PeerNewsletter

Health and Counseling Center
Counseling and Support Division, Peer Consultation

SEP 2021

Vol.4：It is already September, isn’t it?!
Next “Leisurely Peer Salon”
The theme of the next “Leisurely Peer Salon” will be “Let‘s gather, Music Lovers!”
We are sure many of you enjoy music in your daily life. There must be many people who listen to
their favorite or trendy songs while commuting to school or studying, or who play musicalinstruments as a hobby or lesson. (By the way, one of us the Peer Advisors started learning to play
the piano last spring, which she'd wanted to do since she was a child, and this is her second year)
On the other hand, in the past year or two, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we imagine that there are somepeople who are frustrated as it has been difficult to go to karaoke, or for those who belong to clubs andcircles, to not able to hold live concerts and performances as they would like...(TT)Although we have been in a situation where it is somewhat difficult to fully enjoy music, we would like toinvite people who are fond of music in various ways to participate in the next Peer Salon (^^).
Let's have some fun together, chatting casually about the music you like!
Date and Time： September 10 (Fri) 13:30-15:00
Apply by： September 7 (Tue)For： Students at Osaka University
Preparations: Nothing special*The
event will ③Academic/Research
be held in Japanese.
Please email seikatsu-stu@ml.office.osaka-u.ac.jp with your ①Name, ②Student
ID Number,
Dept., ④Academic Year, ⑤Contact information)(Space may be limited for event reasons)
For inquiries: 06-6850-6651

Reviews on Previous Events

Leisurely Peer Salon Vol.3"Let's share what we got into
during our 'stays-at-home.' "On Wednesday, August 25, from 1:30 p.m., weheld the third Leisurely Peer Salon of the year. The
theme this time was "Let's share what we got into
during our 'stays-at-home,' " and we had a casualchat with one student and two peer advisors!
Although the number of people was small, thepeer advisors enjoyed listening to the many storiesof the student who was interested in various things
such as reading, games, and cooking! It was anopportunity even for us to gain new insights andstimulation, feeling like “I didn't know there weresuch hobbies and ways to spend time!" (^^). We
are happy for the student if the event was a
motivation to start something new or an opportune
diversion.

Peer Station Cafe Vol.2"Perfectionists, Let's Get
Together!"
On Thursday, July 29, from 3:30 p.m., we held our
second Peer Station Cafe of the year. The theme
this time was “Perfectionists, Let‘s Get Together!”and it was attended by three interested students
and two peer advisors.
The motivations for their participation, they told us,were: "I think I'm a perfectionist and I want to know
more about it," and "I don't know anyone around me
who is like me," etc. In addition to the chat with theparticipants and the mini, psychology-based lecture
on perfectionism, we also did some work to
examine our own ideas and thoughts. All threeparticipants seemed to have gained a lotof insights in a short time, and we are happy
if they were able to learn, even a little bit,more about perfectionism!

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 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 October. (The deadline is the end of September)★

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 psycholo gy
at our Graduate School of Human Sciences. They a re graduate students the mselves acting a s 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” e vents monthly or bimonthly, whereyou can interact with fellow students through the sharing o f common expe riences. It provides a place
where fellow students can interact with each othe r through sharing an experience different from thedaily norm.
◆ In addition, "Peer Postbox" is held on an irregular basis, whe re we call for casual “posts" on Google
Form, and peer advisors reply to them in the peer newsletters.

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