Location: Suite 214 Page Building, West Campus
(next to the Chapel)
Telephone: 660-1000
Hours: Mon-Fri 8-5
IF A STUDENT'S CONCERN REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ATTENTION, THIS SITUATION SHOULD BE MADE KNOWN TO THE SECRETARY, AND EVERY EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO ARRANGE FOR A COUNSELOR TO TALK WITH THE STUDENT IMMEDIATELY.
Counseling and Psychological Services provides a coordinated and comprehensive range of counseling and psychological services to meet the unique needs of individual students.
Services include evaluation and brief counseling/ psychotherapy regarding personal concerns of a wide variety. These include family, social, academic, and sexual matters. The professional staff is composed of psychologists, clinical social workers, and psychiatrists who are experienced in working with young adults. Individual, couples, group counseling, and psychotherapy are utilized in helping students resolve their concerns once the student and staff member have identified together the most helpful alternative. Some CAPS staff who are trained as professional career counselors offer counseling for career indecision through the Career Center.
CAPS also offers time-limited seminars and groups focusing on personal issues. These groups have the advantage of pooling resources and support while at the same time teaching skills. Themes addressed by groups in the past have included coping with stress, understanding and enhancing relationships, and overcoming eating disorders. Support groups have also been offered for students in special circumstances. New groups can be developed to meet student needs.
CAPS is available to the entire university community for consultation and educational activities regarding student and mental health issues. Offices with which CAPS has liaisons include the Career Development Center, Residential Life, Student Health, Religious Life, and the Women's Center. CAPS also provides consultation and programming for student groups such as resident advisors, first-year-student advisory counselors, and peer health educators.
Standardized testing is administered for the university by CAPS, including graduate and professional school admission tests such as the LSAT, MCAT, and GRE.
CAPS maintains a policy of strict confidentiality concerning information about each student's contact with CAPS staff members. Such information can be released, however, with the student's specific written authorization. If appropriate, a referral may be made to other staff members or a variety of local resources including multidisciplinary mental health professionals in private practice and clinic settings.
Services are available to all undergraduate, graduate, professional, and allied health students who pay the Student Health fee. There are no additional costs for these services.