About the Peer Listeners

Whitman Peer Listeners is a student run organization through the Whitman College Counseling Center. The first part of our mission is to improve mental health on campus by being a resource available for students to come to in times of need. We lend ourselves as resources to the student body by being trained in a variety of areas including listening skills, crisis management, and problem solving. We have an office located in the Counseling Center (502 Boyer Ave.) but do not currently hold Office Hours. However, we do provide a list of active members in the Photogallery, any of which are always happy to listen, just shoot them an email or find them on campus! We try and serve as an open network and community to ALL students!

The second part of our mission is programming and awareness. The Peer Listeners sponsor programs throughout the academic year that promote mental well-being and stress relief. Beyond programming and stress relief we also like to raise awareness on campus about the fact that everyone has issues at some point or another and everyone could use a little help. By raising awareness of certain issues, we hope that the campus becomes more tolerant as well as more sensitive to certain issues that may occur on the Whitman Campus more than one might think.

We also now have a peer led Depression Support group for any student to come and get support for current or past issues surrounding the topic of Depression. This is not a formally structured Peer Listeners meeting, instead it is important to keep this group as a solely peer led session, focused on sharing stories and listening to others. This group is advertised around campus as well as on the listservs and usually meets bimonthly on Saturdays.

If there are programs you would like to see or any questions you have, please contact us!

We'd love to hear what kinds of programs could help relieve stress or raise awareness here at Whitman.

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