This article introduces a method to critical reviews and explores the ways in which problems have been formulated in knowledge production on career guidance in Denmark over a 10-year period from 2004 to 2014. The method draws upon the work of Bacchi focussing on the "What's the problem represented to be" (WPR) approach. Forty-nine…

The majority of military undergraduates at universities are National Guard and Reserve personnel and prior-service military veterans, all difficult to identify on campus. These students face unique cultural challenges. Though the academic literature primarily addresses disability services and administrative programs often focus on "wounded…

Presence is the counsellor's way of being with clients as distinguished from the application of technique and it involves a meeting between counsellor and client. Presence fits intuitively in the realm of the therapeutic relationship and master therapists from different therapeutic traditions have described how their presence with clients…

Examines the historical foundations of the university counseling movement, including the origins of professional affiliation, training, and education. Also reviews existing literature that attempts to determine changes the university counseling profession must address to remain viable on the dynamic, pluralistic, 21st-century campus. (Contains 48…

College and university counseling centers are being influenced by changing populations of students and the concerns of a variety of constituencies and stakeholders about mental health issues. Although counseling centers can be important institutional resources in matters of recruitment, retention, and risk management, new legal and ethical issues…

Examines how career and personal counseling compare on both process and outcome measures. Participants included real clients who sought career and personal counseling at three college counseling centers. Findings indicate that except in the area of expectations about counseling, there were no significant differences between career counseling and…

Results of a survey of cross-racial supervision dyads at university counseling centers showed supervisees were more sensitive to cultural/racial issues than were supervisors; supervisors reported making more efforts to address cultural issues than supervisees perceived; and satisfaction with supervision was related to supervisees' self-disclosure…

Describes how college students' problems can be conceptualized and the counseling approach crafted from a constructivist perspective that activates client resources to create more useful personal constructs and develop new solutions to client concerns. Two case studies of traditional-aged clients are presented to illustrate practical applications…

Examines self-reported distress levels for students seen at a university counseling center between 1986-1992 to determine if overall distress levels and the number of extremely distressed students had increased as suggested by much of the existing literature. Results indicate a small increase in the number of students with extreme distress, rather…

Compares adaptation to college for students receiving counseling at a university counseling center with adaptation by control counterparts. Students receiving counseling initially reported lower adaptation scores as measured by the Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire. After counseling, scores no longer differentiated between the two…

Counselors are often challenged to address issues of social justice in the counseling context, and they must be deliberate and innovative in their attempts to respond. Counselors will be required to relate social justice considerations to their practices and to the theoretical foundations of these practices; they must then operationalize an…

A follow-up evaluation of 181 out-of-school adults who had enrolled in a program of individual career counseling at a university extension center indicated that 78% were satisfied or very satisfied. Satisfaction was not significantly related to completion of allotted counseling interviews, program, gender, or education level. Considers the…

A survey of college and university judicial officers and counseling center directors explores the use of disciplinary counseling in the student judicial process, and how the individuals in this position view it. Provides data about demographics and the frequency of referrals, and discusses issues related to disciplinary counseling. (Contains 18…

Study seeks to determine what efforts college and university counseling center directors make to collect and report data about clients with histories of previous counseling treatment. Seventy two percent of respondents indicated a belief that greater numbers of counseling center clients have a prior history of treatment than four years ago.…

Examines the psychometric properties of the Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) using an ethnically diverse sample of 324 counseling center clients. Results provide moderate support for the SDS. Differences across demographic groups and considerations for intake screening are discussed. (Contains 23 references.) (GCP)