Counsellor - practioner or clinican
Kaitohutohu
Counsellors help people to deal with their feelings and responses, and decide on actions they can take to solve problems.
Counsellors may specialise in areas such as alcohol and other drug dependency, grief and loss, relationship problems or children's counselling.
Find out more about the role of a counsellor.
Alternative titles
- Alcohol and other drug counsellor
- Family counsellor
- Guidance counsellor
- Māori counsellor
- Relationship counsellor
- Sexual abuse counsellor.
Te Pou would like to acknowledge Career Services for developing much of this information and allowing Te Pou to add to it and to publish it on the Skills Matter website.
Counsellor (http://www.careers.govt.nz/default.aspx?id0=103&id1=C2312094-5FBB-44AF-B6B0-D7A95063EDE6) information accessed 21/05/08.