ABOUT CAPS

CAPS is a comprehensive service facility. CAPS programs and services are designed to enhance the personal, social, educational and career development of the students of University of California Davis. These services and programs include individual counseling and psychotherapy, group therapy, couples counseling, psychological assessment, crisis intervention, and career counseling and testing. Staff also provide referral information, psychiatric evaluation and intervention, consultation and educational programs, participate in the Multicultural Immersion Program, and provide training and supervision for peer counselors. In addition, CAPS is associated with The House peer counseling program. Finally, CAPS offers specific services in the following areas: Sport Psychology, Eating Disorders, and Stress & Wellness.

The professional staff consists of a multidisciplinary and culturally diverse group of psychologists, psychiatrists, marriage and family therapists, and social workers. A variety of psychotherapeutic orientations are represented including self-psychology, object relations, psychodynamic, interpersonal, family systems, cognitive-behavioral, relational,-cultural, feminist, and organizational development approaches. Most of the staff are integrative in the ways they work with students and they share a commitment to a developmental point of view. Staff members are active in professional organizations and some have served in leadership roles within in these national organizations.

There is a variety of technological support available. All interns are provided with video cameras to record sessions and have a TV/VCR in their office. Each intern has an Apple Macintosh computer in his/her office with e-mail and Internet access. CAPS has a small resource library which includes a job announcement binder updated frequently. Interns also have access to one of the largest libraries in the UC System.

Clientele. During the 2006-07 academic year, approximately 3100 students received counseling services which represents about 10% of the approximately 30,000 undergraduates and graduate students enrolled. Approximately 50% of the clients seeking counseling services are ethnic minority students. Students seeking service presented a variety of symptoms, syndromes, and disorders including affective disorders, anxiety disorders, relationship problems, eating disorders, and personality disorders. A few students present with schizophrenic disorders or psychotic symptoms. The majority of clients, however, present with adjustment reactions, mood and anxiety disorders, and developmental problems typical of a college student population.

Through our psycho-educational programs and outreach efforts, staff provided information and training to about 10,000 students, faculty, and staff annually. Primary recipients of CAPS programming efforts included the Cowell Student Health Center, Health Education Program, Medical School, Cross Cultural Center, Student Housing, Activities and Recreation Center (ARC), Sociology Department, Services for International Student Services, various ethnic student groups (through Student Programs and Activities), and Exercise Science/Intercollegiate Athletics. Topics included cross cultural communication, and adjustment, drug and alcohol abuse, eating disorders, body image, communication skills, career decision making, counseling skills, stress management, stress & wellness, assertiveness training, managing critical situations and making referrals, dealing with distressed students, among others. CAPS consultation services responded to requests from various units of the University community.

Accreditation. CAPS is accredited by the International Association of Counseling Services (IACS). The Internship Program is accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA) and is a member of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC) and the Association of Counseling Center Training Agencies (ACCTA). The Postdoctoral Program is a member of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC).

 

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INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IN PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
ACCREDITED BY THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

APPIC Program Code # 1117
APPIC National Matching Service (NMS) Program Code # 111711

 

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