With the rise of mental health issues occurring on college campuses, college counseling centers are increasing their efforts to meet the needs of students by ensuring that students are able to matriculate in their educational journey. Over the past few years, national data indicated that annually about 38% of college students "felt so…

The author describes his early experiences in initiating a peer facilitation program. (Author)

Children of divorce encounter many changes in their lives. Treatment through the HELPING acronym of multimodal counseling ensures attention to each of these areas. This article presents a series of eight sessions for HELPING children of divorce. (Author)

This article describes a storefront counseling center where part-time volunteers involve young people in positive ways. (JC)

A description of an effective and innovative program designed to help alienated youth which is currently in use in the Newton Public Schools, Newton, Massachusetts. (JC)

Family network intervention is a therapeutic approach aiming to mobilize family and friendship support systems in a collaborative effort to solve a crisis. A team of therapists helps the family and its extended social system become involved in a networking process consisting of six distinct phases. (Author)

Describes Community Sex Information, Inc. (CSI), a nonprofit educational organization, staffed by professionals and volunteers in New York City, which provides accurate sex information in a nonjudgmental and supportive manner. One of its major programs is a telephone sex information service. (Author/HMV)

The author contends that American society has experienced a developmental change in that the search for identity now takes priority over the achievement of specific goals; he describes a program designed to help Black students find their identity through a group setting. (Author/HMV)

A program that provided counseling to inmates in a correctional setting is described. Two approaches were used: the relationship approach stressed the interpersonal encounter of counselor and client and exploration of feeling by the client; the reality approach stressed behavior change for client growth. Outcomes were positive for both approaches.…

A hospital is an obvious setting for counseling services, pastoral or nonpastoral. The practicum experience described in this article indicates that it is feasible to integrate such services into the overall healing effort of the hospital staff. (Author)

Describes reorganization at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in which a separate college was established to serve all freshmen and transfer students. Faculty members were recruited to counsel students on a part-time basis. The program has, among other things, reduced the attritition rate from 45 percent to 6 percent. (HMV)

Presents the philosophy and rationale of the newly instituted elementary level counseling program in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. (HMV)

Barriers to employment for economically and vocationally disadvantaged persons are presented in this study. Four clusters of barriers are identified: job qualifications, social and interpersonal conflict, legal and financial problems, and emotional-personal problems. Counseling programs are also described to help individuals overcome these…

Many authors have suggested that counselors deemphasize the one-to-one model of counseling students and increase personal contacts with teachers, parents and administrators. This article presents a model that emphasizes a problem-solving process for conducting such consultation interviews. (Author)

The author describes a successful counseling program as an alternative to suspension for disruptive students. (HMV)