Mental Health Counselors - Main Mental Health Counselors Mental health counselors work with individuals and groups to promote good mental health. Many well-adjusted people go to mental health counselors for help dealing with common problems. Mental health counselors help them solve many different problems. For example, they talk to people about drug and alcohol addiction. Other people may need help with family, parenting, or marriage problems.
Teens often talk to counselors about suicide or low self-esteem.
Adults may be concerned about aging or career problems. Counselors can't deal with each of these problems, so they sometimes refer clients to other counselors. Some mental health counselors work with severely ill people in hospitals. These patients may have eating disorders or histories of abuse. Counselors work with one person or with a group, depending on the issue.