How to apply for a psychological counselor in 2020? Where can I find a psychological counselor in Shenzhen?

The development of the professional recognition of psychological counselors in my country

Over the years, my country has experienced several rounds of major reforms in the professional recognition of psychological counselors. In April 2001, the Ministry of Labor and Social Security officially launched the "National Professional Standards for Psychological Counselors (Trial)" and officially included psychological counselors in the "Chinese Professional Ceremony". In July 2002, the national professional qualification project for psychological counselors was officially launched, and the national unified identification examination is held twice a year, in May and November. In September 2017, the state canceled the psychological counselor qualification examination.

Since the cancellation, the market for psychological counselor training and certification has been mixed. Industry associations, societies and other social organizations and enterprises and institutions have carried out ability level evaluation activities on their own based on market needs. Local associations, institutions, and even catering associations are also organizing professional assessments and certifications for psychological counselors. Not only that, the so-called internationally certified psychological counselors and United Nations certified psychological counselor certificates such as ACI, APEI and ISF abroad are very popular in China, which has seriously damaged the healthy development of China's psychological counseling industry.

In October 2019, in order to standardize the development of my country’s psychological counselor industry, the first China Psychological Counselor Career Development Conference was held in Qingdao. The conference was led by the three authoritative national psychological industry conferences (Chinese Psychological Society , Chinese Mental Health Association, Chinese Society of Social Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences), convened national psychological counseling experts, scholars and counselor representatives to discuss how to standardize psychological counseling services and improve the profession while the psychological counseling industry is booming. Ability level. During the meeting, it was reiterated that the current demand for psychological counseling industry is huge, and it was once again made clear that the new psychological counselor qualification certificates appearing in the market under the banner of government departments are all false certificates.

The professional identification of psychological counselors is further standardized

The first professional development conference for psychological counselors issued the "Knowledge Statement on Psychological Counseling Training Courses and Certificates", " Chinese Psychological Association Psychological Counselor Registration Management Measures" and other related documents. The release of these documents will be a major blow to perjury in the market. In the future, an important indicator of access to the psychological counseling industry may be systematic registration and filing. The standard for entering the system for registration and filing is that you must participate in the systematic training and examination of a legal scientific research and teaching institution to obtain the quasi-registration qualification. In the near future, the industry will raise the entry threshold for psychological counseling training, giving priority to training personnel's academic qualifications, majors and other restrictions. Academic qualifications and majors may become major obstacles to participating in professional training in the psychological counseling industry

"Psychological Counseling" Teachers' Vocational Training Certification

The Chinese Academy of Sciences is the country’s highest academic institution for natural sciences, the highest consulting agency for science and technology, a comprehensive research and development center for natural sciences and high technologies, and the School of Continuing Education of the Institute of Psychology organizes and manages authorized training. The "Psychological Counselor" basic comprehensive training course is relatively more authoritative, more academic, and more rigorous, so it has been widely recognized and studied by the psychological counselor industry in the past two years.

You can currently apply for the vocational training certification for psychological counselors of the Chinese Academy of Sciences through psychological institutions in Shenzhen!