Helping College Students: Developing Essential Support Skills for Student Affairs Practice

Praise for Helping College Students
"I am pleased to see a new book on issues affecting college students with an integration of counseling practice and theory. College student educators need a fresh look at the way college students′ needs are being met in the academy of today. This book does just that."—Gregory Roberts, executive director, ACPA – College Student Educators International
"Student affairs professionals face new challenges in conflict and crisis management, group and individual dynamics, and supervision of multicultural and multidisciplinary staff. Reynolds elucidates the range and depth of helping skills needed to nurture and challenge our students to be all that they can be in the global multicultural world where we all now live, work, and play."—Louise Douce, assistant vice president, student affairs director, Counseling and Consultation Service, The Ohio State University
"For professionals focused on helping college students, this book provides the perfect blend of counseling theory, skills, and administrative reality."
—Vasti Torres, associate professor, Indiana University Bloomington

Spis treści:
Foreword.
Preface.
About the Authors.
PART 1: UNDERSTANDING THE HELPER′S ROLE.
1. Student Affairs Practitioners as Helpers.
2. Mental Health Needs and Realities on Campus.
3. Ethical Implications for Helping in Higher Education.
4. Underlying and Relevant Helping Theories (John A. Mueller).
PART 2: ESSENTIAL HELPING SKILLS.
5. Becoming a Multiculturally Competent Helper.
6. Microcounseling Skills (Marcia Roe Clark).
7. Conflict and Crisis Management.
8. Group Dynamics and Skills.
9. Supervision.
10. Looking to the Future: Integrating the Helping Role.
References.
Index.

Nota biograficzna:

Amy L. Reynolds, PhD, is a licensed psychologist and assistant professor in the Department of Counseling, School, and Educational Psychology at the State University of New York at Buffalo. She teaches core courses and advanced seminars for master′s students in mental health counseling and doctoral students in counseling psychology. She is coauthor of Multicultural Competence in Student Affairs from Jossey–Bass.

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Praise for Helping College Students
"I am pleased to see a new book on issues affecting college students with an integration of counseling practice and theory. College student educators need a fresh look at the way college students′ needs are being met in the academy of today. This book does just that."—Gregory Roberts, executive director, ACPA – College Student Educators International
"Student affairs professionals face new challenges in conflict and crisis management, group and individual dynamics, and supervision of multicultural and multidisciplinary staff. Reynolds elucidates the range and depth of helping skills needed to nurture and challenge our students to be all that they can be in the global multicultural world where we all now live, work, and play."—Louise Douce, assistant vice president, student affairs director, Counseling and Consultation Service, The Ohio State University
"For professionals focused on helping college students, this book provides the perfect blend of counseling theory, skills, and administrative reality."
—Vasti Torres, associate professor, Indiana University Bloomington