Mental Health Counselors work as primary mental health caregivers for their patients. Duties of a Mental Health Counselor include conducting mental health assessments, developing individualized treatment plans, leading individual or group therapy sessions, running preventative mental wellness classes or workshops and making treatment referrals.

Salary: $40,080

Educational requirement: master’s degree and state licence

Demand for job: The job is expected to grow 29% in the years of 2012 to 2020

Reflection: I do not think I would like to be one because they earn little and they need a lot of hours of experience.