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Where a marriage counsellor can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a marriage counsellor already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Marriage counsellors support and guide couples and families that are going through crises such as depression, substance abuse and relationship problems. They help improving their communication by providing group or individual therapy.

Also known as marriage and family counsellor, family therapist, marriage guidance counsellor, marriage counselling team member, marital crisis counsellor, marriage guidance and relationship counsellor, marriage and family therapist, marriage guidance advisor, couples counsellor, relationship counsellor, marriage counselor, marriage guidance and advice counsellor.

Professionals 58 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: social counsellor, 76%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
social counsellor 76% covered social pedagogue 56% covered community health worker 50% covered social work assistant 45% covered social work supervisor 42% covered marriage counsellor You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from marriage counsellor, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a marriage counsellor already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A marriage counsellor needs 47 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • counsel patient on family concerns communication, collaboration and creativity
  • family therapy health and welfare
  • types of psychotherapy sessions social sciences, journalism and information
  • maintain a non-emotional involvement assisting and caring
  • respond to individuals' extreme emotions assisting and caring
  • encourage counselled clients to examine themselves communication, collaboration and creativity
  • help clients make decisions during counselling sessions assisting and caring
  • empower individuals, families and groups communication, collaboration and creativity
  • reflexion social sciences, journalism and information
  • cognitive behavioural therapy social sciences, journalism and information
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a marriage counsellor does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Marriage counsellor is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a marriage counsellor’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.