Resources

In addition to office hours and our unofficial 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.
• Helpguide.org
  Information for mental and physical well-being.
• National Institute of Mental Health
• 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 Prevention Lifeline
  1-800-273-TALK or 1-800-273-8255
• 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