Attitudes towards Seeking Counseling among Midlands State University Students

Abstract

Despite, changes in culture due to globalization and world trade, Counseling still remains a foreign phenomenon amongst many students in Zimbabwe. Students at the Midlands State University were observed to be suffering from a lot of social, economic and psychological distress which lead to some of them resorting to prostitution, suicide and dropping out of university amongst other coping strategies. This was due to lack of proper guidance due to the fact that they fear to make use of the services that the university has availed for them as a result of factors like culture, stereotype and failure to understand the counseling process. 27 students were purposively selected and interviewed and the results were thematically presenting, with evidence suggesting that the counseling services are provided at the institute however misconceptions about the services make the students not to seek counseling even when in despair.