All school counsellors in Macau have received a degree in either Psychology or Social Work, however the role of school counsellor is not clear and there are always misunderstandings about the school counselling profession (Schalkwyk & Sit, 2013). This also affects the enthusiasm of counsellors as they are treated as an extra work force. The minimum requirement to become a school counsellor is a bachelor’s degree, which might undervalue their work, therefore even staff at a school can assume that anyone can be the school counsellor (Schalkwyk & Sit, 2013).
Despite Macau’s high gross domestic product (GDP), undergraduate programs have a short history, starting from 2002 at University of Macau (Schalkwyk & Sit, 2013). There are certain requirements that state that every “school counsellor has to handle 50 cases at school and organize a minimum of 25 activities per year for students at the school” (Schalkwyk & Sit, 2013, p.159). Besides school counselling, citizens in Macau also face issues with gambling addiction, so Erick Cheung Lik Hang, a psychological counsellor working at Professional Psychological Services Centre (Macau) provides counselling services specifically to addiction issues (Schalkwyk & Sit, 2013).