In August of 20001year, with the approval of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, China started the professionalization of psychological counselors. The state has promulgated the National Professional Standard for Psychological Counselors (Trial), which defines the profession of psychological counselors: "Psychological counselors are professionals who use psychology and related knowledge, follow psychological principles, and help clients solve psychological problems through psychological counseling techniques and methods." This definition covers all the contents of psychological counseling as a profession, including:
1. As a profession, psychological counseling is the basic knowledge that practitioners, that is, psychological counselors, must master, including both the general knowledge of psychology and the related knowledge of clinical operation of psychological counseling.
2. The methods used by psychological counselors can only be the techniques and methods of psychological counseling. The so-called techniques and methods of psychological counseling include both non-standardized techniques, such as "psychological counseling", and standardized techniques, such as "psychotherapy", psychological counseling and psychotherapy, and of course, the use of drugs is not included.
The professional ability characteristics of psychological counselors: they have certain abilities of observation, understanding, learning, thinking and judgment, expression and interpersonal communication, as well as self-control, self-psychological balance and communication control. Professional characteristics of psychological counselors: psychological counselors are a lofty profession. By studying psychological counselors, we can learn the knowledge and skills of psychological counseling, help people understand themselves and society, deal with various relationships, gradually change their unreasonable ways of thinking, feeling and reacting with the outside world, and learn methods suitable for the outside world. Psychological counselors can not only help visitors solve problems and eliminate troubles, but also master self-adjustment methods, and finally realize self-growth and self-development. Psychological counselor is a high-level occupation, not only for income, but also for people who serve. At present, EAP service (enterprise psychological service) is an important form of psychological counselor service in the world, serving the world's top 500 enterprises. Now, 75% of Fortune 500 companies choose to provide EAP services for their employees. Psychological counselor is a career that can be engaged in for life and will continue to develop with the growth of age.
Starting from 2006, the qualification examination will adopt the new national professional standard for psychological counselors promulgated by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security. According to the new standard, the occupation of psychological counselors is divided into three grades, namely, psychological counselors level 3, psychological counselors level 2 and psychological counselors level 1. Cancel the original titles of psychological counselors (national vocational qualification level 3) and senior psychological counselors (national vocational qualification level 1). New standard conditions for psychological counselors to apply:
-psychological counselor level 3 (meeting one of the following conditions) Click to view more course information >>
(1) Bachelor degree or above in psychology, education and medicine.
(two) with a college degree in psychology, education, medicine, and after the three-level formal training of psychological counselors, they have reached the required standard hours and obtained a certificate of completion.
(3) Having a bachelor's degree or above in other majors, having received three-level formal training from psychological counselors, and having obtained a certificate of completion.
-Psychological Counselor Level 2 (meeting one of the following conditions) Click to view more course information >>
(1) holds a doctorate in psychology, education and medicine.
(2) Having a master's degree in psychology, pedagogy and medicine, having passed the second-level formal training of psychological counselors, reaching the required standard hours, and obtaining a certificate of completion.
(3) Persons who have obtained the third-level professional qualification certificate of psychological counselors, have been engaged in psychological counseling for three consecutive years, have reached the required standard hours after the second-level formal training of psychological counselors, and have obtained the certificate of completion.
(4) Having the qualifications for technical positions in psychology, education and medicine at or above the intermediate level, having reached the required standard class hours after the second-level formal training of psychological counselors, and having obtained a certificate of completion, and having been engaged in psychological counseling for three consecutive years.
—— For the first-level counselors (those who meet one of the following conditions), click to view more course information >>
(1) has a doctor's degree in psychology, education and medicine, has been trained by a first-class psychological counselor to reach the required standard hours, and has obtained a certificate of completion, and has been engaged in psychological counseling for three consecutive years.
(2) Have a master's degree, obtain the second-class professional qualification certificate of psychological counselor, have been engaged in psychological counseling for 3 years continuously, and have reached the required standard hours after the first-class formal training of psychological counselor.
And get a certificate of completion.
(3) Having the qualifications for professional and technical positions of psychology, education and medicine at or above the associate senior level, having received the formal training of standard hours prescribed by psychological counselors, and having obtained the certificate of completion, and having been engaged in psychological counseling for three consecutive years.
Employment prospects, exam-related information, and conditions for becoming a psychological counselor.
