Masters Mental Health Counseling Salary

Posted on February 19th, 2010

Mental health counselors give support, advice and educate the people about various issues like depression, addiction, attempts of suicide, sleepless, restless, anxiety etc. they deal with people individually or group wise on mental disorders. This counselor job requires the qualification of Master’s degree or a doctorate in ‘Mental Health Science’ or ‘Mental Health Counseling’.

Duty of Mental Health Counselor

Based on the severity of the patient’s depression, mental health counselors decide whether the patient is to be dealt individually or in family or in group of people. Mental health counselors take advices from psychotherapist, psychologists, physicians or psychiatrists for better treatment program for the depressive patients. Some of the counselors do social work with social communities.

Career path of Mental Health Counselor

In 2006, the people working as professional mental health counselors in various hospitals, counseling centers, community centers, and depression treatment centers are around 100,000 as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of U.S. Govt. Even some corporate offices are hiring master mental health counselors with attracting salaries for improving mental stability of their employees by conducting individual counseling and monthly seminars. In 2007, average annual salary of the mental health counselors was 39,450 USD as reported by the U.S Department of Labor. 61,960 USD per annum is the highest salary earned by working individually (self-employed) as mental health counselors. By the year 2016, the growth rate of mental health counselors will be increased by 30%. Mental health counselor salaryis in between 26,236 USD to 44,076 USD in United States.

Educational requirement to be a Mental Health Counselor

In recent days, people are showing interest to join in Masters Degree in Mental Health Counseling or similar mental health disciplines like Community Counseling, Psychology. For this a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology, Social work or any other related field in essential. In order to work as mental health counselor, you need to complete an internship direct with people during Masters Course. After two years of practical experience under a professional mental health counselor, you can apply for a license from the government.

Mental health counselor career is really a rewarding for people who wants to help people from depressions, empower the mental ability and improve confidence levels by solving their problems.

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