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Outreach & Community Engagement

*Note: Please give us at least 3 weeks in advance for all presentation requests. Due to CAPS staff meeting time, workshop presentations will not be held on Tuesdays from 9am-12:00pm.

CAPS Community Engagement and Outreach is multi-faceted and comprehensive.  Simply, it's a way to reach all 46,000 of our University of Michigan students.  Together, we can all change the story about college student mental health.

What is outreach?

Outreach is about increasing college student mental health awareness through prevention, awareness, education and stigma reduction. Through outreach, CAPS staff are able to connect with the larger UM community and ultimately strengthen our “community of caring.” 

Who do we reach through outreach?

We are essentially connecting with students who do not traditionally utilize individual or group therapy. These could include students who may want to know more about how to help a friend or students who may experience stigma about help seeking or students who may need support, but not necessarily counseling. CAPS creates a “web of support” not only for students, but also encourages staff and faculty involvement through a variety of education and prevention efforts.

Click on All About Outreach to find out more!

2023 National Embedded Conference

College Counseling Center Embedded Therapists and those with an interest in establishing embedded programs from across the nation will gather virtually for the first ever, free, national embedded conference “Innovate, collaborate, connect: establishing a national community of embedded clinicians” on May 31, 2023 hosted by the University of Michigan

When: Wednesday, May 31, 2023 from 10am-4pm Eastern Time
Where: Virtual - for more information please email the address below

CAPS Student Advisory Board (SAB) Application 2023-2024

The CAPS Student Advisory Board (CAPS SAB) is a diverse group of undergraduate and graduate students who advise CAPS on matters of mental health outreach to all students, provides input on various agency decisions, and is involved in staff searches.  

Stop Student Suicide

  • What if……. the number of deaths by suicide was zero each year?
  • How can we address and accomplish a culture of caring for students in any level of psychological distress?
  • How can we promote and give tools to enact 2 central themes of “hope” and “resiliency”?

These questions have driven CAPS to do something more around suicide prevention for our campus.  

Do something: Stop Student Suicide: we can all change the story

Interview Requests

Counseling & Psychological Services does its best to assist everyone in our campus community understand mental health issues and the services we provide. Because our primary mission is to treat students with mental health needs, we have to be selective about the types of interviews we can provide and have created the following guidelines.

CAPS Podcast: CAPS Chat

 

Welcome to CAPS CHAT, a new podcast series recently launched by U-M Counseling and Psychological Services. Hosted by Dr. Christine Asidao, she interviews mental health experts on a variety of different topics affecting U-M college student mental health. Click on the image or link below to begin listening.

 

 

CAPS Unlocked: Misconceptions Demystified

CAPS in Action (CIA), in collaboration with CAPS and Central Student Government, provides a promotional video series featuring actors from UMSTD and across campus to clarify common misconceptions on campus about CAPS!

CAPS Unlocked: Misconceptions Demystified (Introduction)

All About Outreach: What We Do And Why We Do It

CAPS Community Engagement and Outreach is multi-faceted and comprehensive.  Simply, it's a way to reach all 46,000 of our University of Michigan students.  Together, we can all change the story about college student mental health.

What is outreach?

Outreach is about increasing college student mental health awareness through prevention, awareness, education and stigma reduction. Through outreach, CAPS staff are able to connect with the larger UM community and ultimately strengthen our “community of caring.” 

Campus Wide Partnerships

There are 3 primary ways in which CAPS systemically partners with others on campus to provide leadership for student mental health. 

The purpose of these partnerships is to personally connect with units across campus, serve as consultants and referral sources to individuals who are seeking advice regarding a student in need of CAPS services, and to regularly share general information about student mental health.

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