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24 Hour Phone Response:
CAPS has mental health staff available for consultation 24 hours a day by phone.
To reach a CAPS staff member call:
(530) 752-0871
CONSULTATION AND OUTREACH
The Counseling and Psychological Services staff is available by telephone or by appointment to offer consultation to students, staff, and faculty to discuss students who are experiencing difficulties. Our staff is also available to offer a psychological perspective in the planning and implementation of various educational programs, as well as, to provide workshops and presentations to the campus community during the academic year at no charge.
Topics
Below is a list of topics typically requested by the campus community:
- Stress Management
- Consultation & Psychological Services
- Mental Health Issues Identification
- Relationship/Dating Issues
- Alcohol/Drug Abuse
- Time Management
- Coping with Anxiety
- Diversity Awareness
- Communication Skills
- Conflict Resolution
- Eating Disorders
- LGBT Issues
- Understanding Depression
- Gender Issues
Requesting a Workshop or Presentation
When requesting a workshop or presentation, we are asking your assistance in helping us provide quality programs by giving us at least two weeks notice. The minimum number of participants for our programs is 10. The type of program being requested will determine the maximum number of participants. Please note: our programs are provided between the hours of 8 AM to 6 PM unless other arrangements have been made.
To request a program, or for specific questions concerning consultation, outreach, and educational programs, please contact Naomi Sakai, L.C.S.W., Director, Consultation, Outreach & Peer Education Services.
In addition to the topics listed above, our staff is available to answer questions within their specialty area(s). For this service, please contact the staff identified with the particular interest area.
Staff listing / interest areas
Mind-Body Program
The Mind Body Connection is a program designed to help students stay healthy, by teaching them how to cope more effectively with stress to decrease the possibility of maladaptive behaviors, emotional problems, physical symptoms, and academic concerns.
Distressed and Distressing Students Program
Faculty and staff play a central role in a student's college experience and are in a direct position to become aware when a student is distressed. This workshop will help you understand the components of this critical role: identifying, responding to and referring distressed students.
CAPS offers performance enhancement counseling and consultation to registered students and student-athletes. Performance enhancement psychology promotes positive and effective mental health care to enhance performance across life domains (e.g., sport, career, personal, social, etc.). Psycho-educational material in the areas of Sport Consulting, Psychological Counseling for Student-Athletes, and Performance Enhancement Training are provided to encourage the development of effective mind and body skills.
The Multicultural Immersion Program (MIP) is an intensive educational experience made possible through a partnership between Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) and the Department of Sociology. MIP is based on didactic, experiential, and social justice models of learning, in which students engage in coursework, ongoing dialogue, and campus and community programming, that focus on race relations, intercultural communication, and the appreciation and promotion of cultural pluralism and unit. Students take a two-quarter course sequence (Sociology 30A and 30B) taught by faculty in the department of Sociology. Upon completion of the academic courses, students may apply for the MIP Internship, a yearlong paid position that focuses on developing and implementing workshops that address intercultural relations on campus and in the greater Davis community.