Welcome to the website for CAPS: Counseling and Psychological Services at Haverford College.
About CAPS
At CAPS the staff try to listen carefully
to the concerns students have about their lives. Students speak to
us about all manner of things that upset, frighten, confuse, thrill,
sadden, or anger them. As counselors, we do not seek to give students
specific advice or directions. Instead, in the process of talking
and listening with students, we hope, together with the student, to
find better understanding of what factors contribute to their concerns.
We have found that with the emergence of greater insight into problems
and concerns, students see better what decisions they want to make
in regulating their own lives. Students often appreciate the support
they feel as they open themselves to talking about or thinking about
painful situations with the counselor.
We take the confidentiality of our talks with students quite seriously. Students come to us by their own free and private choice, and so if talking with us is to be made more public in any way, that, too, we leave to the student. We break confidentiality only in situations that to us seem to be life-threatening, and usually, even in these situations, we do everything we can to enlist the student's agreement that we let others know of the troubles she or he is facing.
Services are available without charge to all full-time Haverford students.
College faculty and other Haverford employees also may meet with us
for a variety of reasons, including personal concerns and issues of
student development. When talks with faculty and other employees are
about personal concerns, we direct our efforts toward finding an appropriate
referral to a professional or service off-campus.
CAPS is located on the third floor of Founders Hall and is open Monday through Friday from nine to five. Appointments are usually made with the secretary in Room 317 or by calling 610-896-1290. Sometimes students come in for only a single talk. Other times they come for a few or an extended number of appointments. We try to allow the needs of the student to determine this number of visits, but we sometimes do help students get in touch with off-campus resources when the student prefers such a referral or when there is a problem that we feel we can't be helpful in addressing. In the event of a psychological crisis or emergency after regular work hours, students can call us at our home numbers. These telephone numbers are listed in the College Directory and are also available through Safety & Security (610-8796-1111).
Here are some areas of concern that students often bring to us to talk over:
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