peer counselor
Fellow student helper
A peer counselor is someone who provides emotional support or guidance to others facing similar circumstances—a recovering addict counseling other addicts, a student helping fellow students navigate academic stress.
The shared experience is central: peer counselors draw credibility from having been through what their clients face.
The campus peer counselors helped freshmen adjust to college life.
- mentorTrusted wisdom-giving advisor
- active listeningFocused, responsive attention to speech
- listenerOne who attends aurally
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- support groupGathering for mutual encouragement
confidant · empathy · heart to heart · guidance · trust · safe space · student · helper · helping hand · advocate · mental health · understanding · friend · one on one · advice · compassion · sharing · youth
- helpersnurse, helper, volunteer, aide, assistant
- community helperssocial worker, community organizer, community liaison, volunteer coordinator, case manager
- Youth Staffcamp director, youth worker, youth pastor, youth minister, troop leader
- supportersfan, patron, supporters, backers, backer
- therapiststherapist, physical therapist, occupational therapist, speech therapist, psychiatrist
- volunteer workvolunteering, fundraising, food pantry, food bank, outreach
peer counselorlicensed therapist
Certified mental health provider
clinical psychologist · psychiatrist · psychoanalyst · medical doctor · attending physician
peer counselorcounselee
One receiving guidance
client · patient · help-seeker · advisee
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