Counsellor

There are many different careers that include the role of counselling. And for some counselling jobs there is more than one appropriate professional or educational path. Factors that may influence the counselling occupation you choose are: the type of organization you want to work for, your preferred length of time in school and types of issues and demographic of people that you'd like to help.

Disciplines which may include counselling:
-Psychologist
-Social Worker
-Marriage and Family Therapist
-School and Guidance Counsellor
-Ministers of Religion
Links to Sites
-Careers in Counselling - from the University of Toronto
-Occupational Outlook Handbook - Job outlook for U.S.
-A Day in the Life: Career Counsellor - by The Princeton Review
-Counselling Associations - from the Riley Guide
-Canadian Conselling & Psychotherapy Association
-American Counselling Association
-Council for Accreditation of Counseling & Related Educational Programs (U.S.)
-The Counselling Foundation of Canada
-The Professional Association of Canadian Christian Counsellors
-Also search the Alberta Learning Information Service and O*NET.