Finding Your Counseling Career: Stories, Procedures, and Resources for Career Seekers

Provides insight and information into the different career opportunities available to someone pursuing advanced training in the human services. This title includes suggestions and activities for readers to assist them in assessing their own fit in one of these careers. This book will provide insight and information into the different career opportunities available to someone pursuing advanced training in the human services. Suggestions and activities for readers are included to assist readers in assessing their own fit in one of these careers. The opening chapters serve as a general introduction to the professional and personal issues to be considered in making career choices. The characteristics of persons working in a human services career profession will be explored. Licenses, certificates, and other professional credentials will be explained, as well as how to determine if a field of interest has requirements for these credentials. Subsequent chapters will focus on specific counseling and human services careers in five different work settings: educational, independent practice (both solo and group counseling providers), residential treatment, agencies (both public and private), and corporate and business settings. Information on employment trends in these settings will be discussed, along with tips on how to find more information via the web. This book includes a series of personal stories from people who have changed careers after successfully establishing themselves in one of the human services professions, illustrating how the knowledge and skill base of one can be used in another field.