Community-Based Counseling

Our Community-Based Counseling is based on a model known as a “Meso Practice.” It’s a midpoint between a micro (individual) and a macro (public health) approach to providing mental health treatment.

In Community-Based Counseling, CAPS counselors are placed within departments, professional schools, and cultural centers throughout campus at set days and times. By embedding themselves in these spaces, counselors are able to build relationships, familiarity, comfort, and trust with the students, staff, and faculty within the community.

Community-Based Counselors can provide:

  • Initial connection to CAPS services, including support and/or therapy based on an individualized action plan as well as referrals to other services
  • Tailored workshops, group therapy, retreats and presentations
  • Specialized assistance with critical incident response
  • Consultations with concerned staff or faculty
  • An assessment of that community’s needs
  • Guidance and assistance with departmental guidelines and efforts focused on wellness

Let’s Talk and Let’s Tele Talk

Let’s Talk is available in-person or by phone. Conversations with CAPS counselors are private and confidential.

To schedule an appointment, call 848-932-7884 and choose option 2

“Let’s Talk” was developed by Cornell University’s, Gannett Health Services

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Appointment options for healthcare & counseling services. If you are experiencing a medical emergency dial 911 or call RUPD at 848-932-7211

Mondays

Fall 2023 Hours

Let’s Talk is currently, by drop in or by appointment, being offered at the following times and locations. Please note that drop in times might be filled, so consider making an appointment. Please call 848-932-7884, press #2 to schedule an appointment.

*Students dropping in must arrive at least 30 minutes prior to the end of Let’s Talk Hours.*

  • Dom Paz – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm School of Arts and Sciences, EOF (College Ave) – Lucy Stone Hall, 54 Joyce Killmer Avenue, New Brunswick, Room A223 In Person or Telehealth https://rutgers.zoom.us/my/ddp83?pwd=bERBVGNsVWx0RGROcFI5Wk91eTRYQT09
  • Shan Reeves – 2:00 am – 4:00 pm Honors College – 5 Seminary Pl 1st Floor Rm E125 College Ave Campus – In Person or Telehealth https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/99526718694?pwd=cEkzM0s5bVFqS1FoRlFrVTUzam5jQT09
  • Mei-Ling Cheng – 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Rutgers Global – International Student and Scholar Services – 180 College Ave – In Person or Telehealth https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/93487881083?pwd=MEt4YzVScnoyK2laOVBpc251TkM2dz09

Tuesdays

*Students dropping in must arrive at least 30 minutes prior to the end of Let’s Talk Hours.*

  • Dana Simons – 10:00 am – 12:00 am SOE – Biomedical Engineering Building (599 Taylor Rd), Piscataway, Room 130 (Reading room) – In Person or Telehealth https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/99342877086?pwd=RVFhaytxQlY4MGVzUGtlOWdNZUNDZz09
  • Wil Vargas – 1:00 pm -3:00 pm Douglass Residential College (DRC) – 9 Suydam Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 – Entrance is inside the courtyard of Jameson Apts. Willetts Rm.103 – In Person or Telehealth https://rutgers.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAocO6tqTwuGtZ96iOwkBDnBJAEucOGeqK2
  • Reyna Dowling – 2:00 am – 4:00 pm Mason Gross School of the Arts – 81 George Street Marryott Music Building Room 114 – In Person or Telehealth https://rutgers.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEsde2gqjksHdW06BNKOvEUzfwiB8OJXuqY
  • Jess Trusiani – 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm SEBS – 88 Lipman Dr room 010B – In Person or Telehealth https://rutgers.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcrfuuqrjIqHtTv_n70gmaNkwh5M4FFuqNl AVAILABLE STARTING AT 2:30 ON 11/14
  • Mei-Ling Cheng – 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm AACC – 49 Joyce Kilmer Ave – In Person or Telehealth https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/93487881083?pwd=MEt4YzVScnoyK2laOVBpc251TkM2dz09
  • Kia Alexander – 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Mason Gross School of the Arts – 33 Livingston Ave, Civic Square Building Room 318 – In Person or Telehealth https://rutgers.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcuc-6vqjstH9c2SfK1Hyk2BF8GSphx11nM
  • Dom Paz – 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm CLAC – 172 College Ave., 3rd Floor Wellness Room – In Person or Telehealth https://rutgers.zoom.us/my/ddp83?pwd=bERBVGNsVWx0RGROcFI5Wk91eTRYQT09

