Family Counselors in Demand on College Campuses

More colleges are looking to hire family counselors as a large number of students continue to seek counseling.

A survey released last year by the Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors found that 10.2 percent of college students sought counseling during the 2008-2009 academic year, which is the same as the previous two surveys.

The demand for family counselors on college campuses created more jobs over the year, with survey respondents reporting that 82 clinical professionals were hired, while only 34 counselors lost their jobs during the same time.

"We saw these small gains in staffing, but I'm not sure the same thing will happen in our next survey because of economic conditions," Victor M. Barr, director of counseling and psychological services at the University of Tennessee and lead author of the survey, told USA Today.

Schools with fewer than 1,500 students saw an average of 18.3 percent of students seek counseling, while schools with more than 35,000 students saw an average of 7.2 percent of students seek counseling.

Of those who responded to the survey, 73 percent said the number of students on psychotropic medication who are seeking counseling increased, while 71 percent said the number of students with severe psychological problems was increasing.

Depression was the most common problem among students, at 37.5 percent, followed by anxiety at 36.8 percent, and relationship issues at 35.9 percent.

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