Would i make a good councilor?

For a while now I have been considering a career as a mental health worker. I am asking here because I often give advice which leads me to believe people here will have good input.
There are many reasons why I think I would, and would not be good at this.

Reasons I would be good.
-I am good at problem solving and logical reasoning.
-I have personal experience as a client and want to improve the system for others. I have found lot's wrong with how things are done and want to make a difference.
-I have first hand experience dealing with mental health problems. This is a plus for the job because you must experience something to truly understand it.
-I have known a lot of people on drugs and want to help others get off drugs.
-I am tolerant of others and am non-judgmental.
-I have experience as a support group co-facilitator and have a license issued by NAMI.

Reasons I would mot be good.
-I have a general lack of cognative empathy, meaning I do not understand some people at all. I realize I am not the best judge of character and never can tell if somebody is being serious or honest, or not. This has a benefit though that I can look at everything from a neutral standpoint without investing my own emotions. As long as the client cooperates this shouldn't be a problem.
-I don't seem good at comforting sensitive people who get upset easily.
-I hate when people ask for advice and then purposely do the opposite. Why did they ask?
-I don't seem to understand the emotional side of some things.

In conclusion I believe I would make an excellent counciler for some people and a terrible one for others. I am good at looking at the facts of the problem and providing problem skills, but I do not seem to be somebody who provides good emotional support.

-Bugs