What are the exams for the second level of the National Psychological Counselor?

Psychological Counselor (Level 2) Exam Content: Personality Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, Sexual Psychology, Occupational Psychology, Group Psychological Counseling, Suicide Crisis Intervention, Psychological Counseling Theory and Practice, Psychology**, Psychological Tests and Common Scales (Including Projective Tests), Psychological Ethics and Morality, Impact Fragment Analysis, Face-to-face Practice, etc. (no less than 500 hours, of which no less than 120 hours of face-to-face practice). Therefore, it is still very rare, it is recommended that you sign up for a training course, study for a few months, save enough hours and then take the exam directly.

There are not many qualified training institutions in Shanghai, and the more famous one is East China Talent College, you can ask.

The exam is divided into three sections: Basic Knowledge, Skills Operation, and Comprehensive Assessment. The basic knowledge and skill operation are all national unified written closed-book examinations, using a 100-point system, and 60 points are passed.

Candidates must submit two essays, including a case report (mandatory) and a personal growth analysis report or research report (choose one). A certificate is awarded for passing all three sections.

The examination of psychological counselors is composed of two aspects, one is the mastery of basic knowledge, and the other is the ability training reflected in the examination process. The certification examination is held twice a year, in May in the first half of the year and in November in the second half of the year.

The Level 2 Psychological Counselor Examination has been cancelled. From the reform of the psychological counselor profession to today's 2023, a lot has changed in the field of psychology.

1. The latest psychological counselor application requirements.

1) Have a nationally recognized junior college degree to accompany the only academic qualifications;

2) Intermediate or above professional titles in psychology, medicine, and reed education;

3) Students who are enrolled in the school one year before graduating from junior college or bachelor's degree must provide a certificate.

In the new policy, the application conditions for psychological counselors are appropriately reduced, and other conditions such as psychology majors and related work experience are directly abolished, so that candidates who are interested in them can also join the industry, so as to promote the development of the industry. Due to the different application conditions in various provinces and cities, it is recommended that you check whether you meet the registration conditions before applying for the exam.

Hello! The second-level psychological counselor is a certificate issued by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, but in October 2017, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security withdrew from the professional qualification appraisal of psychological counselors, and now the School of Continuing Education of the Institute of Psychology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, under the guidance of the members of the National Psychological Counselor Expert Group of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, organized experts inside and outside the hospital to develop a set of "psychological counseling training courses", and promoted the project by supporting social institutions to carry out training and implementing comprehensive examinations to test the quality of trainee training. Continue to meet the introductory needs of all walks of life to learn the knowledge and skills of psychology and psychological counseling.

1. Registration conditions:Participate in the comprehensive examination: For those who are interested in professional growth in the field of psychological services and intend to participate in the comprehensive examination organized by the Institute of Psychology, they must meet one of the following application conditions:

1) Intermediate or above professional titles in psychology, education, medicine and other related majors;

2) Have other college degree or above;

3) College or undergraduate junior college or above.

2. Course Outline:1.Theoretical knowledge part: Introduction to Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Mental Health and Psychological Disorders, Introduction to Psychological Counseling.

2.Operational skills: counseling ethics, psychological assessment, basic counseling skills, counseling methods.

The materials must be prepared sufficiently, and the national level 12 is equivalent to the provincial level, so the difficulty is still very large.

1. The national psychological counselor has a very high gold content, and it is recognized no matter how far it goes, so if you want to obtain the national psychological counselor certificate, you need to have a college degree and academic qualifications, after all, the gold content is so high, and the academic requirements will definitely not be low.

2. Psychological counselor candidates are now unable to directly register individually, if you want to register, you need to participate in collective registration, after signing up, there will be professional course training so that candidates can really understand what is called a psychological counselor, after all, the concept of psychological counselor is very vague in the eyes of many people, but through learning theories and skills to let you have a more comprehensive understanding of psychological counselor, and there will be many cases for candidates to learn, all cases are very classic knowledge on the market is not available.

3. Due to the serious epidemic situation in China, many exams have been postponed or transferred to online exams, including the national psychological counselor exam, and now if you want to register for the psychological counselor exam, then candidates need to complete the corresponding exam within the specified time, the psychological counselor exam is mainly a multiple-choice question, so the difficulty is not very high, after all, the course has been comprehensively studied and the relevant knowledge points have been learned, and the content of the exam is also determined according to market demand.

After all, the number of registered psychological counselors in the market is very large, and we still need to meet the minimum requirements before signing up, after all, there are academic requirements for certificates with high gold content.

On September 15, 2017, with the consent of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security announced 140 national vocational qualification catalogs, and these 140 national vocational qualification catalogs do not include psychological counselor qualification certificates. This means that there is no need to take another qualification certificate to engage in this occupation, but the occupation will still exist.

At this stage, the "Professional and Technical Personnel Certificate of Psychological Counselor", "Certificate of Marriage and Emotional Counselor", "Certificate of Family Education Instructor", "Parent-Child Game Trainer" and "Crisis Psychological Interventionist" can be awarded through the evaluation of China's National Personnel and Talent Network.