PARAPROFESSIONAL COUNSELING SKILLS
Certificate of Achievement
This Certificate of Achievement prepares students for employment in paraprofessional counseling, crisis intervention services, and psycho-education group facilitation.— Show Full Program Details
PARAPROFESSIONAL COUNSELING SKILLS Pathways
Pathways listed below are for the catalog year 2025-2026. Maps for previous years are available on each pathway page. What is a catalog year?
Featured Careers
Find your calling. Explore high-earning careers with entry-level data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Art Therapists
Master's degree
- Job growth: Rising
- Low salary: 38,840
- High salary: 120,050
- Average salary: 65010
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
Bachelor's degree, Master's degree
- Job growth: Stable
- Low salary: 40,580
- High salary: 94,030
- Average salary: 58570
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All Careers in PARAPROFESSIONAL COUNSELING SKILLS (16)
| Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | Master's degree, Doctoral degree | Rising | 105,620 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social and Community Service Managers | Bachelor's degree, Master's degree | Rising | 78,240 |
| Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary | Doctoral degree, Master's degree | Stable | 76,210 |
| Healthcare Social Workers | Master's degree, Bachelor's degree | Rising | 68,090 |
| Art Therapists | Master's degree | Rising | 65,010 |
| Music Therapists | Bachelor's degree, Master's degree | Rising | 65,010 |
| Therapists, All Other | - n/a | - n/a | 65,010 |
| Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists | Bachelor's degree | Stable | 64,520 |
| Marriage and Family Therapists | Master's degree | Rising | 63,780 |
| Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers | Master's degree, Bachelor's degree | Rising | 60,060 |
| Child, Family, and School Social Workers | Bachelor's degree, Master's degree | Stable | 58,570 |
| Social and Human Service Assistants | Bachelor's degree, Associate's degree | Rising | 45,120 |
| Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other | - n/a | - n/a | |
| Counselors, All Other | - n/a | - n/a | |
| Mental Health Counselors | Master's degree, Bachelor's degree | Rising | |
| Social Workers, All Other | - n/a | - n/a |
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Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes help you work towards your educational goals.
- Demonstrate basic counseling and motivational interviewing skills and the methods structuring the helping relationship
- Demonstrate effective group facilitation skills
- Design comprehensive treatment plans using sound assessment and diagnostic information as well as coordinate, monitor, and document services
- Evaluate processes of sexual development as well as articulate biased and discriminatory attitudes and behaviors pertaining to marginalized sexual identity groups.