Compare Mental Health Counselors & Clinical and Counseling Psychologists District of Columbia

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Salary

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Mental Health Counselors $66,100
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists Not Available

Similar skills & knowledge

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Customer and Personal Service
Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Systems Evaluation
Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.

Social Perceptiveness
Understanding people's reactions.

Learning Strategies
Using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things.

Persuasion
Talking people into changing their minds or their behavior.


skills & knowledge Gaps

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Sociology and Anthropology Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Mental Health Counselors
Mental Health Counselors
Medium
Sociology and Anthropology Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
High

Sociology and Anthropology
Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.

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Typical Level Of Training

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Typical level Of training for Mental Health Counselors
Mental Health Counselors

Master's degree

Typical level Of training for Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists

Doctoral or professional degree

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Licensing

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Licensing for Mental Health Counselors
Mental Health Counselors

License may be required in DC

Licensing for Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists

License may be required in DC


Certification

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Certification for Mental Health Counselors
Mental Health Counselors

25 related certifications

Certification for Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists

29 related certifications

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