Trainees Versus Staff: Exploring Counseling Outcomes in a College Counseling Center

Investigators compared counseling outcomes among nonpaid graduate-level trainees and professional staff at a college counseling center. Counseling outcomes for 331 college student participants were measured using the Outcome Questionnaire 45.2 (OQ45.2), employing a pretest–posttest design. The two groups of service providers did not differ significantly (p = .179; α > .05). A unique aspect of this study was the statistical control for the clients’ readiness to change. The implications for practice in college counseling centers suggest the use of graduate-level trainees as effective counseling providers and a method to cope with high demand for services.     

Review and Analysis of the Journal of College Counseling: 1998–2005

The Journal of College Counseling (JCC) began its life in 1995 with the appointment of a founding editor and its 1st editorial board. The 1st semiannual issue of the journal was published in spring 1998, and the journal has continued to be published twice each year since then. This article presents an analysis and discussion of the content of the first 15 issues of JCC. Implications and recommendations for the future of the journal are discussed.     

A Retrospective of Four Decades of Community College Research

In the 40th publication year of the Community College Journal of Research and Practice (CCJRP), the authors present a 39-year retrospective on research on the community college through the lens of the journal. It is not known exactly what the body of community college research wholly consists of. Without access to the larger picture of community college research, both the research and practitioner communities remain generally unaware of the existing research, areas lacking in study, and opportunities to build upon past research and to explore adaptation of practices that have been implemented at other institutions. The purpose of this study was to explore the evolution of community college research by surveying topics in community college research published over the past 39 years within the context of the CCJRP, highlighting implications for future research, policy, and practice. Findings from this content analysis study demonstrate more attention to student success, teaching and learning, and community college leadership than other topics. Overtime, topics such as college mission and international perspectives cycled across the decades, while others, such as access, held steady. Findings also show the popularity of policy and innovation topics and changes in authorship over time, particularly as related to gender.     

A Framework for College Counseling Responses to Large Scale Traumatic Incidents

Abstract

Although most psychotherapists have limited experience dealing with large scale catastrophic incidents, college and university counseling centers today need to be prepared for crisis events such as terrorist attacks, war, and local catastrophes. This article presents a conceptual model for designing counseling center responses to large scale traumatic incidents. Familiar college mental health constructs are applied to the relatively unfamiliar territory of responding to traumatic incidents. First, DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria are used to define three levels of student need based on different types of stressful or traumatic events and expected reactions. Next, a corresponding three-part response plan is discussed, including preventive, intermediate, and advanced counseling and psychotherapy interventions. Finally, the college counseling roles of crisis intervention and student development consultation are discussed in relation to the aftermath of large scale traumas. The influence of staff attitudes and values, and other limitations of the model, also are described.     

College Counseling Today: Contemporary Students and How Counseling Centers Meet Their Needs

There is evidence that today’s college and university students are struggling with emotional and behavioral health problems at higher rates than in past generations. This article explores the various ways, utilizing a range of models, that college and university counseling centers have mobilized to respond to these challenges. We examine literature about the characteristics and concerns of the current student generation along with what counseling centers are doing to respond to the challenge of student needs. We describe a survey (N = 408) of members of the Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors (AUCCCD) and American College Counseling Association (ACCA) that elicited the kinds of services, functions, structures, and organizational relationships found in today’s counseling centers. In addition to confirming the core mission of providing counseling and psychotherapy, the survey revealed widespread counseling center collaboration and consultation activities beyond the counseling room. The survey also indicated a variety of administrative and structural arrangements in the way counseling centers are placed on their individual campuses. Finally, we suggest a framework for planning, executing, and evaluating counseling center and campus initiatives.     

The Dose-Response Relationship at a College Counseling Center

Abstract

Most college counseling centers have adopted session limits for their psychotherapy clients though little evidence exists to support such cutoff points. In the past eight years, a few studies have been published using survival analysis statistics for investigating the speed of recovery in psychotherapy. The outcome of clients at a university counseling center was studied to assess change across time, on a session-by-session basis. The analysis of these data showed that 14 sessions of psychotherapy were required for 51% of clients to meet criteria for clinically significant change. Results were interpreted as suggesting that limiting psychotherapy at college counseling centers may result in improvements that are not clinically meaningful for the majority of clients receiving services.     

