§ OCCUPATION · GLOBAL STANDARDS

marriage counsellor

Marriage counsellors support and guide couples and families that are going through crises such as depression, substance abuse and relationship problems.

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Description

Marriage counsellors support and guide couples and families that are going through crises such as depression, substance abuse and relationship problems. They help improving their communication by providing group or individual therapy.

Theoretical Knowledge

ESSENTIALTheoretical knowledge required

social sciences counselling methods social justice reflexion human psychological development client-centred counselling legal requirements in the social sector psychology types of psychotherapy sessions behavioural therapy family therapy supervision of persons psychological theories cognitive behavioural therapy

OPTIONALAdjacent knowledge that strengthens fit

clinical social work adolescent psychological development dependency on drugs stages of bereavement

Practical Skills

ESSENTIALApplied skills & competences

empower individuals, families and groups have emotional intelligence relate empathetically build helping relationship with social service users maintain the trust of service users promote human rights communicate with social service users apply socially just working principles promote social change demonstrate leadership in social service cases promote inclusion maintain records of work with service users undertake continuous professional development in social work perform therapy sessions provide social counselling refer social service users follow health and safety precautions in social care practices respond to individuals' extreme emotions communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields manage stress in the work place report on social development encourage counselled clients to examine themselves maintain a non-emotional involvement cooperate at inter-professional level deliver social services in diverse cultural communities apply quality standards in social services organise relapse prevention accept own accountability manage social crisis listen actively assess social service users' situation help clients make decisions during counselling sessions counsel patient on family concerns

OPTIONALOptional competences

advise on mental health support the positiveness of youths help clients cope with grief identify mental health issues develop patient treatment strategies provide education on family life assess clients' drug and alcohol addictions

Data Source: Unified Global Standards (ISCED, ISCO, O*NET, ESCO)