Under the daily chaos of academia, dealing with emotional and social problems, both personal and those of loved ones, does not seem to have an adequate place in students' lives. Thanks to The House, a counseling facility on the UC Davis campus, this path of obstacles does not have to be faced alone. The House is under the administrative umbrella of the Counseling Center, and it provides drop-in hours, phone and individual peer counseling and support groups. Secondly, having such a program helps us to reach a lot of people at once, especially those who are reluctant to come by. The series concludes Wednesday with two workshops.
All workshops are free and open to anyone interested.
They are trained by professionals with degrees, so the peer counselors are quite experienced. However, the main focus of the workshop series is not only to advertise services offered by The House, but to help students in making an approach to dealing with sensitive issues. With this in mind, The House focuses on three goals. Secondly, to get across facts to students and faculty to help them learn about the information and finally, we want to teach communication skills to help their friends as well as themselves. Although counseling proves to have many benefits to both the students and the peer counselors, it also has its challenges.