Career Paths for Smarty Pants

By Zack on December 30, 2009

This is certainly strange: A list of careers worthy of Mensa members (via Keppie Careers). The entire list of job descriptions for the intellectually enabled is worth checking out, but here's an excerpt:

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapist. The Mental Health Parity Act now requires mental health to be covered as fully as physical health, but many insurers will cover only cognitive-behavioral therapy because it 's shorter-term and has generally shown greater efficacy than traditional therapy, which explores the impact of past experiences on your psychology. Among my thousands of career coaching clients, I've found that those who have undergone long-term traditional psychotherapy often suffer side effects from the therapy: excessive self-absorption, preoccupation with their past, and/or externalization of responsibility. Learn more: Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies: www.abct.org.

There are a number of other careers listed, for example terrorism expert, genetic councelor and media coach .  Granted. most involve an educational component that you may or may not be working towards. Still, if you think you are a smart cookie and are looking for some out-of-the-box career ideas, the list is worth checking out as these fields are either hiring or expected to be hiring in the next few years.

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