Counsel family members of clients or patients.

Counsel family members of clients or patients. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 7 occupations and seen in 7 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Counsel others about personal matters. in Providing Consultation and Advice to Others .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 7 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 0 (0%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Counsel patients and families on communication strategies and the effects of hearing loss. · Hearing Aid Specialists · importance 4.8 · no direct exposure
• Recommend temporary foster care and advise foster or adoptive parents. · Child, Family, and School Social Workers · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
• Counsel clients about the deaths of their pets or about euthanasia decisions for their pets. · Veterinarians · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Counsel family members to assist them in understanding, dealing with, and supporting clients or patients. · Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors · importance 4.1 · no direct exposure
• Organize support groups or counsel family members to assist them in understanding, dealing with, and supporting the client or patient. · Healthcare Social Workers · importance 4.1 · no direct exposure
• Counsel or aid family members to assist them in understanding, dealing with, or supporting the client or patient. · Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure
• Counsel family members to assist them in understanding, dealing with, or supporting clients or patients. · Mental Health Counselors · importance 3.6 · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Hearing Aid Specialists
• Child, Family, and School Social Workers
• Veterinarians
• Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors
• Healthcare Social Workers
• Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
• Mental Health Counselors

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.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

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

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  title  = {Counsel family members of clients or patients.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/detailed-activities/counsel-family-members-of-clients-or-patients}
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