Conduct an Internet search of all agencies that offer mental health services for your selected population in your community. Describe the network of mental health counseling services available for a client from your selected population across the continuum of care, considering inpatient, outpatient, partial treatment, and aftercare options.
Identify a potential professional niche for yourself within this network of services. Review information available in O*Net’s , the (DOT), and the (OOH). Analyze the skills, educational requirements, and average earnings of a counselor working in your area of interest in your state.
The next section is Supervision and Consultation:
Until you are fully licensed, you are required to work under the supervision of an experienced mental health professional. After reviewing the and the requirements for your state, describe plans for receiving clinical supervision to help you make ethical and legal decisions on the job.
After licensure, the professional counselor has the right to consult with a colleague on any case, particularly when there is the potential for serious or foreseeable harm to the client or others. Describe resources in your professional community with whom you could engage in case consultation. Identify practices you would use so that your case consultation would meet ethical and legal requirements.