Using case histories to illustrate specific successful treatment techniques, this authoritative work explains the methods of treatment most appropriate for college students experiencing certain common problems.



Beginning with a review of the literature on brief counseling and psychotherapy, as it pertains to college students, the contributors offer a discussion of student selection variables and necessary therapist functions. The particular developmental issues of the age group and how the issues may interact with problems such as grief, perfectionism, disturbed self-esteem, vocational indecision and psychosomatic symptoms are considered in light of diagnosis and methods of treatment. The final section presents a large scale study on the specific factors of the counseling/psychotherapy process found to be most successful with specific categories of students when differences of sex and age were examined.