(Career Asssessments, Exploration & Counselling)
Career: Marriage and Family Therapists
Job Description
Diagnose and treat mental and emotional disorders, whether cognitive, affective, or behavioral, within the context of marriage and family systems. Apply psychotherapeutic and family systems theories and techniques in the delivery of professional services to individuals, couples, and families for the purpose of treating such diagnosed nervous and mental disorders.
Job Tasks
Importance %age |
Task Description |
100
|
Ask questions that will help clients identify their feelings and behaviors. |
100
|
Encourage individuals and family members to develop and use skills and strategies for confronting their problems in a constructive manner. |
100
|
Maintain case files that include activities, progress notes, evaluations, and recommendations. |
100
|
Develop and implement individualized treatment plans addressing family relationship problems. |
99
|
Collect information about clients, using techniques such as testing, interviewing, discussion, and observation. |
99
|
Determine whether clients should be counseled or referred to other specialists in such fields as medicine, psychiatry, and legal aid. |
98
|
Confer with other counselors in order to analyze individual cases and to coordinate counseling services. |
97
|
Counsel clients on concerns, such as unsatisfactory relationships, divorce and separation, child rearing, home management, and financial difficulties. |
95
|
Confer with clients to develop plans for posttreatment activities. |
92
|
Follow up on results of counseling programs and clients' adjustments to determine effectiveness of programs. |
92
|
Provide instructions to clients on how to obtain help with legal, financial, and other personal issues. |
80
|
Provide public education and consultation to other professionals or groups regarding counseling services, issues, and methods. |
77
|
Gather information from doctors, schools, social workers, juvenile counselors, law enforcement personnel, and others to make recommendations to courts for resolution of child custody or visitation disputes. |
61
|
Write evaluations of parents and children for use by courts deciding divorce and custody cases, testifying in court if necessary. |
60
|
Supervise other counselors, social service staff, and assistants. |
25
|
Provide family counseling and treatment services to inmates participating in substance abuse programs. |
Work Activities
Importance %age |
Activity Description |
87
|
Assisting and Caring for Others
|
81
|
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
|
79
|
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
|
79
|
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
|
78
|
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
|
76
|
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
|
74
|
Getting Information
|
72
|
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
|
72
|
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
|
71
|
Thinking Creatively
|
69
|
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
|
64
|
Analyzing Data or Information
|
64
|
Coaching and Developing Others
|
64
|
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
|
62
|
Documenting/Recording Information
|
62
|
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
|
61
|
Processing Information
|
61
|
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
|
61
|
Training and Teaching Others
|
61
|
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
|
58
|
Developing Objectives and Strategies
|
58
|
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
|
53
|
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
|
51
|
Selling or Influencing Others
|
50
|
Scheduling Work and Activities
|
50
|
Developing and Building Teams
|
48
|
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
|
46
|
Performing Administrative Activities
|
38
|
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
|
34
|
Interacting With Computers
|
31
|
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
|
28
|
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
|
26
|
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
|
17
|
Staffing Organizational Units
|
14
|
Performing General Physical Activities
|
13
|
Controlling Machines and Processes
|
10
|
Handling and Moving Objects
|
8
|
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
|
4
|
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
|
3
|
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
|
2
|
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
|