skills.

Blueprint and Hongben psychological counselor are different in training. Blueprint psychological counselors pay attention to basic psychological counseling skills and psychological crisis intervention knowledge, and emphasize extensive psychological counseling for non-clinical people, including schools, enterprises and institutions, communities and other fields; However, psychological counselors in Hongben need to learn more about psychological diagnosis and psychotherapy, mainly in the field of clinical treatment.

Professional ability

Although blue and red psychological counselors are different, they are all mental health professionals who have passed professional training and qualification examination, and have the ability to carry out professional psychological counseling and intervention in different fields.