PeerNewsletter

Health and Counseling Center
Counseling and Support Division, Peer Consultation

MAY 2021

Vol.2： Spring Blossoms,
Circle of Activities Expands
What are “Peer Station Café”
and “Leisurely Peer Salon”?
As we reported in the April issue, this issue contains more details about two types ofevents that our peer advisors are planning and running! *Currently conducted mainly by Zoom

Leisurely Peer Salon

Peer Station Café

We gather according to the theme of each meeting toexchange opinions and share information. The peeradvisors may introduce (psychological) techniques andknowledge, or all of us may make something together. We
would be happy if you can find some relief, new discoveries,
or new ways of thinking through the Station Café.

Compared to the Station Cafe, this is an event to enjoy"relaxed" socializing, where people with the samehabits(?) can get together, talk about what they like, andso on. We run this event as a “conversation lounge” whereeach participant can talk freely.

Themes from the previous events:

Themes from the previous events:

Time management

How to proceed inresearch

How to deal with ‘lab’ stuff

Hi, int’l students!

Self-introduction MasterProcrastinators

We love manga!
Let’s talk aboutanything!

Let’s sharewhat we love
Married students w/ orw/o child(ren)Search on Health and Counseling Center’s website（https://hacc.osaka-u.ac.jp/ja/）forDetails onpastevents

Notice of NEXT Peer Station Café 2021 Vol.1 Peer Station Café

Let’s Talk about Anything about the “New School Year”!

It has been about two months since the start of the new school year. What kind of changes have you experienced
in your environment? At this time of the year, when we get used to the new year and relax a little, we can take abreather, but at the same time, it is also a time when we start to feel the fatigue of the past months and our moods
tend to waver (so-called “May sickness”). In particular, university life under the conditions of COVID-19 has its own
difficulties. Don‘t you feel like “I feel depressed because I spend so much time alone at home”, “I don’t
understand XX, but I have no idea who to ask”, “I don‘t feel comfortable in online classes”, or “I just want totalk with someone”?
At this year's first Peer Station Café, we will share our questions, concerns, thoughts and feelings about thenew year, and try to find clues to a better university life together. Please feel free to join us!
●Date & Time: May 28, 2021(Fri) 13:30～15:00 *The event will be held in Japanese.

●For: Osaka University Students (Non-freshmen are welcome, too!)●Place: Web Meeting Service “Zoom” (Details after sign-up)●Preparations: None
●Application: Please email seikatsu-stu@ml.office.osaka-u.ac.jp with your Name,
Academic/Research Dept., Academic Year, Student ID Number, and Contact informationby May 26 (Wed)(Please notify us upon sign-up if you are not confident in conversation on Zoom)●For inquiries: 06‐6850‐6651

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 PeerNewsletter.
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 meclean 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 July. (The deadline is the end of June)★

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

*”Tomo” is the abbreviation of “Tomodachi” meaning “Friend(s)” in Japanese At the Health and Counseling Support Center’s 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.
 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.
 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.
 In addition, "Peer Postbox" is held on an irregular basis, where we call for casual “posts" on GoogleForm, and peer advisors reply to them in the peer newsletters.
Zoom, phone, and in-person

available fromOpen Hours, Locations, and Contact Information consultations
OCT (Reservation required)

Toyonaka Campus

Suita Campus✿ Mental Wellness Check ✿□It is hard to wake up in the morning.
□Though I believe I slept well, I don’t feel

13 : 00 ～ 17 : 00

Hours

refreshed.

ThuDaysMon, Wed, FriContact（06） 6850 – 6651
campuslifekenkou-peer@office.osaka-u.ac.jp□I am told that my face seems pale by othersaround me.
□I have continued unexplained pains such as
headaches or backaches.
□My room hasn’t been tidied.
□It feels like a bother to go to school.
□I can’t readily make decision on anything.

ToyonakaSuita□Times when I feel irritated or anxious haveincreased.
□I have an unusually strong appetite or loss ofappetite.
How many of these apply to you? During theseStudent Service and Union, 3rd Floor

Cybermedia Suita Educational
Training Center, 2nd Floor

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hectic days, please try listening to that little voice
inside your heart.