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Marriage and Family Therapists
ID
work_community_social/marriage_and_family_therapists
Type
TASK
Children
15
Child Nodes (15)
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Encourage individuals and family members to develop and use skills and strategies for confronting their problems in a constructive manner.
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Ask questions that will help clients identify their feelings and behaviors.
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Develop and implement individualized treatment plans addressing family relationship problems, destructive patterns of behavior, and other personal issues.
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Maintain case files that include activities, progress notes, evaluations, and recommendations.
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Counsel clients on concerns, such as unsatisfactory relationships, divorce and separation, child rearing, home management, or financial difficulties.
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Collect information about clients, using techniques such as testing, interviewing, discussion, or observation.
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Confer with clients to develop plans for posttreatment activities.
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Confer with other counselors, doctors, and professionals to analyze individual cases and to coordinate counseling services.
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Determine whether clients should be counseled or referred to other specialists in such fields as medicine, psychiatry, or legal aid.
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Provide instructions to clients on how to obtain help with legal, financial, and other personal issues.
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Provide public education and consultation to other professionals or groups regarding counseling services, issues, and methods.
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Follow up on results of counseling programs and clients' adjustments to determine effectiveness of programs.
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Supervise other counselors, social service staff, and assistants.
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Gather information from doctors, schools, social workers, juvenile counselors, law enforcement personnel, and others to make recommendations to courts for resolution of child custody or visitation disputes.
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