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Describe the attributes needed to become a competent mental health professional. Include counseling techniques, necessary personal characteristics, and professional ethics. Describe why the attributes you suggest are important.

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350 words of notes and references briefly brainstorm some essential attributes to become a competent mental health professional.

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In brief, some essential personal and professional attributes needed to become a competent mental health professional definitely include multicultural competence, nonjudgmental attitudes, empathy, compassion, active listening, and other traits. Beyond that the ability to collaborate with others and network effectively is also crucial in this field.

Experts also concur:

Myung Sun, H., Eunyoung, P., Young Hee, K., Yu Ra, K., & Myungsun, C. (2014). Mediating Effect of Therapeutic Relationship with Mental Health Professionals in the Relation between Hope and Recovery of Community Dwelling Patients with a Mental Illness. Journal Of Korean Academy Of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing, 23(3), 156-164 9p.

The article specifies how hope is a vital trait and one that "was positively correlated with recovery, and therapeutic relationship with mental health professionals was also positively associated with recovery" (156). There is also a ...

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