PeerNewsletter

Health and Counseling Center
Counseling and Support Division, Peer Consultation

NOV 2021

Vol. 6: Deepening Autumn
Next Leisurely Peer Salon
It's been 6 weeks since the second semester started! Take a break!:What do you actually think of face-to-face classes after a long while?
It's been a month and a half since the second semester started, but how are you doing? To some of you,it may have been a while since you've had a face-to-face class!
Whether you have any thoughts on this change in class format or not, please feel free to take a shortbreak and come talk with us!
＊Participants may be personally asked to speak as well. We will try to create an atmosphere where you
can talk with the staff and other participants in an easy-going way, but with a little courage from yourself.

Date and Time: November 15, 2021 (Mon) Apply By: November 11, (Thu)
For: Osaka University Students Preparations: Nothing special
Please email seikatsu-stu@ml.office.osaka-u.ac.jp with your ①Name, ②Student ID
Number, ③Academic/Research Dept., ④Academic Year, ⑤Contact information)(Spacemay be limited for event reasons)＊If you would like to participate remotely (Toyonaka), please let us know when you apply. Youcan join ZOOM from the Campus Counseling and Support Division’s Meeting Room at Toyonaka.
This is recommended for those who would like to participate between classes in Toyonaka.
*The event will be held in Japanese.
For inquiries：06-6850-6651

Next Peer Station Café
The end of the year 2021 is fast approaching. Face-to-face communications, all sorts of end-of thesemester stuff, and the still lingering effects of COVID-19... Possibly, there are a lot of things that you feeland think, but you can't talk about them with others, and you have been "keeping it all to myself"...?You may
be thinking, "It's hard to keep it all to myself...", "Why do I feel that way?", or "I want to talk to someone alittle bit...".
Therefore, the fourth Peer Station Café this year will focus on the theme of "keeping things to yourself". We
may not be able to find a quick solution, but let's casually discuss topics related to this theme! We would
also like to share psychological knowledge and information about the counseling services on campus thatmay be able to help you. Please feel free to join us!

Date and Time: November 26, 2021 (Fri)
Apply By: November 22, (Mon)For: Osaka University Students Preparations: Nothing special
Place: Health and Counseling Center, Counseling and Support Division's Meeting Roomat Toyonaka (#304 in Student Service and Union Building)Please email seikatsu-stu@ml.office.osaka-u.ac.jp with your ①Name, ②Student ID
Number, ③Academic/Research Dept., ④Academic Year, ⑤Contact information) (Spacemay be limited for event reasons)*The event will be held in Japanese.
For inquiries: 06-6850-6651＊If you would like to participate remotely, please let us know when you register.

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) ：Search at Health and Counseling Center’sWebsite（https://hacc.osaka-u.ac.jp/ja/）forI can't clean my house. I
live in a dirty room(obeya). Please cast aspell on me to help meclean it up.

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 December. (The deadline is the end of November)★

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, whereyou 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 Google
Form, and peer advisors reply to them in the peer newsletters.

Open Hours, Locations, and Contact Information
Toyonaka Campus✿ Mental Wellness Check ✿Suita Campus□It is hard to wake up in the morning.
□Though I believe I slept well, I don’t feelHours

13 : 00 ～ 17 : 00

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

https://hacc.osaka-u.ac.jp

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