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Counsel others about personal matters

Work activity · O*NET

Counsel others about personal matters is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Providing Consultation and Advice to Others. 28 occupations report doing it as part of their work.

What it involves

The most common detailed activities O*NET records under this category, ranked by how many occupation tasks map to each.

  • Counsel clients on mental health or personal achievement
  • Provide counsel, comfort, or encouragement to individuals or families
  • Counsel clients or patients regarding personal issues
  • Counsel clients or patients with substance abuse issues
  • Counsel clients regarding interpersonal issues
  • Counsel family members of clients or patients
  • Intervene in crisis situations to assist clients

How AI is applied to this activity

Microsoft's "Working with AI" study mapped real Bing Copilot conversations to O*NET work activities. The figures below are their measurements for this activity — they describe how AI is used today in one assistant's data, not a forecast that the activity will be automated.

AI completes it successfully 88.2% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 20.1% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 80.7% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 74th pct Percentile across all measured activities by how often AI performs them

Source: Microsoft "Working with AI" (working-with-ai). A high completion rate means AI can assist the activity in isolation — it does not mean an occupation that performs it is being automated, since every job blends many activities.

Detailed work activities

The more granular units of work O*NET groups under this activity, ordered by how many occupations perform them.

Occupations that perform this activity

Ranked by how many of the occupation's tasks map to this activity.

Occupation Tasks
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 6
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists 6
Mental Health Counselors 6
Clergy 4
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 4
Healthcare Social Workers 4
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers 3
Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors 3
Clinical Neuropsychologists 2
Correctional Officers and Jailers 2
Directors, Religious Activities and Education 2
Funeral Attendants 2
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists 2
Marriage and Family Therapists 2
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers 2
School Psychologists 2
Childcare Workers 1
Crematory Operators 1
Funeral Home Managers 1
Hearing Aid Specialists 1
Neuropsychologists 1
Personal Care Aides 1
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists 1
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary 1
Recreation Workers 1
Residential Advisors 1
School Bus Monitors 1
Veterinarians 1
Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 25 occupations in occupations that perform Counsel others about personal matters.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Crematory Operators Correctional Officers and Jailers Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers Childcare Workers Hearing Aid Specialists Veterinarians Recreation Workers Residential Advisors Funeral Home Managers Clinical and Counseling Psychologists Healthcare Social Workers Marriage and Family Therapists Child, Family, and School Social Workers School Psychologists Directors, Religious Activities and Education Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary Industrial-Organizational Psychologists AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Counsel others about personal matters., by AI task-overlap and median pay

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Counsel others about personal matters." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/activities/counsel-others-about-personal-matters

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Counsel others about personal matters. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/counsel-others-about-personal-matters

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-counsel-others-about-personal-matters,
  title  = {Counsel others about personal matters},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/activities/counsel-others-about-personal-matters}
}

Citations name the underlying public dataset releases — they reflect what this page is built from, not just the URL.