Conflict Resolution

Ready for a career that makes a difference? Start your career in conflict resolution. When you specialize in conflict resolution you’ll help individuals and families deal with and manage the negative or destructive behaviors afflicting them. In conflict resolution you’ll be dealing with highly complicated and emotionally charged areas of social services. You’ll help people dealing with abuse issues, strained family relationships, various mental illnesses, deviant human behaviors, and anger, sexual, and psychological management problems.

The conflict resolution counseling you provide may take many forms. Your conflict resolution practice may specialize in adolescent and high school age patients, teaching students coping skills and anger and conflict management techniques. You could also work as a counselor and help couples resolve emotional conflicts, enhance communication between family members, and help to prevent familial and individual crises.

You can acquire your education in conflict resolution by earning a degree in conflict resolution, Psychology, Psychiatry, Social Services or Criminal Justice at a college or university or accredited career college. You can complete your degree in as little as 24 to 48 months. Once you have completed your conflict resolution degree program you will be eligible to pass state mandated tests and receive your licensing.

The demand for conflict resolution has been rising for several years as people cope with an increasing competitive and stressful society. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is predicting a 21% increase in conflict resolution positions over the next decade. You can find careers in conflict resolution at county and State health agencies, public and private schools, psychiatric and psychology practices, family planning clinics, family counseling agencies, rehabilitation centers, medical clinics and private or public hospitals, earning *$65,000 per year.

Start your path to a great career in Conflict Resolution today.