Post Doctorate Fellowship
Service Delivery

Services provided by CAPS fall into three main categories: clinical, outreach/consultation, and training. Post-doctorate activities within each area are outlined below.

Clinical Services

First Appointments (FA): A simultaneous process of evaluation and of beginning the referral or brief counseling/therapy process. Post-doctorate fellows provide four FA's each week. Students seen for an FA generally continue as clients with that therapist.

Ongoing Appointments: The philosophy and policy of CAPS is to provide brief therapy, but there is no set number of or limitations to follow-up appointments. Post-doctorate fellows (with supervisor consultation) and permanent staff learn to manage their client load to keep direct clinical service provision at approximately 60% of their work time.

Counselor on Duty (COD): Each post-doctorate fellow provides three hours weekly of crisis service, which includes walk-in clients and consultations to faculty, staff and concerned others. CAPS staff do not generally provide after-hours crisis interventions.

Groups: Post-doctorate fellows may facilitate one group each semester, depending on interest, agency need, and staff resources. Group facilitation may be with a social work or pre-doctoral psychology intern. Groups may be process oriented, semi-structured or psychoeducational in design.

Specialized Assessments: Post-doctorate fellows may provide assessments for substance use/abuse or eating and body image concerns, or learning disabilities based on agency need and the post–doc interest and experience.

Outreach/Consultation

Crisis Outreach: Post-doctorate fellows may respond as needed to campus crises as part of a CAPS team (on occasion this occurs outside of standard work hours).

Outreach Presentations and Liaisons: Post-doctorate fellows respond to requests from the campus community, and/or develop and market programs to address clinical issues or meet community needs. Post-doctorate fellows may also join with a campus student group or clinical focus area to provide a variety of outreach services throughout the year. On occasion there may be additional opportunities to participate in system consultations conducted by specific staff members.

 

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