Sacheon City Takes First Step Toward Healthy Peer Culture... Holds Peer Counseling Project Briefing

Annual Operational Plan and System Overview for Peer Counseling Teachers at Elementary, Middle, and High Schools

The Sacheon Youth Counseling and Welfare Center, part of the Sacheon City Welfare and Youth Foundation in South Gyeongsang Province, held the '2026 Youth Violence Prevention Peer Counseling Project Briefing' on May 20, with around 20 peer counseling teachers from elementary, middle, and high schools in the area in attendance.

'Peer counseling' is a youth-participatory counseling program in which young people of similar age, experiences, and values receive specific education and training, then share their concerns with peers and help them solve problems together.

[Photo by Sacheon City] Sacheon City Youth Counseling and Welfare Center is conducting the '2026 Youth Violence Prevention Peer Counseling Project Briefing' for peer counseling teachers at elementary, middle, and high schools in the area.

Based on empathy and support among peers, peer counseling helps foster healthy relationships and plays a positive role in preventing school violence.

The briefing session covered the operational direction for peer counseling in 2026, the annual business plan, an overview of the peer counseling system, and the main projects of the Youth Counseling and Welfare Center.

The Sacheon Youth Counseling and Welfare Center plans to continue collaborating with local schools to provide ongoing support for peer counseling operations, organize peer counseling association activities, and run a peer counseling activities week, along with various other programs.

Meanwhile, the Sacheon Youth Counseling and Welfare Center—supported by Sacheon City—offers a variety of counseling and welfare services for at-risk youth to promote their healthy development and psychological stability, including individual counseling, sand play therapy, psychological assessments, a youth companion program, and intensive clinics for high-risk youth.

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