COUNSELING CENTER 2002-2003 ANNUAL REPORT AND DATA
SUMMARY
Prepared by: Michael Mond,
Ph.D., Director,
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The Counseling Center (CC) hired new staff that included
an International and Asian-American Student Program Coordinator, a Peabody
Institute of Music Coordinator, and a Graduate Student Program Coordinator. «
The CC was reaccredited by the International
Association of Counseling Services (IACS). «
The CC made progress in its goal of attaining an American
Psychological Association accredited predoctoral internship program in psychology. A comprehensive self-study was completed
and accepted by the accrediting agency.
A site visit to review the program was completed in May and the
feedback received was positive and promising for approval in the coming year.
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The CC provided Individual
Personal Counseling to 886 student clients (compared to 802 clients the
previous year- a 10.5% increase) and
Group Counseling to 71 students in 15 groups. During
the Academic Year (Sept 2002- May 2003) the CC provided 9,693 hours (7,311
contacts/visits) of direct services.
Direct services activities, including clinical case management,
accounted for 63% of all CC activity. «
The CC averaged 123.8 client
sessions per week and 11.7 emergencies
per week in the Fall semester. In the Spring
semester the CC averaged 139.1 client sessions per week and 8.1 emergencies
per week. «
In addition to Direct Services, CC services during the Academic Year included Training and
Supervision (11% of time), Outreach, Workshops, and Faculty/Staff/Parent
Programs or Consultations (3%), Community Activity (3%), Professional
Development (3%), Professional Activity including Research and Teaching (2%),
and Administrative Activity (15%). In
total during the Academic Year the CC provided 14,070 sessions/contacts in
15,438 hours of service. «
The CC averaged 6.2 sessions per client during the
Academic Year in individual personal. 313 students were evaluated by staff
psychiatrists (35% of clients served) and these students were seen an average
of 3.0 sessions by the psychiatrist.
251 students received psychotropic medication (28% of clients served). In Emergency
Interventions, the Center served 273 clients in daytime emergencies
(about 31% of clients served) and 77 clients in after hour emergencies. The CC made 9 violence assessments,
monitored 44 students in its suicide tracking system, recommended 47 mental
health (medical) leaves, and administered 27 readmission evaluations. Forty-eight clients were referred off
campus for more extensive treatment. The CC played a significant role in
preventing 105 students from dropping out of school last year; while 67 were
given assistance in exercising appropriate extensions or withdrawal from
classes. Twelve students were hospitalized. «
The most common problems/symptoms
presented by clients during individual therapy include: “feelings of being
overwhelmed” (36%), “general anxieties and worries” (34%), “time management
and motivational issues” (33% of students), “academic concerns” (32%),
“depression” (24%), “lack of self-confidence or self-esteem” (24%),
“generally unhappy and dissatisfied” (23%), “overly high standards for self”
(20%), “sleep problems” (20%), and “lack of motivation, detachment, and
hopelessness” (18%). These problems are not mutually exclusive. «
In Career
Counseling, the «
The CC provided 36 Outreach
Activities, Workshops, and Consultation programs last year serving 17 University
units/departments, 67 faculty and staff, 1,855
students and an overall total of 2,642 clients in 5,210 contacts in 444
hours. «
Evaluations -The CC Intake
Service Evaluation Report reveals that on a survey taken after the initial session
52% of clients feel that the personal counseling service is excellent while
an additional 44% feel that the service is good. A
follow up Student Satisfaction Survey measuring satisfaction with work done
with their therapist indicated an overall 3.58 satisfaction score on a scale
from 0 (no satisfaction) to 4 (strong
satisfaction). Ninety percent “agreed” or “strongly agreed” they would
recommend using the CC to their friends with similar problems. «
The CC continues to provide services to the «
The CC Pre-Doctoral Training program had 3 full time interns, a prerequisite for APA
accreditation, to advance its progress towards an accredited pre-doctoral
internship training program. The training program included 42 didactic
programs and supervision in both individual and group formats. «
The CC appointed staff
coordinators to develop and improve programming for Asian-American
students/International students, Minority students, Career Counseling,
Outreach/Workshop and Consultative Services, Group Counseling, Professional
Development, Substance Abuse Counseling, Peer Counseling, Research, Nursing
School, Peabody Institute of Music, Predoctoral
Training, Eating Disorders and - new this year- Graduate Students Program
Coordinator. «
The CC continues to foster values of teamwork and collaboration
by participating in over 61 JHU programs, activities, and committees. These
programs are designed to serve, assist, and enrich the JHU community. «
CC staff are
active in professional development and
professional activity with clinical staff
participating in 33 professional workshops, conferences, courses, and
seminars while support staff engaged 14 educational programs. In addition, professional staff are members of 11 professional organizations, and
actively engage in Teaching, Consultation, and Research. Three staff have
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*Note: Administration includes staff meetings, public relations, budget
activity, data management, coordinating activity with **Note: 811 hours (35%) of all administrative hours were accounted for by
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SECTION II: Individual Psychotherapy Services: A) Direct
Services Caseload Statistics
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B)
Individual Psychotherapy: Demographics of
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C) Individual Psychotherapy:
Intake Service Evaluation Survey. 1) Respondents’ Characteristics: (N=530;
60% return rate)
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