While acknowledging that many resources on campus help students deal with the adjustments of college life, Koch says professional counseling services provide a vital service for students. Students are human. There is stress and pressure - all of us have vulnerabilities. And nobody's family system is perfect. Students are wounded, struggling to find out who they are, how to sort things out in their lives, and how to have meaningful relationships.
College is a huge developmental leap.
Patty Thomson is a communications specialist in the Office of Communications and Marketing at Bethel College. She and Richard, her husband, are the parents of three grown children and live in Blaine, Minnesota.