Multicultural peer counseling: counseling the multicultural student

Knowledge, use of and attitudes towards peer support: a 2-year follow-up to the Prince's Trust survey

“…Though the immediate work of support is done by peer helpers, adults retain a supportive and supervisory role without imposing solutions. The most common forms of peer support are befriending (Demetriades, 1996;Abu-Rasain and Williams, 1999;Ortega and del Rey, 1999;Menesini et al, 2002), mediation/conflict resolution (O ¨sterman et al, 1997;Stacey and Robinson, 1997;Cunningham et al, 1998), mentoring (Topping and Ehly, 1998;Frisz, 1999) and counselling-based approaches (Cartwright, 1996;Naylor, 2000).…”

Mental Health in College Populations: A Multidisciplinary Review of What Works, Evidence Gaps, and Paths Forward

“…In one study from the 1980s, a counseling program training ethnic minority students to be support agents and referral resources was not successful beyond promoting professional development among the student leaders (Stokes et al, 1988). Another program training multicultural peer advisors (through two sequential three-credit courses) at a diverse commuter college provides a model of peer training focused both on counseling techniques and multicultural sensitivity but was not evaluated (Frisz, 1999). Further research is needed to confirm the promise of interpersonal programs for promoting mental health and preventing and treating mental illness among diverse and historically marginalized student groups (Dubovi & Sawyer, 2018).…”