Thirty Years of the National Survey of Counseling Center Directors: A Personal Account
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This article reviews important trends in college counseling work over the past 30 years revealed through an annual survey of college counseling center directors. The article also focuses on questions raised in the survey that generated important professional discussions and on other contributions the survey has made to the counseling profession. Initially the survey results provided important information to counseling center directors and their staffs. However, due to media interest, the survey gradually gained an expanded audience among higher education administrators and also helped to educate the broader public about the nature and importance of counseling center work.
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- Authors
- Gallagher, R. P.
- Affiliations
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- Corresponding author
- Gallagher, Robert P.
- ORCID
- Gallagher, Robert P.
- Venue
- Journal of College Student Psychotherapy
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2012-07
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 172-184
- ISSN
- 1540-4730 (ISSN-L)
- 8756-8225
- OpenAlex
- W1991760341
- Cited by
- 83
- References
- 7
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 5.29
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of College Student Psychotherapy (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Counseling Practices and Supervision
- Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education Research Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Keywords
- college counseling centers, university administration, counselor professional development
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