What We Know about College Counseling and Retention

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Have things changed?Over time, College Counseling Center’s havereported a shift in the needs of students seekingcounseling services, from developmental andinformational needs, to more severepsychological problems.– Brackney & Karabenick (1995)– National Survey of Counseling Center Directors (2009)Students who never would have been able tomake it to college in the past are now ablebecause of better psychotropic medications– Blom & Beckley (2005)
Have things changed?According to a 13-year longitudinal studyat KSU (Kitzrow, 2003)– “students experience more stress, moreanxiety, and more depression than a decadeago”Some of these increases were dramatic– # of students with depression doubled– # of suicidal students tripled– # of students seen after a sexual assaultquadrupled
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Page 3 and 4: Reasons for leaving?Found another s
Page 5 and 6: Mental Health and AcademicSuccessDe
Page 7 and 8: Does counseling impact retention?On
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Page 15 and 16: Race/Ethnicity4% 3% Caucasian11%13%
Page 17 and 18: Class statusHousing18%14%30%16%28%7
Page 19 and 20: Client Self RatingsAt Intake14%Moti
Page 21 and 22: Problem AreasFearing Failure in Col
Page 23 and 24: Problem AreasDepression18%Thoughts
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Page 27 and 28: Evaluation Results (Fall 2009)Couns
Page 29 and 30: How we have adaptedMeeting with cli
Page 31 and 32: Future DirectionsAny additional sug
Page 33 and 34: ReferencesFrank, A., & Kirk, B. (19

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