Description
Provide counseling services to individuals, couples, families, and groups to address emotional, behavioral, and life challenges. Conduct intake and ongoing assessments, set collaborative goals, and deliver evidence-based interventions. Support clients’ personal, social, educational, and vocational development through counseling, case management, referrals, and consultation to ensure coordinated, ethical, and culturally responsive care.
- • Conduct intakes and gather client histories through interviews and record reviews.
- • Use screening and assessment tools to identify needs, strengths, risks, and presenting problems.
- • Provide individual, group, couples, or family counseling for a range of concerns.
- • Help clients set goals and develop realistic action plans for change.
- • Develop and update person-centered treatment plans, including type, frequency, and duration of services.
- • Document session notes, progress, recommendations, and treatment plans in compliance with policies and laws.
- • Monitor client progress and adjust goals and interventions as needed.
- • Provide crisis intervention, safety planning, and assessments of risk for harm to self or others.
- • Educate clients and families about mental health, coping skills, and available resources.
- • Teach skills for stress management, emotion regulation, communication, and problem solving.
- • Employ evidence-based modalities such as CBT, motivational interviewing, or solution-focused techniques.
- • Consult and coordinate care with psychiatrists, psychologists, physicians, schools, and community providers.
- • Refer clients to community resources, support services, or higher levels of care when appropriate.
- • Maintain confidentiality and adhere to ethical and legal standards, including mandated reporting.
- • Facilitate psychoeducational and support groups or workshops.
- • Conduct outreach and prevention activities in schools, workplaces, or community settings.
- • Support clients with educational, career, and vocational planning and decision making.
- • Obtain informed consent and explain counseling processes and limits of confidentiality.
- • Collect and track required outcome measures and program metrics.
- • Use culturally responsive, trauma-informed, and inclusive practices.
- • Maintain current knowledge of counseling research, best practices, and community resources.
- • Participate in case conferences, supervision, and professional development.
- • Use electronic health records for scheduling, documentation, and billing tasks.
- • Coordinate transitions of care and discharge planning.
- • Advocate for client needs within schools, workplaces, or social service systems.
- • Provide telehealth counseling in accordance with privacy and technology guidelines.
- • Develop behavior change plans and relapse prevention strategies.
- • Supervise interns or trainees when assigned.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