2 Introduction of Psychological Counselor Examination Course
Part I: Basic courses
general psychology
It is the most common and general discipline about psychological activities and the most basic course in psychological counseling learning. Through the study of general psychology, we can describe the personality characteristics of seekers and the problems and troubles they face more scientifically, and we can have a more accurate grasp of the situation of seekers as a whole.
social psychology
The goal of learning is to understand and explain how individuals' thoughts, emotions and behaviors are influenced by the existence of others. The research field involves three levels: individuals, groups and society. Through the study of social psychology, we can know and understand the help-seekers more clearly from their social environment, analyze the reasons that may cause their troubles, and then help them improve their social adaptability.
developmental psychology
It is a discipline that studies the law of the occurrence and development of psychology. Through the study of developmental psychology, we can find the abnormal phenomena in the process of the growth of help seekers, understand the historical reasons for the psychological development of help seekers, and guide help seekers to realize the root of their troubles and successfully pass through the extraordinary period.
The second part: practical courses.
Practical knowledge
Practical knowledge learning includes two parts: practical professional knowledge and practical skill knowledge. There are three courses in practical professional knowledge.
Mental health and mental disorders
The main contents of the course include: mental health and mental health standards, evaluation of mental health level, standards and principles for distinguishing normal and abnormal psychology, concrete manifestations and reasons of common psychological obstacles, and basic problems of mental health work. The course of Mental Health and Mental Disorders provides principles, contents and diagnostic criteria for psychological diagnosis.
counseling psychology
This paper expounds the basic concepts, theoretical viewpoints, objects, tasks and forms of psychological counseling, defines the profession of psychological counselors, and stipulates the general conditions and operational requirements that psychological counselors should have. Counseling psychology provides concepts, theories and tasks for psychological counseling.
Professional ethics and related legal courses
The course stipulates the professional ethics standards of psychological counselors, and quotes relevant legal provisions of psychological counseling to lay a good professional ethics and legal foundation for psychological counselors.
There are three courses in practical skills and knowledge.
Related knowledge of psychological diagnosis skills:
This paper expounds the stages and methods of psychological diagnosis, expounds the methods of first-visit reception, how to collect clinical data in the process of first-visit reception, how to correctly use psychological tests to assist diagnosis, how to sort out clinical data and form a clinical data report, how to form a preliminary impression, how to form a final diagnosis according to the analysis and measurement results of visitors' common psychological problems, how to determine referral and how to deeply discuss the cause diagnosis.
Related knowledge of psychological test skills:
This course has strong application, and its main content is the use of psychological scale related to psychological diagnosis and the analysis and collation of test results. The course introduces the definition, classification, use requirements and precautions of psychological test in detail, and systematically introduces the contents, use methods and precautions of intelligence test, personality test and evaluation scale respectively.
Related knowledge of psychological counseling skills:
The course teaches the process and technology of psychological counseling, and explains how to establish a good counseling relationship, how to fully grasp the basic situation of help seekers, how to analyze the types and degrees of psychology, how to formulate counseling programs and the characteristics of counseling at various stages; It also includes individual counseling technology and group counseling technology with psychological counseling technology as the main body.
Practical training
The training course is conducted in the form of face-to-face lectures, skill training, actual combat drills and observation and internship, involving three skills: psychological diagnosis skills, psychological test skills and psychological consultation skills. Training novices take the form of lectures by lecturers, guiding trainees' training, training experience of trainees in groups, and visiting and observing, which is highly participatory, sensitive and practical.
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3 psychological counselor exam review and exam skills.
Ye Jianguo, Department of Applied Psychology, Anhui Medical University
Since the national examination for psychological counselors was opened, it has attracted the attention of psychological enthusiasts. Many people apply for psychological counselors, and many colleges and universities offer training courses for psychological counselors. Judging from the problem-setting mode, the main content of the examination for psychological counselors, or the key content of whether the examination is passed or not, is partial medical content, which mainly refers to abnormal psychology, psychological diagnosis and psychological counseling skills (participation skills/influence skills/counseling methods), including cognitive behavioral therapy/visitor-centered therapy/aversion therapy. Here is a brief introduction to the skills of each exam:
First, the basic knowledge: this piece is the basic content of the exam, and the questions are relatively easy, mostly the original questions in the problem set. Even if it is not the original title, it is difficult to jump out of the content of the problem set for the following reasons: 1, the problem set must be asked from the problem set to ensure sales; 2. The problem set is based on textbooks and basically covers all knowledge points. It is difficult to break away from the original model when new problems arise. Therefore, the main point of the basic knowledge test is to focus on the problem set after reading the book roughly, read the book against the problem set, have a good memory and strong understanding ability, and even read the problem set when time is too late. Among them, except developmental psychology, the proportion of knowledge points in all subjects is relatively average.
