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# Tasks & work activities — marriage counsellor
Source: O*NET 30.3, occupation 21-1013.00 (Marriage and Family Therapists).
## Task statements
- **[Core]** Develop and implement individualized treatment plans addressing family relationship problems, destructive patterns of behavior, and other personal issues.
- **[Core]** Confer with other counselors, doctors, and professionals to analyze individual cases and to coordinate counseling services.
- **[Core]** Ask questions that will help clients identify their feelings and behaviors.
- **[Core]** Counsel clients on concerns, such as unsatisfactory relationships, divorce and separation, child rearing, home management, or financial difficulties.
- **[Core]** Encourage individuals and family members to develop and use skills and strategies for confronting their problems in a constructive manner.
- **[Core]** Maintain case files that include activities, progress notes, evaluations, and recommendations.
- **[Core]** Collect information about clients, using techniques such as testing, interviewing, discussion, or observation.
- **[Core]** Determine whether clients should be counseled or referred to other specialists in such fields as medicine, psychiatry, or legal aid.
- **[Core]** Confer with clients to develop plans for posttreatment activities.
- **[Core]** Provide instructions to clients on how to obtain help with legal, financial, and other personal issues.
- **[Core]** Provide public education and consultation to other professionals or groups regarding counseling services, issues, and methods.
- **[Supplemental]** Follow up on results of counseling programs and clients' adjustments to determine effectiveness of programs.
- **[Supplemental]** Gather information from doctors, schools, social workers, juvenile counselors, law enforcement personnel, and others to make recommendations to courts for resolution of child custody or visitation disputes.
- **[Supplemental]** Supervise other counselors, social service staff, and assistants.
- **[Supplemental]** Write evaluations of parents and children for use by courts deciding divorce and custody cases, testifying in court if necessary.
## Detailed work activities
- Advise others on social or educational issues.
- Collaborate with other professionals to assess client needs or plan treatments.
- Collect information about clients.
- Confer with clients to discuss treatment plans or progress.
- Counsel clients or patients regarding personal issues.
- Counsel clients regarding interpersonal issues.
- Develop treatment plans for patients or clients.
- Evaluate characteristics of individuals to determine needs or eligibility.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of counseling or educational programs.
- Help clients get needed services or resources.
- Interview clients to gather information about their backgrounds, needs, or progress.
- Lead classes or community events.
- Maintain client records.
- Monitor clients to evaluate treatment progress.
- Present social services program information to the public.
- Refer clients to community or social service programs.
- Supervise workers providing client or patient services.
- Teach life skills or strategies to clients or their families.
- Write reports or evaluations.