Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors → Marriage and Family Therapists

9 points lower. This is an evidence-backed lower-exposure path based on the current occupation scores.

72% modeled skills overlap. The exposure label uses the current occupation scores; skill names below come from the current role-skill mappings.

Shared skills

  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Speaking
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Writing

Target skills to investigate

  • Service Orientation
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Judgment and Decision Making

Durable strengths to lead with

  • Develop and implement individualized treatment plans addressing family relationship problems, destructive patterns of behavior, and other personal issues.
  • Maintain case files that include activities, progress notes, evaluations, and recommendations.
  • 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.
  • Write evaluations of parents and children for use by courts deciding divorce and custody cases, testifying in court if necessary.

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