College is a time of pressure, change and decision making. The mission of CAPS is to provide quality counseling and mental health services to enhance your success and intellectual, social and personal growth. Counselors and psychologists work with students to help improve self-awareness and understanding as well as to improve skills for handling difficult situations.
All information is kept confidential and separate from medical and academic records.
CAPS offers individual and group counseling for a wide range of personal problems that confront students. The scope, intensity and duration of these concerns vary and may include anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts, sleep and eating disturbances, identity problems, loss of motivation, difficulty coping, sexual concerns, relationship problems and substance abuse. In addition, counseling groups focusing on a variety of issues are offered for students with similar concerns and may include support groups for students with learning disabilities, eating disorders, depression, relationship problems, sexual trauma, adult children of alcoholics and for gays and lesbians. Individual counseling is time-limited but group counseling participation is not. Testing is available to assess learning disabilities and attention deficit disorder as well as to aid in the diagnosis of problems of a more psychological nature.