{"id":31184,"date":"2026-05-13T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/?post_type=oasis-news&#038;p=31184"},"modified":"2026-05-14T08:00:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T00:00:28","slug":"the-living-room-is-now-open","status":"publish","type":"oasis-news","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/oasis-news\/the-living-room-is-now-open\/","title":{"rendered":"The Living Room is now open"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Reading time: 2 minutes.<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>University can be a lot, with assessment deadlines, homesickness, friendships, relationships, and everything in between.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/personal-support\/counselling-wellbeing\/living-room\/\"><strong>The Living Room<\/strong><\/a> is a relaxed, drop-in space where you can chat, de-stress, and find support (even if you\u2019re not sure what you need yet).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can talk things through with trained Peer Support Advisors, current students who get the ups and downs of university life, because they are living it too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>No appointment. No referral. Just drop in.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>When:<\/strong> 10am\u20132pm, Monday to Friday (during semester)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Where:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/campusmap.curtin.edu.au\/bentley\/?poi=793730\"><strong>Building 104.113<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-intro-font-size\"><strong>Why go to The Living Room?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You don\u2019t have to wait until things feel \u201cserious\u201d or \u201cbad enough\u201d to come in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If something feels stressful, that\u2019s enough. If you seek help early, you can stop it getting worse.&nbsp;The longer you wait to get help, the worse the impact&nbsp;on your wellbeing and studies could be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You might choose to drop in if:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Something feels off and you\u2019re not sure why<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You\u2019ve been trying to figure things out on your own<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It\u2019s starting to impact your day-to-day life or studies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You just want to feel a bit more on top of things<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-intro-font-size\"><strong>What happens when you walk in?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can take it at your pace and:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Chat with a Peer Support Advisor about study stress, life stuff, relationships, or anything on your mind<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Make sense of what\u2019s going on and what you might need<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Take time out to reset if things feel overwhelming<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Connect with other students and build a sense of community<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Learn about support services at 911±¬ÁÏÍø and beyond<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Join low-key activities or spend time with visiting therapy dogs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Important:<\/strong> The Living Room isn\u2019t a crisis service. If you or someone you know is in high distress and needs immediate help, use the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/personal-support\/health\/emergencies\/\"><strong>Emergencies and after hours help<\/strong><\/a> options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get to know The Living Room: a relaxed, drop-in space where you can chat, de-stress, and find support (even if you\u2019re not sure what you need yet). | Reading time: 2 mins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4412,"featured_media":31185,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"5233,5764,4626,4856,6196,4660","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","wds_primary_oasis-categories":0,"footnotes":""},"oasis-categories":[],"class_list":["post-31184","oasis-news","type-oasis-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"post_options":{"":null,"banner":{"image":false}}},"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/P1115879-1920x500.jpg","author_meta":{"first_name":"Louis","last_name":"Humberstone","display_name":"Louis Humberstone"},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-22 19:33:56","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"oasis-categories","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news\/31184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oasis-news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news\/31184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"oasis-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-categories?post=31184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}