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More Counseling Services Needed
The State Hornet staff
Issue date: 5/9/07 Section: Opinion
The Psychological Counseling Services Center is doing the best it can with what it is being given to work with. The staff consists of psychiatrists, social workers and pre-doctoral interns that must tackle every student issue from the serious to the insignificant. Somehow it does not seem right that a student sniveling about not having anything to do on a Saturday night should have as much private time with a counselor as a student who is trying to sort out an abusive relationship, but the counselors here and across the country try to make the best out of a bad situation.
Campuses nationwide are seeking qualified counselors to help students react to and cope with everything the world throws at them. Sac State is working along with the Psychological Counseling Center to both increase the capacity and efficiency of the department. But the improvements are not keeping up with the current needs. By fall of 2008 the Psychological Counseling Center is expected to move into the new recreation and wellness center. By then the student population may have increased and the need for more counselors will dwarf the current situation.
If Sac State and the rest of the CSU are going to raise fees next semester then they better make sure some of that money goes to helping out both the counselors and the students by investing in some more full-time workers for the Psychological Counseling Services Center.
Campuses nationwide are seeking qualified counselors to help students react to and cope with everything the world throws at them. Sac State is working along with the Psychological Counseling Center to both increase the capacity and efficiency of the department. But the improvements are not keeping up with the current needs. By fall of 2008 the Psychological Counseling Center is expected to move into the new recreation and wellness center. By then the student population may have increased and the need for more counselors will dwarf the current situation.
If Sac State and the rest of the CSU are going to raise fees next semester then they better make sure some of that money goes to helping out both the counselors and the students by investing in some more full-time workers for the Psychological Counseling Services Center.
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Kevin Eastman
posted 8/07/07 @ 10:51 AM PST
More counselors? Seriously?
I never required the services of a therapist during my time at Sac State, and I really can't imagine why anyone would. I had just as many tough times as anyone else, yet somehow managed. (Continued…)
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