Effective Counseling with American Indian College Students: Counselors' Perspectives

Abstract

American Indian college students often face multiple challenges that could be helped by counseling. However, these students are the least likely to take advantage of counseling services. In order to understand how to improve counseling services for this group, qualitative interviews were conducted with 16 practicing college counselors who have considerable experience working with American Indian students. The themes generated from the analysis include recommendations for both institutions and individual counselors.