Student and faculty perceptions of counseling centers: What's in a name?

Brown, Michael; Chambers, Marcia

doi:10.1037/0022-0167.33.2.155

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“…Although a significant number of subjects reported prior client experience, the generalizability of these results to clients actually seeking counseling is not known. Moreover, the extent to which the label counselor was perceived by subjects as encompassing all types of help givers, such as career counselors, advisors, college counselors, counseling psychologists, clinical psychologists, and psychiatrists, is not clear (Brown & Chambers, 1986; Gelso, Brooks, & Karl, 1975; Gelso & Karl, 1974). Notwithstanding these limitations, the results of this study suggest that the large majority of persons who have a preference for counselor gender prefer male counselors over female counselors; that profiles of persons who prefer male counselors or who have no preference can be identified; that preference patterns vary according to particular client concerns; and that variables such as sex role, age, and race are particularly useful in predicting preferences for counselor gender.…”

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Preferences for counselor gender: Students' sex role, other characteristics, and type of problem.

Bernstein

Hofmann²,

Wade

1987

Journal of Counseling Psychology

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A total of 169 students drawn from a large urban university rated their preferences for counselor gender for nine client concerns and completed a sex role inventory and a demographic questionnaire. The preponderance of people who expressed a preference for counselor gender preferred male counselors over female ones for all concerns other than problems with sexual issues.Preferences for male counselors were expressed more often, however, for vocational/academic and social/interpersonal concerns than for personal/intimate problems. Discriminant analyses revealed profiles of persons who preferred male counselors or had no preference. Variables such as subject sex role. age. and race were found to be particularly useful in predicting gender preferences. Results were interpreted in terms of Bern's (1981 b) gender-schema theory.

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Preferences for counselor gender: Students' sex role, other characteristics, and type of problem.

Bernstein

Hofmann²,

Wade

1987

Journal of Counseling Psychology

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“…It would be interesting to investigate whether the men in the Blazina and Marks study would have reacted differently to a fourth condition of a brochure describing coaching. There are well-supported findings that different professional titles affect the tendency to seek help from help providers (Brown & Chambers, 1986). In their study, Brown and Chambers found that the counseling center title was important in determining student and faculty use of the counseling center.…”

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confidence: 97%

The practice of coaching: Exploring alternatives to therapy for counseling-resistant men.

McKelley¹,

Rochlen²

2007

Psychology of Men & Masculinity

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The current article examines the practice of coaching as a possible alternative to conventional therapy for men. Although overviews of coaching have been outlined, none have specifically addressed how this particular helping modality might fit with the cultural demands of men resistant to conventional sources of professional help. This article provides suggestions for how coaching may address possible conflicts and paradoxes between men's gender role socialization and help-seeking attitudes and behaviors, as well as overviews some of the problems within the current practice of coaching. Suggestions for research with using coaching are also addressed.

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“…Professional titles also appear to affect the decisions that men make about when and where to seek help (Brown & Chambers, 1986). In some cases, professional titles may act as a barrier to seeking help (Mansfield, Addis, & Courtenay, 2005; Rochlen, McKelley, & Pituch, 2006).…”

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Where do I turn for help? Gender role conflict, self-stigma, and college men’s help-seeking for depression.

Cole¹,

Ingram²

2020

Psychology of Men & Masculinities

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Experiences of self-stigma and gender role conflict act as barriers to men's psychological help-seeking. Although previous studies suggest that violation of masculine norms and the desire to preserve masculinity reduce men's help-seeking behaviors, little is known about the ways in which specific help-seeking behaviors are impacted. The current study examined relations between gender role conflict, self-stigma, and help-seeking for depression among a sample of college men from a Midwestern university in the United States (N ϭ 313). Participants engaged in a role induction based upon a vignette about a man with depression and were asked the types of help-seeking behaviors they would engage in (i.e., professional help, self-help, informal help, or avoidant behaviors). Results of this study indicate that gender role conflict and self-stigma have different relations to help-seeking behaviors. More specifically, (a) gender role conflict plays an incremental role beyond mental health self-stigma in understanding certain types of responses to mental health needs, (b) there is a positive relationship between experiencing gender role conflict and holding increasingly self-stigmatizing views, (c) self-stigma and gender role conflict differ in their pattern of influence for mental health treatment responses, (d) gender role conflict corresponds with increased avoidant behaviors and decreases social support utilization, and (e) selfstigma predicts decreased social support and professional help utilization while also increasing avoidant behaviors. Although gender role conflict and self-stigma had unique relations to professional helpseeking for depression, utilization of social support was negatively impacted by both. Considerations for help-seeking patterns in men and the influence of both stigmatized social views and conflicting gender roles are discussed. Public Significance StatementThis study suggests that men's experiences of gender role conflict and self-stigma of help-seeking are associated with their decisions to utilize self-help, to talk with friends and family, and to seek professional help when depressed.

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Student and faculty perceptions of counseling centers: What's in a name?

Cited by 9 publications

References 21 publications

Preferences for counselor gender: Students' sex role, other characteristics, and type of problem.

Preferences for counselor gender: Students' sex role, other characteristics, and type of problem.

The practice of coaching: Exploring alternatives to therapy for counseling-resistant men.

Where do I turn for help? Gender role conflict, self-stigma, and college men’s help-seeking for depression.

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