Due to the COVID 19 global pandemic, CAPS has made adjustments to services based on recommendations from UM and the CDC to support the physical safety of our community. CAPS remains open, however our services are 100% virtual. CAPS staff remain actively engaged in supporting the mental health needs of UM students through tele-counseling, crisis support, and virtual outreach. We encourage all students to monitor UM updates HERE. We also strongly encourage all students to take steps to protect themselves from illness.
Students can initiate clinical services at CAPS from wherever they are in the country.
Click here to start counseling at CAPS
For questions about CAPS services, please email our Virtual Front Desk* at the following address: caps-uofm@umich.edu.
*The CAPS Virtual Front Desk is available to receive emails 24/7, but will respond to your email between 8am-5pm Monday-Friday. For urgent/crisis needs, please call CAPS After Hours.
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- During this Initial Consultation (IC), you can expect to:
- Discuss the concern(s) that brought you to seek services at CAPS
- Collaboratively make decisions for the most effective next steps for treatment that include the following possible options:
- 1. Follow-up meeting with CAPS counselor for brief, solution focused individual counseling
- 2. Connect with a CAPS Case Manager for comprehensive treatment planning for treatment elsewhere on campus or in the Ann Arbor community
- 3. Connection to other UM resources that support mental health care
- 4. Referral to a community mental health provider for open-ended therapeutic treatment
For additional information regarding CAPS clinical services during COVID-19, please see the following:
- CAPS Clinical Services
- Crisis/Urgent Support
- CAPS Crisis Services (including our Urgent Services) remains an option for all students via tele-counseling.
- CAPS After Hours also remains an option and is available when CAPS is not open.
- Current Clients
- Current clients who would like to continue services have the option to continue meeting with their counselor through tele-counseling.
- Current clients who would like to discontinue services at CAPS are encouraged to call or email their counselor to inform them of this decision.
- New Clients
- Students who would like to begin counseling can find more information HERE. Students can also email CAPS (caps-uofm@umich.edu) with questions about our process.
- Couples: CAPS is suspending services to all new couples.
- Groups, Workshops, and Lunch Series
- During the Spring/Summer, CAPS is offering virtual group counseling found HERE. In order to follow social distancing guidelines, CAPS is suspending workshops and lunch series until further notice.
- Finding A Community Provider
- CAPS offers care management services which can assist students with the process of securing mental health treatment in their community, among other things: Case Management and Finding Your Community Provider Webpage
- In-Depth Screenings
- At this time, CAPS is not offering our in-depth screenings. CAPS is making plans to offer our in-depth screenings again this Fall. We do continue to offer online screenings found HERE.
- Crisis/Urgent Support