Peer Counseling

Peer counseling programs give students meaningful ways to participate in the delivery of health care and wellness activities. Through involvement with these programs, students gain knowledge and experience, enhance interpersonal skills, and develop new relationships.

Peer counselors offer telephone and drop-in hours, as well as referrals for medical care, psychotherapy, and other services when appropriate.  They listen and respond in a non-judgmental way to a variety of concerns common to other students.  Coming from various backgrounds and ethnic groups themselves, the peer counselors realize that each person's experience is unique and reflects differences in class, culture, ethnicity, gender, race, and sexual orientation.  All student volunteers receive training and ongoing supervision from the staffs at the Bureau of Study Counsel and HUHS professional staff, and confidentiality and anonymity are guaranteed.