“…In a two-part study over three years, Lucas (2012) first compared three groups of non-urgent undergraduate clients: no-show first session (n = 492); stopped before improvement (n = 396), and counseling completers (n = 1,042), and found that completers compared to the other two groups, reported at intake higher levels of confidence that counseling will help, degree of well-being, and life functioning. Study 2 (Lucas, 2012) focused on students (n = 75) who received at least eight counseling sessions and found that students who rated themselves as highly distressed (n = 47) versus less distressed (n = 28) at intake reported the most benefits. Kopta et al (2014) Using a smaller sample of 20 matched-over-three time-periods non-urgent clients, Blau, DiMino, Abreu, and LeLeux-LaBarge (in press-b) found that levels of mental distress and mental health concerns significantly declined, while life satisfaction significantly increased.…”