Marriage and family therapist vs family counselor

Differences between marriage and family therapist and family counselor duties and responsibilities

Marriage and family therapist example responsibilities.

• Conduct play therapy with elementary age students to help manage anxiety, divorce, ADHD, etc.
• Develop effective treatment plans and implement evidence-base strategies to assist patients in alleviating psychological symptoms and achieving goals.
• Train in EMDR, DBT, work with divorce issues, PTSD, deployment/reunification, anxiety, and depression issues.
• Counsele patients experiencing common mental health problems including emotional and physical abuse, family issues, relationship problems and parenting problems.
• Attend weekly DBT team meetings and supervision including mindfulness activities and focus on DBT principles.
• Administer outcome measures to track baseline symptoms, such as the YOQ, CBCL, UCLA PTSD assessment tools.
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Family counselor example responsibilities.

• Conduct group check-in and co-lead group psychotherapy sessions to help clients identify and manage problems associate with psychiatric conditions.
• Assist the clients in completing their DCF case plan, helping to remove any hindrances they may encounter.
• Counsele and test patients who requesting confidential HIV testing services
• Collaborate and coordinate patient care with resident/faculty physicians to provide appropriate levels of care to patients.
• Receive and process referrals from DCF and community-base case managers for individuals suspect as substance abusers.
• Utilize PowerPoint presentations to facilitate ongoing new student orientation, ensuring students understand rules and regulations.
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