Mental Health & career counseling Careers

1. Mental Health & career counseling Careers

2. Mental Health Counselors • Assessment and diagnosis • Psychotherapy • Treatment planning and utilization review • Brief and solution-focused therapy • Alcoholism and substance abuse treatment • Psycho-educational and prevention programs • Crisis management • Eating Disorders • Relationship Issues • Developmental Concerns • Grief/Loss

3. Sample MH job listing • Counselor/Generalist: • Require strong mental health generalist providing individual short-term counseling, • couples and group counseling, • intake and diagnostic assessment, • crisis intervention, • after-hours on-call rotation, • educational programming to the university community, and • consultation to students, staff, faculty, and family members of *** university students.

4. MH Position with GEO group • To provide counseling services to offenders with a diverse and complex caseload using corporate methods. • Initiates the intake and orientation of newly arrived inmates, and participates in the initial classification and formulation of the Behavior Enhancement / Psychiatric Treatment plan.  • Initiates all transfers back to MDOC; and all discharges and releases back to society. • Able to identify inmate’s needs and concerns and initiate problem identification and problem solving techniques. • Helps inmates plan a program for reentry into the community emphasizing identification of inmate work skills, interpersonal relationships, leisure activities, life skills, communication etc.  • Provides emotional support and encouragement to inmates and inmate’s families.  • Communicates and coordinates activities with other staff members as part of the interdisciplinary treatment team. 

5. GEO Group position, continued • Maintains contact with outside agencies, community resources, employees, volunteers, etc. to implement rehabilitative and/or social services programs to inmates. • Assists with individual treatment by evaluating patient’s functioning, conducting interviews, gathering historical, legal and/or technical data in order to determine and implement the most effective type of intervention.  • Participates in quality assurance review activities. • Maintains detailed case records and official reports on inmates.  Charts and reviews treatment provided; makes recommendations and refers to psychiatrist, psychologist, medical staff and chaplains as needed. Maintains statistics on number and types of inmates seen.  • Reviews records, psychological evaluations and social history assessments.  Interviews inmates to present relevant Mental Health information profiles.  Serves as a member of the Initial Classification Board on inmates arriving at the facility.  Makes appropriate referrals for treatment to the Mental Health Team professionals for those inmates.  Serves as a member of the Review and Classifications Boards to provide Mental Health information as it pertains to inmate housing and work assignments.

6. Mental Health Settings • Hospitals • Military • Hospice care • Employee assistance programs • Prisons • Substance abuse centers • Private practice • Public and private agencies • Schools • University counseling centers • Managed behavioral health care organizations

7. Mental Health Grads – Where are They now? • Therapist, Adolescent Unit, Devereux of Florida • Licensed Therapist, Georgia Pines Mental Health/Developmental Disabilities/Addictive Diseases, Southwestern Georgia Community Service Board • Counselor, Florida State University Employee Assistance Program • Assessment Coordinator, ArchboldNorthside, Georgia • Social Services Supervisor, Apalachee Center for Human Services • Mental Health Counselor, Big Bend Hospice • Counselor, Juvenile Outpatient Division, Tallahassee/Leon County Human Services Center • Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Florida State University Student Counseling Center • Therapist, Private Practice, Tallahassee • Treatment Director, Turn About Treatment Program for Adolescents • Child Victim Rapid Response Program Director, Turn About

8. Career counseling • Help individuals make decisions related to career/life • Career choice • Career change • Dual career issues • Job search strategies • Consulting • Unemployment • Underemployment • Dual career issues • Career transitions • Career planning • Career assessment …and mental health issues associated with these

9. Career counseling settings • College & university career centers • EAP programs in corporations • Private practice • Consultants • Schools • Public/private organizations

10. Sample Career Counseling Job notice • University Career Services (UCS) places a high priority on quality individual direct service and exceptional customer service for all key constituents. As career counselors in UCS, these individuals will spend the majority of time providing direct services to University undergraduate students on a wide variety of career-related topics. Direct service delivery includes individual career counseling with students, small group advising, and large group presentations and workshops. Responsibilities will also include increasing awareness and utilization of career resources and supporting career development initiatives. During the academic year, the normal working hours for these positions are from 9:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. Additionally, some evening and weekend work is required, and the individuals will perform other office and University duties as assigned.

11. Recent career grads • Universities (Colorado State, USF, Geroge Mason, Georgia State, UT-Austin, University of Tampa, U. of Illinois, UT Knoxville, Savannah College of Art & Design) • Community Colleges – FCC • Workforce Florida • Hope Community • Private Practice • Military – US Marine Corps

12. Professional associations • American Mental Health Counseling Association (amhca.org) • National Career Development Association (ncda.org)

13. FSU Programs

14. Interested? • Mental Health Counseling Program: • Dr. Deborah Ebener, debener@fsu.edu • Career Counseling Program: • Dr. Janet Lenz, jlenz@fsu.edu