This article provides an overview of self-injurious behaviors and provides intervention strategies for college counselors t o use when working with students who self-injure. College counselors' roles in managing self-injurious behaviors are explored in relation to individualized treatment issues, outreach, education, advocacy, and prevention. Implications and recommendations for college counselors are provided.ecently, self-injurious behavior has received increasing attention in the professional literature and in the popular media (Zila & Kiselica, 2001).R Despite this increased attention, many counselors have not received specific training in how to treat clients who engage in self-injurious behaviors (e.g., self-cutting and self-burning), behavior patterns that can present unique challenges to effective counseling practice. A review of the topic indicates that college students' self-injury and college counselors' interventions with these students have not yet been adequately addressed in the professional literature. This article provides a brief review of client self-injury and provides intervention strategies for college counselors to use when working with self-injurious students.

The authors examined the impact of a mandatory, coeducational sexual assault prevention program on college freshmen's rape myth attitudes. Data from 174 college freshmen required to attend the program indicated that, regardless of gender, the proposed sexual assault prevention program significantly decreased participants' rape myth acceptance attitudes. Implications of the findings for college counselors and directions for future research are discussed.

In response to the increase in severity and prevalence of student‐presented mental disorders on college campuses, a comprehensive campuswide identification and intervention program titled “The New Diversity Initiative” was developed to help college counselors and student personnel staff address students with severe mental disorders. Details of the program and recommendations for college counselors interested in implementing such a program are provided.

College counselors need to be informed of effective interventions when counseling students who have been sexually assaulted. This article applies research and theory from the general literature on counseling sexual assault victims to college counselors' work with this population. An overview of the effects of sexual assault is followed by specific implications for counseling students who have been sexually assaulted. e FBI estimates indicate that 1 in 4 women will be victims of sexual assault in their lifetime (Heppner et al., 1995). O n college campuses,