Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS)

  • The Being Well

    The Being Well

    A new resource being offered by CAPS is not actually a service or materials ... it's a space.

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  • Self-Help

    These self-help pages are another dimension of our service to the Duke community.

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  • Counseling and Psychiatric Services

    Staff members provide confidential assessment and brief counseling/therapy for students whose concerns range from the normal challenges of everyday life to more disruptive psychological concerns to concerns about friends or family members.

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Who We Are: 

Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) helps Duke students enhance strengths and develop abilities to successfully live, grow and learn in their personal and academic lives. Read more.

Have You Heard?

Apr 19, 2012

Our students typically lead lives that are filled with activity, accomplishment, and aspirations, and their difficulties can emerge in different arenas. Often, these very students face challenges that threaten their academic and social endeavors, and help is available to attend to these difficulties.

Apr 19, 2012

Sometimes, pursuing success can lead you to remain so focused on your goals that fears of not reaching those goals start to creep in and take over.   Such fears tend to make many people try to "stay on top of everything" and try to control as much as possible. For brief periods, this can be effective and lead to success.

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Laughter is the Best Medicine

Take a few minutes to watch this video, and learn how laughter is really your best means of destressing.