PeerNewslette OCT 2021
r Vol. 5：It’s already Halloween Month!

Health and Counseling Center
Counseling and Support Division, Peer Consultation

Next “Leisurely Peer Salon”
The theme of the next Leisurely Peer Salon will be "Let's Exercise in the Autumn of Sports!”.
The autumn wind has started to blow, and some of you may think that autumn means “sports”.
However, it's not always easy to start exercising by yourself....
So, we‘ll have an online session where we’ll watch a video and do some muscle training and stretching
exercises that even those who are not athletic can do! There will also be a time for chatting in the latter
half of the event. Let's move our bodies together to get rid of our lack of exercise and have a change ofpace (^^).

Date and Time：October29 (Fri) 13:30-15:00
Apply by：October26(Tue)For：Students at Osaka University
Preparations: Comfortable clothes, drink, towel
Please email seikatsu-stu@ml.office.osaka-u.ac.jp with your①Name, ②Student ID Number, ③Academic/Research
Dept., ④Academic Year, ⑤Contact information)(Space may be limited for event reasons)*The event will be held in Japanese.
For inquiries: 06-6850-6651Reviews on Previous Events
Leisurely Peer Salon Vol.4“Let’s Gather, Music Lovers!”
On Friday, September 10 from 1:30 p.m., thefourth Leisurely Peer Salon of the year, “Let’sGather, Music Lovers!” was held. We received
many applications for this event and had achance to casually chat with 7 students and 2
peer advisors!
We started by talking about our favorite artists
and the instruments we play, and then we talked
and shared information about various genres ofmusic, such as J-Pop and Western music,
sometimes playing them on YouTube. One ofthe participants had created an electronic
musical instrument, and it was even more
exciting when he actually played it for us!
We hope this was a place where we all could
learn and enjoy new things about music (*^^*)

Peer Station Cafe Vol.3"Consultation Meeting for All-Sortsof-Stuff for the New School Year”
On Monday, September 27th from 3:30 p.m.,
we held the third Station Cafe “Consultation
Meeting for All-Sorts-of-Stuff for the New
School Year,” where two students and two
peer advisors were able to talk in a relaxedmanner about the new school year.
In the midst of the restless days of theCOVID-19 pandemic, we all seemed to feel asense of lightness as we all shared ourdifferent thoughts and feelings about the newsemester, regardless of whether we were astudent or a peer advisor.
We hope to have another seasonal event
like this in the future, so please come andjoin us!

What is “Peer Postbox”?
Do you ever feel you have something on your mind that you can't usually ask out
loud, but still want to ask someone about? If you submit such a question using theQR code at the bottom right, Peer Advisors who are graduate students majoring inclinical psychology will think about it and answer it in a special issue of Peer
Newsletter.
Details
Examples of previous posts (partial summary) ：I can't clean my house. I
live in a dirty room
(obeya). Please cast aspell on me to help me
clean it up.

Search at Health and Counseling Center’sWebsite（https://hacc.osaka-u.ac.jp/ja/）for

After entering thegraduate school, I got
tired of the endless seriesof steps to my goal.

Although we may not be able to answer all the questions, please read thenotes carefully and feel free to bring them up.

★The next round of questions will be answered in November. (The deadline is the end of October)★

What is “Peer-Tomo*”?
(Peer sultation)?

*”Tomo” is the abbreviation of “Tomodachi” meaning “Friend(s)” in Japaneseu At the Health and Counseling Support Centerʼs Counseling and Support Division, we, “Peer-Tomo”,

offer individual consultations on all aspects of student life. Our counselors major in clinical psychology
at our Graduate School of Human Sciences. They are graduate students themselves acting as yourPeer Advisors(counselors) along with instructors.
u We handle various student life issues related to, not only school work, academic path,interpersonal relationship worries, etc., but also cult organizations, consumer troubles, student group
activities, financial troubles, and so on.
u We also hold “Peer Station Café” and “Leisurely Peer Salon” events monthly or bimonthly, where
you can interact with fellow students through the sharing of common experiences. It provides a place
where fellow students can interact with each other through sharing an experience different from thedaily norm.
u In addition, "Peer Postbox" is held on an irregular basis, where we call for casual “posts" on Google
Form, and peer advisors reply to them in the peer newsletters.
*Not taking any new cases inOpen Hours, Locations, and Contact Information August and September, 2021
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Suita Campus✿ Mental Wellness Check ✿□It is hard to wake up in the morning.
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refreshed.
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around me.
□I have continued unexplained pains such asContact（06） 6850 – 6651
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headaches or backaches.
□My room hasn’t been tidied.
□It feels like a bother to go to school.

ToyonakaSuita□I can’t readily make decision on anything.
□Times when I feel irritated or anxious haveincreased.
□I have an unusually strong appetite or loss ofappetite.
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hectic days, please try listening to that little voice
inside your heart.