ABSTRACT
African American students seek counseling services for the same kinds of problems as other students. These may include transient adjustment difficulties (e.g., homesickness, relationship problems, roommate conflict, and so on), or more significant threats to maturation such as eating disorders, major depression, and substance abuse. Regardless of the presenting problem, concerns pertinent to the African American student's racial identity are likely to surface in the therapeutic relationship. Therefore, it is incumbent upon college mental health workers to be aware that race interacts with normal psychological development in complex ways that are relevant to the delivery of ethical and competent mental health services.
