To teenagers, teachers and guidance counsellors can sometimes seem distant or uncaring. The thought of confiding, even to friends, can be terrifying. Enter peer helpers. Specially trained student volunteers, peer helpers lend an understanding ear to teens facing personal problems. In the process, they learn about empathy and improve their own social skills. In over 6,000 Canadian schools, peer helping programs have been successfully training kids to help each other overcome everything from nagging personal problems to full-blown crises. This eye-opening portrait of a group of peer helpers follows volunteers from two Ottawa-area high schools. From one-on-one help to school-wide awareness meetings, Someone To Talk To captures the achievements and disappointments of a year of peer helping.