Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-291) and indexes.

Contents: Meeting the need for basic counselling services : Counseling needs of today's college students -- Brief therapy: the model of choice for college counseling -- Group counselling: Treatment of choice for many students -- Expanding sevices with faculty, students and other helpers -- Alternatives and adjunts to counseling -- Meeting the specific challenges of serious and developmental problems -- Counseling with special populations -- Strategies for outreach and systemic interventions: Promoting prevention through outreach and consultation -- Counselors as initaitors and catalysts for change -- Supporting students and faculty development -- Educational and preventive reponses to public health issues -- Promoting campus diversity and multicultualism -- Administrative and professional issues: Research and evaluation for promoting service excellence -- Ethical and legal requirements of practice -- Professional training and accreditation -- Organizing and delivering counseling services -- Providing leadership for quality in campus counseling.