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College Counseling: Union and Intersection
Author(s) -
Dean Laura A.,
Meadows Mark E.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1995.tb01838.x
Subject(s) - intersection (aeronautics) , demographics , diversity (politics) , scarcity , mental health , specialty , vocational education , medical education , work (physics) , career counseling , health care , psychology , medicine , pedagogy , political science , sociology , psychiatry , geography , engineering , mechanical engineering , demography , law , economics , microeconomics , cartography
College counseling can best be understood as the intersection of a professional activity and an environment. The specialty has developed from the merging of several movements: vocational guidance, mental health, and student personnel work. These elements are reflected in the diversity of backgrounds and perspectives represented by college counselors and in differing models of counseling services. College counseling will be affected by trends including health care reform, scarcity of resources in higher education, changing student demographics, and complex societal issues.