Mental Health Counselors
SOC Code: 21-1014
Mental Health Counselorss maintain confidentiality of records relating to clients' treatment. This career typically requires extensive preparation (4+ years). With an AI-proof score of 100.0/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Social Perceptiveness, Active Listening, Active Listening.
AI-Proof Score: 100.0 — Very High
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Median Salary
$60,200
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Job Growth
N/A
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Training Time
Extensive preparation (4+ years)
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Job Zone
Zone 5 / 5
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Training Cost
~$80,000
Key Skills
- •Social Perceptiveness
- •Active Listening
- •Reading Comprehension
- •Critical Thinking
- •Speaking
- •Writing
Common Tasks
- ✓Maintain confidentiality of records relating to clients' treatment.
- ✓Encourage clients to express their feelings and discuss what is happening in their lives, helping them to develop insight into themselves or their relationships.
- ✓Counsel clients or patients, individually or in group sessions, to assist in overcoming dependencies, adjusting to life, or making changes.
- ✓Perform crisis interventions to help ensure the safety of the patients and others.
- ✓Fill out and maintain client-related paperwork, including federal- and state-mandated forms, client diagnostic records, and progress notes.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation