Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • Marriage and Family Therapists

    Uploaded by

    api-279971277
    11 views1 page
    Marriage and family therapists help clients with relationship and family issues through counseling and helping clients develop skills to address their problems constructively. They need knowledge in areas like human behavior, psychological assessment and treatment, and customer service principles. Effective skills include active listening, critical thinking, judgment, and comprehending clients. The median salary for marriage and family therapists was $48,160 annually in 2013, and the field is expected to grow faster than average with nearly 20,000 projected job openings through 2022.

    Original Description:

    Original Title

    marriageandfamilytherapists

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Report this Document
    Marriage and family therapists help clients with relationship and family issues through counseling and helping clients develop skills to address their problems constructively. They need knowledge in areas like human behavior, psychological assessment and treatment, and customer service principles. Effective skills include active listening, critical thinking, judgment, and comprehending clients. The median salary for marriage and family therapists was $48,160 annually in 2013, and the field is expected to grow faster than average with nearly 20,000 projected job openings through 2022.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    11 views1 page

    Marriage and Family Therapists

    Uploaded by

    api-279971277
    Marriage and family therapists help clients with relationship and family issues through counseling and helping clients develop skills to address their problems constructively. They need knowledge in areas like human behavior, psychological assessment and treatment, and customer service principles. Effective skills include active listening, critical thinking, judgment, and comprehending clients. The median salary for marriage and family therapists was $48,160 annually in 2013, and the field is expected to grow faster than average with nearly 20,000 projected job openings through 2022.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    of 1

    CaitlinHerman

    MarriageandFamilyTherapists

    Marriageandfamilytherapistscanaskquestionsthatwillhelpclientsidentifytheirfeelings
    andbehaviors.Theycanalsocounselclientsoncerns,suchasunsatisfactoryrelationships,
    divorceandseparation,childrearing,homemanagement,andfinancialdifficulties.Theycan
    alsoencourageindividualsandfamilymemberstodevelopanduseskillsandstrategiesfor
    confrontingtheirproblemsinaconstructivemanner.

    Theknowledgethatmarriageandfamilytherapistsneedtoacquireis,the
    knowledgeof
    principles,methods,andproceduresfordiagnosis,treatment,andrehabilitationofphysical
    andmentaldysfunctions,andforcareercounselingandguidance.Theyalsoneedthe
    knowledgeofhumanbehaviorandperformanceindividualdifferencesinability,personality,
    andinterestslearningandmotivationpsychologicalresearchmethodsandtheassessment
    andtreatmentofbehavioralandaffectivedisorders.Aswellas,theknowledgeofprinciples
    andprocessesforprovidingcustomerandpersonalservices.Thisincludescustomerneeds
    assessment,meetingqualitystandardsforservices,andevaluationofcustomersatisfaction.
    Someskillsthatmarriageandfamilytherapistsneedtohaveistobe,anactivelistener,social
    perceptiveness,goodjudgmentanddecisionmakingskills,serviceorientation,beingableto
    solvecomplexproblems,criticalthinking,readingcomprehensionandbeingabletomonitor
    selfandothers.Abilitiesthatneurologistsshouldhaveare,oralcomprehensionand
    expression,problemsensitivity,speechclarity,deductiveandinductivereasoning,speech
    recognition,writtencomprehensionandexpressionandfluencyofideas.

    Themedianwagesformarriageandfamilytherapistsin2013was$23.15hourly,and
    $48,160annually.Theemploymentofmarriageandfamilytherapistsin2012was38,000
    employees.Theprojectedgrowthfrom20122022isexpectedtobe22%+fasterandthe
    projectedjobopeningsfrom20122022isexpectedtobe19,600.

    ThisfielddoesnotinterestmebecauseIhavechosenmycareerasapsychiatrist.

    You might also like