REACH Peer Program

What do REACH Peers do?

Support and coach individual students to improve their mental health:

• Peers meet with clients any number of times, up to once per week, for 30-45 minutes
• See Modules tab for the menu of skills options. Good stuff!
• Peers are great active listeners and available for basic emotional support also.
• Peers are like a personal trainer or tutor for your mental health!

Offer multiple mental health outreaches each year:

• 4 campus-wide events that increase awareness of CAPS services, de-stigmatize mental health, and teach skills.
• Multiple smaller mental health outreach events, activities, and tabling as requested to CAPS. Let us help you!
• At outreaches, students choose a skill and participate in a brief activity with a Peer. Then they get to pick a prize!
• At Stress Busts, there are also trained therapy animals, games, and art tables to help students de-stress.

Follow REACH Peers on Instagram @usureachpeer where you can see what mental health-related events are happening on campus & get great tips!

Since 1995, the REACH Peer program has been in place at USU to assist the Utah State University Counseling and Prevention Services Center (CAPS) in their work with the campus community. From the program’s inception, graduates from the Peer program have moved on to success in graduate programs and helping professions of all kinds, enriched by the unique opportunities provided by the program.

Schedule an Appointment Meet our REACH Peers Modules Interested in becoming a REACH Peer?