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CAPS remains open during the Pandemic. However, our services are 100% virtual due to safety considerations of our community. These services include tele-counseling, crisis support, and virtual outreach.

Our Virtual Front Desk is open and ready to help support you -- staff members are available throughout the day to assist you with your needs (Monday-Friday 8am-5pm) and can be reached by email at: caps-uofm@umich.edu. CAPS After Hours remains an option for urgent support when CAPS is not open.

CAPS is committed to creating an environment based on our values of multicultural, multi-disciplinary and multi-theoretical practices that allow our diverse student body to access care, receive high quality services and take positive pathways to mental health. We also strive to find creative ways of reaching out to students and the UM community to nurture and develop a proactive, renewed sense of engagement throughout the campus.

Finding Your Community Provider (Database Included)

Most students who come into CAPS receive clinical services in the form of individual counseling, group counseling, or workshops, but sometimes CAPS will collaborate with a student to receive their counseling in the community. This decision may happen in the Initial Consultation, ongoing counseling appointments, or through work with CAPS Case Management staff. In the event that CAPS supports you with finding counseling in the community, you might be wondering, what do I do next. Thats a great question and you've come to the right place for answers.

Helping a Student in Distress

Students dealing with personal concerns and in distress typically show some outward signs that they are struggling in some way. All of us experience life’s “ups and down,” but ongoing and/or intensified distress may suggest a more serious concern. There are different levels of distress and these can be represented through a continuum. How you go about helping a student will depend on several factors such as: their level of distress, the nature of your relationship, the type of setting you are in, and your comfort level.

SilverCloud Interactive Mental Health Resource

While so many students are in remote locations (in Ann Arbor or elsewhere in the country and world), in different time zones, etc, CAPS would like to highlight SilverCloud as a helpful resource. This resource can be accessed 24/7 and can be used whenever you want, have the time, at your own pace, etc. We highly recommend use of this as we start our Sp/Sum terms online.

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For Online and Hybrid Program Students

While there can be many benefits to being an Online and/or Hybrid Program student, there can also be unique challenges including adjustment, time management, motivation, lonliness, and many more. Students who are enrolled but are not able to access CAPS services on campus can still benefit from CAPS providing the following supports:

Sexualized Violence

Sexual violence does not discriminate. Both survivors and perpetrators come from all genders, cultures, races, ethnicities, sexual orientations, socio-economic status, and religions. Sexual violence is defined as any unwanted sexual contact or interaction and can include:

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Finding Your Community Provider (Database Included)

Helping a Student in Distress

SilverCloud Interactive Mental Health Resource

For Online and Hybrid Program Students

Sexualized Violence

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