The Peer Counseling Program at WIU is designed to provide comprehensive support and resources to students facing various challenges. We take a holistic approach to well-being and recognize the central ...

There is strong interest on college campuses for scaling up peer support as a mental-health resource for students. But more research is needed to establish guidelines for the programs — in light of ...

Multiple peer counseling groups at the College have teamed up to provide virtual group support services for undergraduates this semester after discontinuing one-on-one sessions. The groups developed ...

College students expressed their desire for peer mental health counseling on campus, which, with the right training for peer counselors, could help lighten the load for campus mental health services.

One in five undergraduates uses peer counseling for mental health support, according to a new survey of more than 2,000 U.S. college students. Two-thirds say they have faced a mental health challenge ...

As a first-year student at Boston College in 2020, Ella Snyder recalls feeling isolated and being anxious about the university’s restrictions to decrease spread of the coronavirus. “I was very worried ...

An Indianapolis-based peer counseling group is taking steps to make sure Johnson County residents don’t have to be alone in their battle against cancer. When Franklin resident Tammy Etter faced breast ...

If you or someone you know may be considering suicide, contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 (En Español: 1-888-628-9454; Deaf and Hard of Hearing: 1-800-799-4889) or the ...

Thank you for your interest in the Division of Financial Aid Peer Counselor program at Purdue University in West Lafayette. We will be hiring new Peers to begin working in May 2026. We are looking for ...

Amid widespread mental health issues that have led to nearly a third of juniors in the Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District to consider suicide, the school is looking to peer counselors, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The investigators aimed to determine the efficacy of a brief, transdiagnostic, peer-delivered intervention plus ...

Teens want to be with people their own age - their peers. During their adolescent years, teens and tweens often spend more time with their peers than with their parents. Through their peer ...