Skills of Mental health counselor employee?

[Mysouljunkie]

Mental health counselor responsibilities are to encourage clients to express their feelings and discuss what is happening in their lives. I want to know what are the skills required for mental health counselor employee in order to success in his work?

 

[twinklil]

I think some of the qualities would be to:
be a people person - enjoy working with people that are in distress and develop a rapor with them
have studied psychology, social work or community welfare recently
empathize with people in distress
be skilled in case management
have a sense of humor
good problem solving skills
be able to resolve conflict - peacefully and with great tact
advocacy

 

[DrownedFishOnFire]

What's the point of this thread what were you trying to accomplish?