Multiple factors constrain the development of the psychological counseling industry
Observers believe that the industrialization of an industry, first of all, need to have the corresponding market space in line with the survival of the industrialization, in addition to the need to adapt to the development of the industrialization of the social environment, technological conditions, the personnel team and funding and other factors. However, at present, the industrialization of China's psychological counseling and treatment industry is still facing some problems to varying degrees.
As we all know, China's psychological counseling and treatment industry started late, although the development is faster, but the overall level has yet to be improved. The influence of traditional consciousness, insufficient guidance of public opinion, and the uneven quality of the industry's service personnel have led many people to hold prejudice against psychological counseling and treatment. There is also a considerable portion of the population in need of psychological care who are afraid to go for counseling and treatment for fear of being treated as mental illnesses. At the same time, the current psychological community's professional affinity is relatively weak, the lack of psychological experts and the general public intimate contact with the direct channels.
China has a population of 1.3 billion people, according to one thousand people need a psychological counselor to see, will need at least 1 million more than the psychological counseling and treatment services personnel. At present, the real professional qualification of the psychological counselor but more than 10,000 people, the number of practitioners in the industry is seriously insufficient. At the same time, although China's psychological counseling and treatment industry has developed rapidly in recent years, but the overall level of foreign developed countries, there is still a big gap.
In addition, at present, China's psychological counseling and treatment is more focused on the application of technology, the theoretical basis of various therapies and the localization of the problem of less involved in the depth is not enough. Especially in the field of applied psychology, the exchange between theoretical researchers, between different academic schools, between theoretical research and practical application institutions, with other related disciplines, and with the foreign industry between the institutions of developed countries are relatively few. The reporter learned that, like the "2007 Chinese Psychologists Conference" such as the inclusion of the whole country and even overseas Chinese psychologists of the General Assembly is a few years rare, these are to a certain extent, restricting the rapid development of the industry.
Build a platform to actively promote the industrialization process
Industry insiders believe that the establishment of industry industrialization alliance, the most urgent is to have a comprehensive and rapid high-end interactive communication platform. This platform should have the ability to gather most of the domestic psychological counselors (experts), psychological counseling institutions, can attract a sufficient number of consulting population, have a good social visibility and influence. Therefore, at present, we need to increase the use of modern technology, such as the Internet, video and other kinds of remote methods, and vigorously train talents who can apply high technology for remote psychological counseling services. It is reported that the first network video psychological interactive platform and comprehensive mental health network service platform "Health 863 Psychological Oxygen Bar" of China's first network video psychological interactive platform and comprehensive mental health network service platform demonstrated by Sino-US Group's Health 863 Network at the 2007 Chinese Psychologists' Conference was highly affirmed by psychologists from all over the country, and more than 700 psychologists signed an agreement on the spot with the Health 863 website and indicated that they would provide the service through the network video service. More than 700 psychologists signed agreements with the 863 website on the spot and indicated that they would help the general public in need of psychological care, psychological counseling and psychological help through this psychological platform. Adopting advanced Web online audio and video technology, the "Health 863 Psychological Oxygen Bar" has opened online interactive psychological counseling, diagnosis and treatment and psychological exchange services, including online interactive academic exchange platform for psychologists, online psychological counseling clinic, guidance for mental health treatment, counseling service for mental health angels, and psychological community. At present, 4,500 psychologists have signed agreements with Health863.com. Industry insiders believe that "Health 863 Mental Oxygen Bar" breaks through the time and space barriers of the traditional psychological industry, and users and experts can realize "one-to-one" and "one-to-many" psychological counseling without leaving their homes, thus breaking through the traditional psychological industry. The company's newest product, the "Mental Oxygen Bar", breaks through the bottleneck of the traditional psychological counseling due to the fact that there are too few professional counseling workers to satisfy the customers.
The establishment of the China Psychological Counseling and Treatment Industrialization Union is imperative
The survey shows that at present, the number of people with psychological problems in China is about 300 million, and it is predicted that by 2020, the burden of mental illness in our country will rise to 1/4 of the total burden of disease. obviously, the mental health problem has become an important factor affecting the physical and mental health of the Chinese people and the harmony of the society. However, there are too few professional psychological counseling workers to meet the needs of the clients to become a barrier that restricts the development of the traditional psychological industry.
As the country's attention to mental health increases and people's need to improve their mental health becomes stronger and stronger, society's view of people with mental problems is gradually changing in a positive way. The shift from a purely physical model to a new medical model that combines physical, psychological, and social care has also gained more recognition and support. Many people view psychological problems as illnesses, and the number of people who believe they need treatment is rapidly increasing. Clearly people's scientific understanding of health is gradually improving. At present, there are less than 10,000 psychological counselors who are truly capable of providing services. Experts believe that the Chinese psychological counseling and treatment industrialization alliance proposed by the Sino-US Group Health 863 Network will better play an important role in the industry in improving the quality of mental health of the whole population, promoting social psychological harmony, and building a harmonious socialist society, and is of great significance in promoting the development of China's psychological counseling industry.
The reporter interviewed that the establishment of psychological counseling and treatment industry alliance is not only recognized by the national psychologists, but also widely attracted the United States, Britain, Singapore, Malaysia and other foreign Chinese psychologists. However, this initiative is still facing some problems that need to be solved, such as the lack of industry regulations to protect practitioners, psychological counseling practitioners business level is uneven and so on. Famous psychologists, the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Psychology Director Professor Zhang Kan believes that to solve these problems in addition to the need to establish as soon as possible China Psychological Counseling and Treatment Industrialization Union, but also need a good external environment, for example, the state from the policies and regulations to give appropriate tilt and protection, the relevant educational institutions to start cultivating high-precision psychological counseling and treatment of talents, etc., is conducive to the development of the whole of China's psychological counseling and treatment of industrialization. Therapy industrialization of the development of China. Relevant experts said that, at present, China to establish psychological counseling and treatment industrialization alliance urgently need like the Sino-US group health 863 network such a strong industry pusher, so that