01

Ask questions that will help clients identify their feelings and behaviors.

02

Counsel clients on concerns, such as unsatisfactory relationships, divorce and separation, child rearing, home management, or financial difficulties.

03

Encourage individuals and family members to develop and use skills and strategies for confronting their problems in a constructive manner.

04

Maintain case files that include activities, progress notes, evaluations, and recommendations.

05

Develop and implement individualized treatment plans addressing family relationship problems, destructive patterns of behavior, and other personal issues.

06

Collect information about clients, using techniques such as testing, interviewing, discussion, or observation.

07

Confer with clients to develop plans for posttreatment activities.

08

Confer with other counselors, doctors, and professionals to analyze individual cases and to coordinate counseling services.

09

Determine whether clients should be counseled or referred to other specialists in such fields as medicine, psychiatry, or legal aid.

10

Supervise other counselors, social service staff, and assistants.