School Counselors and Border Violence Narratives

In response to the call for more crisis intervention training from the American School Counselor Association and Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs, the authors explored the experiences of professional school counselors (PSCs) with students who have experienced border violence. This was a small exploratory study of a local situation: six PSCs were interviewed in a small city on the United States/Mexico border. The study revealed student themes of family loss, trafficking, and fear, as well as PSCs’ impressions of the impact of border violence.