Skills, knowledge needed for this field:
- Possess empathy for others, analytical skills and interpersonal awareness
- Service orientation; emotionally mature, objective, and sensitive to others
- Use active listening and social perceptiveness skills needed to evaluate, assess and treat behavioral and affective disorders of clients/patients
- Possess thorough knowledge of human behavior and performance as well as a knowledge of principles, methods and procedures for the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions
Develop your resume:
- Gain experience by volunteering at hospitals, soup kitchens, battered women homes, crisis hotlines, etc.
- Obtain an academic internship
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| Baptist Children's Village | Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians |
| Brentwood Behavioral Health | |
| CARES Behavioral Health System | |
| Compass Intervention Center | |
| Department of Public Welfare | Preventive Measures Programs |
| Gilmore Memorial Hospital | River Region Health System |
| Southeast Louisiana Hospital | |
| Jackson Public School District | |
| Lakeside Behavioral Health | |
