This guide offers insight for any professional working with college student-athletes, including university-based and private practice counselors and psychologists, student service
professionals, CHAMPS/Life Skills coordinators, and coaches and athletic trainers. It can also be used as a supplemental text for graduate students in counseling and psychology. Continuing
themes throughout the book are the importance of working ethically, the importance of being aware of biases, and understanding obstacles students face to receiving counseling. The book begins
with an overview of the stressors faced by college student-athletes, then discusses specific populations, such as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, and questioning (GLBTQ) student-athletes
and African-American students-athletes, and specific problems, such as eating disorders, learning disabilities, injury and disability, and alcohol and drug use. Etzel teaches sport psychology
and serves as the psychologist for the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics at West Virginia University. Annotation 穢2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
