Mental Health Counselors, task by task.

The work this job is made of, grouped and scored on how much of its output software can produce today, then linked to what addresses it. What is left over is the job. The full activity list is underneath.

Also filed here36
  • clinician
  • counselor
  • case manager
  • elder counselor
  • grief counselor
  • group counselor
  • behavior analyst
  • clinical counselor
  • licensed counselor
  • licensed therapist
  • group home counselor
  • telehealth therapist
  • bereavement counselor
  • direct care counselor
  • and 22 more
SOC code
21-1014.00
Activities scored
6
In O*NET
34 activities
Activities an agent can take on
4
Grounded in
O*NET 30.3
The tasks · Mental Health CounselorsSOC 21-1014.00
88% · agentMostly automatable
Treatment plan developmentWhat can do this →
82% · agentMostly automatable
78% · agentMostly automatable
64% · agentPartly automatable
25% · you keepBarely automatable
15% · you keepBarely automatable
The team4 agents · 3 need no setup
Documentation agent
Microsoft Word · Patient electronic medical record EMR software · Database software
Needs EMR system
Treatment planning agent
Microsoft Word · Database software · Statistical software
● No integration needed
Assessment analysis agent
Microsoft Excel · Statistical software · Test interpretation software
● No integration needed
Progress tracking agent
Microsoft Excel · Database software · Statistical software
● No integration needed
You keep this
Conduct direct therapy and counseling sessions with clientsMake clinical decisions and approve treatment modificationsHandle crisis interventions and ensure patient safetyMaintain therapeutic relationships and provide human connection

Automatability scores estimate how much of a task an agent can reliably do today, grounded in O*NET task data. They are not predictions of job loss.

Start with these three

The most automatable work in this job, and the one tool we would use for each. Every task has a page of its own with the reasoning and every occupation that does it.

Documentation and record keeping88% · recording, documentation and administration · mostly automatable
Treatment plan development82% · drafting and content production · mostly automatable
Client information collection and assessment78% · research and retrieval work · mostly automatable

The full activity list

All 34 detailed work activities O*NET records for Mental Health Counselors, grouped by how much of each one software can take on. Every row has its own page.