Research Papers

A profile of students receiving counselling services at a university in post-apartheid South Africa

Published in: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health
Volume 23 , issue 2 , 2011 , pages: 143–153

DOI: 10.2989/17280583.2011.634544

Author(s): Brett Bowman Department of Psychology, School of Human and Community Development, South Africa , Jarrod Payne Department of Psychology, School of Human and Community Development, South Africa

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Abstract

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to describe a profile of students seeking counselling at a racially diverse university in post-apartheid South Africa as a means to demonstrate the importance of routinely collecting and analysing student counselling data at university-based centres across the country.

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