The Counseling Center regularly conducts evaluation and accountability research to determine the effectiveness of counseling services and to improve both the quality and breadth of services. Data generated by research initiatives are used to advocate on behalf of students with both faculty and administrators. 

Listed below are some of the research activities and initiatives that members of the Counseling Center have had published or distributed to administrators and colleagues on campus. 

REPORTS

National Depression Screening Survey (2007)

Annual Report: Suffolk University Counseling Center (2006 -2007)

Annual Report: Depression Awareness Program (ADAPT, 2007)

Client Satisfaction Survey - In Reponse to Relocation to New Offices (November 2006)

Annual Report: Depression Awareness Program (ADAPT, 2006)

National Depression Screening Survey (2006)

The Counseling Center continued its participation in National Depression Screening Day by administering an anonymous depression screening survey to 199 CAS, SBS, NESAD and LAW students in October. This report provides an overview of the combined results, as well as brief comparisons to data from the 2006 survey.

National Depression Screening Survey (2005)

Annual Report: Depression Awareness Program (ADAPT, 2005)

A.D.A.P.T. completed its 5th year of providing depression awareness and education programs on behalf of the Suffolk University community.

National Alcohol Screening Day (2005)

During the week prior to the 2005 Spring Break, the Suffolk University Counseling Center, Office of Diversity Services, Health Services, Office of Residence Life, Dean of Students, Campus Security, and the Psychology Department collaborated on a comprehensive effort to increase student awareness of the use and abuse of alcohol on campus. 202 students completed an anonymous Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) on alcohol-use patterns that was part of National Alcohol Screening Day on college campuses.

National Depression Screening Survey (2004)

On October 7, 2004, the Suffolk University Counseling Center participated in National Depression Screening Day. 120 students completed anonymous surveys as part of the depression awareness program. This report provides a composite analysis of students’ individual responses to the nationally-normed questionnaire.

The Suffolk University Student: Past, Present, and Future (1970-1998)

The introductory section of this article was published in 1980 by the Counseling Center in an effort to analyze whether any significant changes had occurred in full-time freshman students over the previous decade. The data collected was also combined with similar data provided by the Office of Enrollment Management on the freshman classes of 1990 and 1998.

PUBLICATIONS

• Title: Affirmative Counseling with Transgender Individuals
  Author(s): Korell, S.C., & Lorah, M.
  Publication Source: Handbook of Counseling and Psychotherapy with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Clients, 2006.
  Publisher: American Psychological Association
• Title: Prevention and Outreach With Underserved Populations
  Author(s): Morgan, Melissa, Vera, Elizabeth, Daly, Brian, Gonzales, Rufus & Thakral, Charu
  Publication Source: Handbook for Social Justice in Counseling Psychology Leadership, Vision, and Action, 2006.
  Publisher: Sage Publications
• Title: A Successful Community Based Intervention for Addressing College Student Depression
  Author(s): Field, L.D., Elliott, M.S., & Korn, P.R.
  Publication Source: The Journal of College Student Development, January/February 2006.
• Title: Counseling and Psychotherapy in Italy: A Profession in Constant Change
  Author(s): Gemignani, Marco & Giliberto, Massimo
  Publication Source: The Journal of Mental Health Counseling - Counseling Around the World (Vol. 27, #2, 168-184) April 2005
  Publisher: The American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA) 
• Title: Counseling and Psychotherapy with Latino/Latina Clients
  Author(s): Castillo, Elisa M., Gloria, Alberta M., Ruiz, Ester L.
  Publication Source: Practicing Multiculturalism, Affirming Diversity in Counseling and Psychology, 2004.
  Publisher: Pearson Education, Inc.
• Title: Validity of Rogerian Therapy in Turkish Culture: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
  Author(s): Poyrazli, Senel
  Publication Source: The Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development (Vol. 42, #1, 107-115) Spring 2003.
• Title: Heterosexual Identity Development: A Multidimensional Model of Individual and Social Identity
  Author(s): Dillon, Frank R., Savoy, Holly B., Worthington, Roger L. & Vernaglia, Elizabeth R.
  Publication Source: The Counseling Psychologist (Vol. 30, #4, 496-531) July 2002.
• Title: The Case of a Haitian American Student
  Authors: Field, Lynda
  Publication Source: Case Studies of Brief Psychotherapy with College Students, Winter, 2001-2002.
  Publisher: Eds, Cooper, S. & Archer, J.
• Title: Providing Mental Health Services to Arab Americans: Recommendations and Considerations
  Author(s): Al-Timimi, Nada R. & Erickson, Craig D.
  Publication Source: Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology (Vol. 7, #4, 308-327) Nov. 2001.
• Title: Adjustment Issues of Turkish College Students Studying in the United States 
  Author(s): Poyrazli, Senel , Arbona, Bullington, & Pisecco
  Publication Source: College Student Journal, Winter 2000.
• Title: The One-by-One Dialogue Group Concept: Descendants of the Holocaust Meet  Descendants of the Third Reich 
  Authors: Busse, W., Emme, M., Gerut, R., and Lapidus, J.
  Journal: Journal of Humanistic Psychology, Spring 1999.
• Title: Domestic Violence in Japan
  Author: Kozu, Junko
  Journal: American Psychologist, January 1999, Volume 54, No.1, 50-54.

(revised 6/13/07)