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Program Codes
31288
04182
Employment Percentage
12.34673336
SOC ID
21-1013
SOC Title
Marriage and Family Therapists
ONET ID
21-1013.00
ONET Concat ID
21101300
Median Salary
47086.24
EMSI Interest Area Term
Social & Behavioral Sciences
Ed Level High School
0
Ed Level Certificate
0
Ed Level Some College
0
Ed Level Associates
2.05
Ed Level Bachelors
0
Ed Level Masters
91.309998
Ed Level Doctors
6.65
Typical Ed Level
a Master's or Professional degree
Career Description
Diagnose and treat mental and emotional disorders, whether cognitive, affective, or behavioral, within the context of marriage and family systems. Apply psychotherapeutic and family systems theories and techniques in the delivery of services to individuals, couples, and families for the purpose of treating such diagnosed nervous and mental disorders.
Core Tasks
  • Ask questions that will help clients identify their feelings and behaviors.
  • Encourage individuals and family members to develop and use skills and strategies for confronting their problems in a constructive manner.
  • Develop and implement individualized treatment plans addressing family relationship problems, destructive patterns of behavior, and other personal issues.
  • Maintain case files that include activities, progress notes, evaluations, and recommendations.
  • Counsel clients on concerns, such as unsatisfactory relationships, divorce and separation, child rearing, home management, or financial difficulties.
  • Collect information about clients, using techniques such as testing, interviewing, discussion, or observation.
  • Confer with clients to develop plans for posttreatment activities.
  • Confer with other counselors, doctors, and professionals to analyze individual cases and to coordinate counseling services.
  • Determine whether clients should be counseled or referred to other specialists in such fields as medicine, psychiatry, or legal aid.
  • Provide instructions to clients on how to obtain help with legal, financial, and other personal issues.
  • Provide public education and consultation to other professionals or groups regarding counseling services, issues, and methods.
Start Annual Earnings
32374.26
Top Annual Earnings
79534.78
EMSI Career Title Slug
marriage-and-family-therapist