Second, skill selection: the focus of this exam is abnormal psychology/psychological diagnosis/consulting skills, of which the most difficult is abnormal psychology, so we should spend more time on basic abnormal psychology. Although there is not much content in the book, we still have to think about it again and again, especially the content of symptomatology. The examples cited in the book are the most important. We should try our best to understand that there are the same or slightly different cases in the book every year, and this part of the examination questions should be given by Beijing Anding Hospital. General case multiple-choice questions combined with counseling skills test. Generally, a case focuses on a counseling method (cognitive behavioral therapy/visitor-centered therapy/aversion therapy/desensitization therapy). You should be familiar with the common test sites listed below: participation skills/influencing skills, Xu Youxin scoring standard, normal/abnormal/healthy/unhealthy judgment of psychology, and the differences between the causes and incentives of psychological problems. Generally, there are two psychological tests, focusing on MMPI-2, EPQ, SCL-90, 16_PF and Wechsler intelligence scale. These scales must be passed the day before the exam, because many details are memorized by rote, and short-term memory is better. Most of them are actually relatively simple, and you can get most of the scores. MMPI-2 may still take the exam, because it was changed by the psychology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the big question is from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The software industry needs to remind everyone of some problems. Memory before exams is a skill.
Third, case analysis questions: the focus of case analysis questions is to memorize the last eight cases in the problem set, each of which is extremely important and is also the focus of pre-test memory. There are three types of topics: 1, and memory type: such as evaluation methods of consultation, problems needing attention in consultation, etc. 2, analytical: data collection, you can refer to the pattern in the exercise set to write, as long as you write, there will be points, don't be stingy with pen and ink; When writing, it is best to write in points, so that the organization is clear, grading is relatively easy, and clear handwriting is also very important! 3, diagnosis, this topic is the most difficult, the general examination is more serious psychiatric consultation or referral, which is decided by many non-professionals in the China exam, because differential diagnosis has become the most important. If you encounter cases that are difficult to determine, you can make the diagnosis a little vague, or play the edge ball, such as diagnosing psychological abnormalities and neurotic psychological problems. This can prevent the examiner from deducting the diagnosis and differential diagnosis scores because the diagnosis is too far apart. Differential diagnosis is mainly the diagnosis points of memory mental disorder, neurosis and general psychological problems. Please refer to the last eight situations in the question set for the specific mode. In addition, when writing case questions, write down the main points of each question first, and then supplement the details in detail, so as to avoid that the case questions can't be finished because of lack of time (the score conversion of case questions 100 is multiplied by 0.2, the total score is required to pass, and the skill selection 100 is multiplied by 0.8, and there is no passing requirement). At the same time, each event is marked with 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. , can be clear, so that the marking teacher can find some points to give points. Try to avoid answering a question too long, so that the teacher has little patience to find something to give you extra points slowly. Finally, don't panic when you see cases with unclear diagnosis. Calm down and answer questions, because questions based on memory and analysis can still be scored for their diagnostic errors. Only by answering as many questions as possible will the chances of passing be greater.
Four, the paper should pay attention to the problem: 1, never write about mental disorders, 2, the number of words is moderate, about 4000-5000 words is appropriate, 3, it is best to write about general psychological problems or serious psychological problems, 4, it is best not to write about neurosis, especially obsessive-compulsive disorder, because obsessive-compulsive disorder is still a problem, whether it is counseling or drugs, most neurosis need drug adjustment, you When replying, pay attention to your appearance, calmly answer questions, try to smile, don't be nervous about unanswered questions, don't deliberately explain yourself, and admit your shortcomings appropriately. Before the defense, you can recite some basic knowledge of psychology, such as what is psychological counseling, what is cognitive behavioral therapy, your understanding of psychological counseling and so on. Sometimes you even talk about it. People with higher education will have higher requirements for examiners.
Fifth, the second-level exam depends on the third-level skill book. Many people think that you can lose the second-level exam without looking at the third-level skills. Actually, this is a misunderstanding. Negotiation was originally non-hierarchical. No one will say, "This problem belongs to the category of second-level consultants. I am a third-level consultant and will introduce you to a second-level consultant. " There is no clear distinction between level 3 and level 2 exams, but level 2 is more difficult; The third-level exam is relatively easy, and the second-level skills can generally be ignored.