Marriage and Family Therapist
If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.
Daily Tasks
1)Ask questions that will help clients identify thier feelings.
2)Counsel clients on concerns.
3)Supervise other counselours, social service staff, and assistants.
4)Collect information about clients using techniques such as testing, interviewing, disscussion, and observation.
5)Develop and implement induvidualized treatment plans adressing family relationship problems, destructive patterns of behaivor, abd other peronal issues.
Working Conditions
Most work in comfortable, quiet, private offices, school counselours may work in classrooms.
Others may work in community heath organizations, and
Some may be required to provide services out in the community.
Necessary Education
Completion of matsers degree, 48-60 semester hours of graduate study in a masters degree program along with supervised clinical experience in counseling.
Salary
In Alaska, an hourly range is anywhere in between $12.79 to $38.62. And a yearly range is anywhere from $26,520 to $ 75,120.