A counselor is a person who gives psychological counseling to a person .A counselor will help the person to live an easy life through counseling sections. After talking to a counselor a person feels good because a counselor will help the person to identify the problem just by a casual conversation. To be a psychological counselor one must have basic academic qualification to counsel a person. Counseling is becoming a renowned profession nowadays there are many takers for counseling, as it has taken name in the fields of professional, educational and emotions counseling.
In counseling there are different types of counseling child psychology, adult psychology, old age psychology, neonatal psychology .You can specialize in any type of psychology according to your choice. A counselor will need patience and devotion to hear a clients mind out. To top it up if have the right professional knowledge then, you are good to go.
To learn to be a counselor, you must have passed 12th std from any recognized university.
Step 1 The student must take psychology for graduation if you wish so or any other subject you think can be helpful for your masters in psychology.
The colleges that provide bachelors in Psychology are :-
1)Jai Hind College, Mumbai
2)Jesus and Mary College, Mumbai
3)St Xaviers College ,Ahmadabad
4)Loreto College ,Calcutta
5)Lady Shri Ram College for Women , Delhi
Step 2 It is very necessary to take masters for psychology if you wish to practice as a counselor
1)Christ University ,Bangalore
2)Fergusson College ,Pune
3)Banasthali University ,Jaipur
4)Lady Shriram College for Women ,Delhi
5)University of Lucknow, Lucknow
Step 3 You can do postgraduate diploma in different types of psychology they are:-
1) Cognitive Psychology
2) Biopsychology
3) Developmental Psychology
4) Educational Psychology
5) Experimental Psychology
6) Forensic Psychology
7) Health psychology
8) Sport Psychology
9) Social Psychology
10) Neo natal psychology
A counselor can work as a specialized councilor in any of the field according to the choice of the counselor. The person can work as a children’s psychologist, sports psychologist, health psychologist, social psychologist etc.
If you are working as a psychologist in a hospital then you can get a good salary of Rs 25,000-Rs 30,000.If you are working in a school then you can get a salary up to Rs 20,000 every month.
