Welcome to the Peer Coaching Program! Peer Coaching was developed by the Center for Mental Health Care and Resources (CMHCR) to offer an innovative way to help Georgia Tech students achieve their personal, social, and academic goals. Peer coaches are students who have been trained in fundamental helping skills by professional staff at CMHCR. Our coaches are here to meet with GT students for weekly one-on-one coaching sessions to provide support, help you work toward your goals, and give you space to express yourself and think through your challenges. This program gives students the chance to get help from someone who really “gets it,” who understands what it’s like to be a student at Tech. Students often report that they benefit from having someone to talk to who is outside their immediate circle. If you are interested in working with a peer coach, please click Connect with a Peer Coach at the bottom of this page.
Is Peer Coaching Right For You?
Peer coaches are not trained therapists, but rather fellow students here to support you and help you work towards your goals. Is coaching right for you? Consider how you are functioning: Are you generally doing fine and holding up well, but maybe there is one issue or area of your life in which you are looking to improve, grow, or develop better habits and skills? Or perhaps things are “good, but not great,” and you could just use someone to talk to and get support from? If so, you would likely benefit from coaching.
If you are experiencing significant anxiety, depression, or other mental health concerns and are not able to function properly, whether it be in the classroom, at work, in your relationships or maybe all of the above, you might be best served by meeting with one of the CMHCR staff.
Peer Coaching Can Help You
- Learn stress management skills
- Fight procrastination and improve study strategies
- Learn how to communicate your needs
- Improve self-confidence
- Increase your support system
- Work through issues in relationships and friendships
- Get help adjusting to Georgia Tech
... Or maybe you just need someone to talk to!
Peer Coaching IS:
- One-on-one support with another Georgia Tech student
- Help with working towards personal, academic, and social goals
- Guidance for navigating life as Tech student
Peer Coaching Is NOT:
- Individual therapy or a replacement for individual therapy
- Treatment for mental disorders
- A college-specific peer mentoring program
- Tutoring
- Career or major advising