Mental Health Counsellor Resume Example
Ripple layout: calm concentric-circle header, therapy approaches as tags and a caseload panel for counsellors, therapists and psychologists.
Use this example Template: Mental Health Counsellor
Layla Haddad
Change starts when someone feels heard.
Caseload & settings
Summary
DHA-licensed counsellor with 9 years supporting adults and young people with anxiety, depression, trauma and adjustment to expatriate life. I work in English and Arabic using CBT, EMDR and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, carry 28 weekly clients and measure progress with PHQ-9 and GAD-7 every four sessions. I also run workplace wellbeing programmes and critical-incident debriefs for corporate clients.
Experience
- Provide individual and couples therapy for adults and adolescents; 71% of completed episodes show reliable improvement on PHQ-9
- Designed a 6-week Arabic-language anxiety group; waitlist for Arabic-speaking clients cut from 5 weeks to 10 days
- Deliver wellbeing workshops and critical-incident debriefs for 14 corporate clients, from airlines to banks
- Completed intake and risk assessments for 600+ referrals a year and coordinated care plans with psychiatrists
- Started a perinatal mental-health clinic with obstetrics; screened 1,100 mothers with the EPDS in its first year
Summary example
DHA-licensed General Practitioner with [N] years in UK and UAE primary care. I see [N]–[N] patients a day across chronic disease, women's health and paediatrics, and I lead the clinic's diabetes programme, which lowered average HbA1c by [N] points in [N] months.
Example bullet points for a Mental Health Counsellor
- Provide individual and couples therapy for adults and adolescents; [X%] of completed episodes show reliable improvement on PHQ-9
- Designed a [N]-week Arabic-language anxiety group; waitlist for Arabic-speaking clients cut from [N] weeks to [N] days
- Deliver wellbeing workshops and critical-incident debriefs for [N] corporate clients, from airlines to banks
- Completed intake and risk assessments for [N]+ referrals a year and coordinated care plans with psychiatrists
- Started a perinatal mental-health clinic with obstetrics; screened [N] mothers with the EPDS in its first year
Replace the [brackets] with your own numbers and facts. Never claim results you didn't achieve.
Skills to include
- CBT
- EMDR
- ACT
- Trauma-focused therapy
- Motivational interviewing
- PHQ-9 / GAD-7
- EPDS
- C-SSRS
- Safeguarding
Tips for a Mental Health Counsellor resume
- Put the hard requirements recruiters screen for in the top third: CBT, EMDR, ACT.
- List current credentials with the issuing body, e.g. Licensed Counsellor, EMDR Therapist (Level 2).
- Give every recent role at least one measured result — for example clients / week.
- Match the job title in your headline to the posting where it is honest to do so.
- Run the built-in resume checker and paste the job description into the keyword match before you download.
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