What We Have To Offer

Peer Listeners have a variety of services:

Currently, we operate out of the Counseling Office at 502 Boyer Avenue (next to the Health Center).

For current hours, please contact the Counseling Center or the Co-coordinators of Peer Listeners.

Many Peer Listeners also have placards posted outside their rooms, so feel free to stop by and talk!

Resource Guide

Another important function of the Peer Listeners is a referral service to campus offices and Walla Walla agencies that can assist with a problem. We have compiled a campus directory in order to aid people. Please feel free to browse by clicking below.

Campus Resource Guide

Links

Below we have listed a few excellent links. They can provide more information on specific issues or topics. If you know of a specific link that you think we should know about, please contact us.

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.

University of Chicago Virtual Pamphlet Collection
The University of Chicago's Virtual Pamphlet Collection includes a wide variety of information on a wide range of mental health subjects. An excellent resource.

Yahoo!'s Mental Health Directory
A large directory of various mental health information sources.

Active Minds On Campus Resource
This Website is important as a reference since we would like to adopt some of this organizations values and practices.

National Mental Health Information Center
Helpful reading topics.

Help Guide
Emotional and Psychological help topics.

National Institute of Mental Health
A resource to help reduce the burden of mental illness.

Documentation and Downloads

The Whitman Peer Listeners have developed several documents and downloads that may be of particular interest. Below is a brief description of each document for your perusal. Just click the link to view them.

Peer Listening Handbook
This resource can be valuable for Peer Listeners and anyone interested in learning listening skills. This handbook was recently revamped to better serve the user.

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 will really be out on their own. So, 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 also, when they come home for the first time.

Stress Management
This program was actually put on by the director of the Counseling Center, Rich Jacks. Click to read the notes from his presentation.

Crisis Numbers for Help or Information

Girls & Boys Town National Hotline- Call With any Problem, Anytime 24/7

1-800-448-3000

TTY: 1-800-448-1833

USA National Suicide Hotlines- Toll-Free/24 hours/7 days a week

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- Free.Confidential.24/7

1-800-656-HOPE

National Domestic Violence Hotline

1-800-799-SAFE(7233)

TTY: 1-800-787-3224