Psychotherapy Referral as a Therapeutic Goal of College Counseling

The task of referring college students to pscyhotherapy outside of the college setting is an opportunity for useful therapeutic intervention. Different meanings may be attached to counseling within the college and therapy outside. The decision to enter psychotherapy is a devleopmentally significant event in terms of the process of separation/individuation during the college years. The author distinguishes three therapeutic components of the referral process: (1) a cognitive component; (2) an experiential component; and (3) an interpretative component in which therapy is addressed as a developmental step. Case examples are used to illustrate.     

影响师专学报质量的主要因素及对策

师范高等专科学校学报大多办刊时间短、起步晚，学校的师资、科研力量较差，使得师专学报质量普遍不高。影响师专学报质量的主要因素是：稿源不足，办刊经费不足，人员编制不足。提高师专学报质量的对策是：加强作者队伍建设，重视审稿队伍建设，抓好编辑队伍建设。     

African American College Students,the Black Church,and Counseling

African American undergraduate students face numerous challenges during college; however, they are less likely to seek help from college counseling services. Often, African Americans seek support from spiritual resources. In the current phenomenological study, participants shared in a focus group interview. Overall, participants seemed to value the Black Church as an integral part of their lives and as an influence on their perceptions of counseling and proclivity to seek counseling services.     

Predictors of Obligatory Exercise Among Undergraduates: Differential Implications for Counseling College Men and Women

This study examined predictors of obligatory exercise in college undergraduates (N= 172). Regression models indicated that internalization of Western attitudes toward appearance predicted exercise fixation and commitment in women, whereas perceived pressure from dating partners predicted exercise commitment in men. Findings suggest that men may respond more to peer pressure, whereas women may be more susceptible to internalized sociocultural pressure. Implications for differential assessment and treatment of college men and women are discussed.     

增强编辑意识提高学报质量

高校学报作为一种学术刊物,承担着传播科学知识、交流学术成果、传承人类文明的重任。学报编辑在组稿、审稿和编辑全过程中,必须坚持政治性,突出学术性,强化创新性,提高可读性。     

试论高校学报的核心竞争力

高校学报的编辑、发行及管理运营等一系列活动从某种角度分析 ,应被视为一种企业行为 ,属于文化产业的一部分 ,具有导入核心竞争力的可行性和必要性。增强高校学报核心竞争力需要对其进行鉴别 ,并实行多种途径的培育     

高校学报编辑专业素养及其提升路径

高校学报是反映高校教学科研成果的综合性学术理论刊物,其水平和质量高低取决于编辑人员素质。而当今高新科技迅猛发展,信息技术不断普及,高校学报编辑业务也面临着新的挑战。因此,高校学报编辑人员要更新观念,扎实专业知识,更新知识结构,进一步提高编辑人员的专业素养,实现高校学报工作的转型和升华。     

浅谈高校学报编辑素质

新世纪的挑战对高校学报编辑的素质提出了新的要求。学报编辑必须具备强烈的事业心和社会责任感、组织策划能力、现代的思维方式、市场意识、网络意识、编辑学者化意识才能胜任新时期的编辑工作。     

高校辅导员应做好大学生的心理辅导工作

大学生心理健康问题已经成为高校乃至社会普遍关注的问题。高校辅导员作为一线的学生管理人员,对大学生进行心理健康教育具有十分重要的意义。辅导员应提高自身心理素质,通过加强心理学知识的学习、掌握心理辅导的基本方法和技巧、加强师生的情感交流等方式,在实践中积极探索对大学生进行心理辅导的有效途径,做好大学生的心理辅导工作。     

论电子政务中电子邮件的相关法律问题

电子邮件作为最典型的增值业务,在中国Internet的发展中发挥了尤为重要的作用,成为政府信息化的整个环节里的重中之重。与此同时,电子邮件所面临的安全及其证据效力问题也给行政执法带来了新的挑战。通过剖析电子邮件在行政执法中引发的一些问题,尤其作为证据的效力问题,提出了完善的建议。