Counselor Healthcare Taxonomy Code 101YP1600X
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As of today, the following are the total number of Pastoral Counselors nationally, in your state, and near your location.
Medicare
The following are the total number of Pastoral Counselors who accept Medicare in your state, the number who have opted out of Medicare, and the total number excluded from participation in Medicare nationwide.
Alaska – Alabama – Armed Forces Pacific – Arkansas – American Samoa – Arizona – California – Colorado – Connecticut – District of Columbia – Delaware – Florida – Federated States of Micronesia – Georgia – Guam – Hawaii – Iowa – Idaho – Illinois – Indiana – Kansas – Kentucky – Louisiana – Massachusetts – Maryland – Maine – Marshall Islands – Michigan – Minnesota – Missouri – Northern Mariana Islands – Mississippi – Montana – North Carolina – North Dakota – Nebraska – New Hampshire – New Jersey – New Mexico – Nevada – New York – Ohio – Oklahoma – Oregon – Pennsylvania – Puerto Rico – Palau – Rhode Island – South Carolina – South Dakota – Tennessee – Texas – Utah – Virginia – Virgin Islands – Vermont – Washington – Wisconsin – West Virginia – Wyoming
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What do Pastoral Counselors do?
A pastoral counselor provides holistic spiritual and emotional support by integrating religious principles with professional psychological counseling methods.
They help individuals and families navigate life challenges, spiritual crises, and personal struggles by addressing how faith, values, and purpose intersect with their experiences.
Pastoral counselors, who may be clergy or other religious leaders with mental health training, offer compassionate guidance in settings such as churches, hospitals, and private practices.
Pastoral Counselor Responsibilities
Collaborate with other professionals: Work with other healthcare providers to ensure comprehensive care for clients.
Integrate faith and therapy: Combine spiritual practices and theology with clinical psychology to offer guidance and support.
Provide spiritual and emotional care: Offer compassion and comfort to individuals facing grief, loss, or difficult life changes.
Address spiritual questions: Help clients explore their relationship with their faith, purpose, and values.
Offer crisis intervention: Support individuals during times of personal or spiritual crisis.
Facilitate growth: Assist clients in developing coping strategies, resilience, and spiritual development.
Work in diverse settings: Serve people in religious communities, hospitals, substance abuse programs, and private practices.
Who they help
- Individuals seeking to understand their challenges from a spiritual or faith-based perspective.
- Those dealing with issues of meaning, purpose, guilt, and spiritual distress.
- Couples and families facing marital, relationship, or family-related conflicts.
- People experiencing grief, loss, or illness.
Pastoral Counselor Qualifications
Pastoral counselors typically have a combination of religious education and clinical training, often including:
- A post-graduate degree from a seminary or related institution.
- A master’s degree in a mental health discipline.
- Extensive supervised clinical training and certification through organizations like the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE)
Specialty Counselors
Addiction Substance Use Disorder Counselors
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 101YA0400X
Substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselors advise people on a range of issues, such as those relating to alcoholism, addictions, or depression.
They provide support, including for prevention, to help clients recover from addiction, modify problem behaviors, or improve mental health.
Mental Health Counselors
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 101YM0800X
Mental health counselors provide therapy and support to individuals, families, and groups struggling with mental, emotional, and behavioral issues, such as depression, anxiety, addiction, and relationship problems.
They use therapeutic techniques like cognitive-behavioral therapy to help clients develop coping skills, manage symptoms, and improve overall well-being. Counselors do not prescribe medication but may collaborate with psychiatrists to ensure clients receive comprehensive care.
Professional Counselors
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 101YP2500X
Professional counselors are mental health professionals who provide therapy and support to individuals, families, and groups to help them navigate mental, emotional, and behavioral health challenges, achieve wellness goals, and improve their overall quality of life.
They use evidence-based techniques to help clients develop coping strategies, gain self-awareness, and make positive changes in their lives by addressing issues like depression, anxiety, trauma, relationship problems, or substance abuse. Counselors work in diverse settings, including schools, hospitals, community centers, and private practices, and their specific scope of practice, including the ability to diagnose mental illness, can vary by state.
School Counselors
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 101YS0200X
School counselors help students by providing academic support, mental health guidance, and career planning through individual and group counseling, classroom lessons, and collaborations with families and teachers.
They act as advocates for students, working to remove barriers to student success and create a positive, equitable school environment.