Resources
In addition to office hours and our unoffical sessions as Peer Listeners, we have compiled this list of mental health resources.
Documents
Peer Listeners Handbook
Peer Listening training is based on this handbook. You can download and print your own copy from here.
Listening to and Understanding Your College Student
This is a copy of the script for a program that the Peer Listeners use for Whitman Family Weekend. Many times when students leave home for the first time to head to school, it is the first time that they are really out on their own. The Peer Listeners have prepared this workshop to examine some of the issues that may confront parents and students when their son or daughter heads off to school and when they come home for the first time.
Links
- Whitman College Counseling Center
The Whitman College Counseling Center includes a selection of links for self help, as well as information about the services that the center provides and how to make appointments. - The Student Counseling Virtual Pamphlet Collection
- National Mental Health Information Center
- Helpguide.org
Information for mental and physical well-being. - National Institute of Mental Health
- Dailystrength.org
Online support groups for many different issues. - But You Don't Look Sick
Resources and support for people with "invisible" conditions.
24 Hour Hotlines
- The Trevor Helpline
Crisis and suicide prevention for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth.
1-866-4-U-TREVOR
1-866-488-7386
- USA National Suicide Hotlines
1-800-SUICIDE or 1-800-784-2433
1-800-273-TALK or 1-800-273-8255
TTY: 1-800-799-4TTY (4889) - GLBT National Hotline
Peer Counseling for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Individuals
1-888-THE-GLNH or 1-888-843-4564 - National Sexual Assault Hotline
1-800-656-HOPE - National Domestic Violence Hotline
1-800-799-SAFE(7233)
TTY: 1-800-787-3224