Annotated Bibliography

Harris, Bryanne, and Birnbaum, Rachel. “Ethical and Legal Implications on the Use of Technology in Counselling.”

This article focuses on the benefits as well as the ethical and legal challenges of online counselling. Harris and Birnbaum address the need for more “empirical evidence” about the effectiveness of online counselling. They compare both the advantages and challenges of online counselling in terms of accessibility, anonymity, asynchronous communication, and legal issues. Overall, they convey that online counselling is a good alternative to, and should “be used effectively in conjunction with face-to-face therapy.” They also depict that technology is forever changing; thus, online counsellors must “be informed and educated about the inherent tensions and ethical implications that online counselling raises.”

 

Harris, Henry L. “Multiracial Students: What School Counselors Need to Know.”

Henry Harris focuses on addressing the common stereotypes about multiracial individuals and their inaccuracies, providing counselors several tactics for better counseling multiracial students. Harris also lists factors that influence the fostering of positive racial identity development. The overall goal is to get school counselors to realize the importance of sincerely understanding what multiracial individuals go through so that they can improve their methods for counselling multiracial students. Harris believes that there are many misconceptions about multiracial individuals, and that by not taking the time to acknowledge and fix these misconceptions, multiracial students are not receiving the counselling that they need to develop a healthy, positive social life. He states that “multiracial individuals need to feel genuinely valued, supported, and understood and school counselors can play an influential role in helping to communicate this message.”

 

Kadison, Richard D. “The Mental-Health Crisis: What Colleges Must Do.”

Richard Kadison focuses on the importance of promoting emotional health amongst college students. Kadison provides supporting statistical data to depict the fact that many students are experiencing mental health problems caused by environmental stresses. He states that because a “number of colleges and universities don’t feel that fostering the emotional development and well-being of their students is part of their mission,” they are unable to respond to the increasing demand for proper psychological counseling. His opinion is that mental health issues are “pervasive” on campus, and that students must be able to realize if they have any issues so that they can receive the help that they need. Furthermore, he states that “academic success goes hand-in-hand with emotional and physical well-being”; thus, it is vital to promote emotional health throughout campuses.

 

Kitzrow, Martha A. “The Mental Health Needs of Today’s College Students: Challenges and Recommendations.”

Martha Kitzrow focuses on the changing mental health needs of today’s college students, as well as challenges posed by an increase of college students with serious psychological problems. In addition to exploring problems related to mental health from the perspectives of students, faculty, staff, and institutions, Kitzrow offers strategies for adequately responding to the changing demands in mental health needs on campus. She uses statistical sources to illustrate the increase in psychological service demands throughout the years, and to depict the different counselling treatments that are available. She explains how “a variety of social and cultural factors…may account for some of the increase” in psychological problems amongst students, and how this can have an effect on several societal levels. Kitzrow’s goal is to get people to acknowledge the need for an increase and modification in psychological services on campus. She believes that “it is important for administrators, faculty, and staff to understand the profound impact that mental health problems can have on all aspects of campus life, and to treat mental health issues as an institutional responsibility and priority.”

 

 

Works Cited

Harris, Bryanne, Rachel Birnbaum. “Ethical and Legal Implications on the Use of Technology in Counselling.” Clinical Social Work Journal 43.2 (2015): 133-141. Web. 29 Oct. 2016.

Harris, Henry L. “Multiracial Students: What School Counselors Need to Know.” Multiracial America 2014: n. pag. Web. 29 Oct. 2016.

Kadison, Richard D. “The Mental-Health Crisis: What Colleges Must Do.” The Chronicle of Higher Education 51.16 (2004): B20. Web. 29 Oct. 2016.

Kitzrow, Martha A. “The Mental Health Needs of Today’s College Students: Challenges and Recommendations.” NASPA Journal 41.1 (2003): 167-181. Web. 29 Oct. 20