*Students dropping in must arrive at least 30 minutes prior to the end of Let’s Talk Hours.*

  • Dana Simons – 10:00 am – 12:00 am SOE – Biomedical Engineering Building (599 Taylor Rd), Piscataway, Room 130 (Reading room) – In Person or Telehealth https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/99342877086?pwd=RVFhaytxQlY4MGVzUGtlOWdNZUNDZz09
  • Wil Vargas – 1:00 pm -3:00 pm Douglass Residential College (DRC) – 9 Suydam Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 – Entrance is inside the courtyard of Jameson Apts. Willetts Rm.103 – In Person or Telehealth https://rutgers.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAocO6tqTwuGtZ96iOwkBDnBJAEucOGeqK2
  • Reyna Dowling – 2:00 am – 4:00 pm Mason Gross School of the Arts – 81 George Street Marryott Music Building Room 114 – In Person or Telehealth https://rutgers.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEsde2gqjksHdW06BNKOvEUzfwiB8OJXuqY
  • Jess Trusiani – 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm SEBS – 88 Lipman Dr room 010B – In Person or Telehealth https://rutgers.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcrfuuqrjIqHtTv_n70gmaNkwh5M4FFuqNl NOT AVAILABLE 10/17
  • Mei-Ling Cheng – 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm AACC – 49 Joyce Kilmer Ave – In Person or Telehealth https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/93487881083?pwd=MEt4YzVScnoyK2laOVBpc251TkM2dz09
  • Kia Alexander – 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Mason Gross School of the Arts – 33 Livingston Ave, Civic Square Building Room 318 – In Person or Telehealth https://rutgers.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcuc-6vqjstH9c2SfK1Hyk2BF8GSphx11nM
  • Dom Paz – 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm CLAC – 172 College Ave., 3rd Floor Wellness Room – In Person or Telehealth https://rutgers.zoom.us/my/ddp83?pwd=bERBVGNsVWx0RGROcFI5Wk91eTRYQT09

Thursdays

*Students dropping in must arrive at least 30 minutes prior to the end of Let’s Talk Hours.*

  • Dana Simons – 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Graduate School – Biomedical Sciences – Graduate School 679 Hoes Ln West, Piscataway; Center for Advanced   Biotechnology and Medicine (CABM) Building, Room 240 – In Person or Telehealth https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/99342877086?pwd=RVFhaytxQlY4MGVzUGtlOWdNZUNDZz09
  • Dom Paz – 11:00 am – 12:00 pm School of Arts and Sciences (EOF) Livingston Millendoler Hall, 520 George Street, Room 019, In Person or Telehealth https://rutgers.zoom.us/my/ddp83?pwd=bERBVGNsVWx0RGROcFI5Wk91eTRYQT09
  • Kia Alexander – 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Paul Robeson Cultural Center (PRCC) 600 Bartholomew Road, Piscataway – In Person or Telehealth https://rutgers.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcuc-6vqjstH9c2SfK1Hyk2BF8GSphx11nM
  • Wil Vargas – 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm SJE – 17 Bartlett Street – Telehealth ONLY https://rutgers.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAocO6tqTwuGtZ96iOwkBDnBJAEucOGeqK2
  • Reyna Dowling – 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Ernesto School of Pharmacy -160 Frelinghuysen Rd Piscataway Room 108 – In Person or Telehealth https://go.rutgers.edu/xs947hku
  • Jess Trusiani – 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm School of Business – North Tower 100 Rockafeller Road Room 5008- In Person or Telehealth https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/98807917853?pwd=WWpJTHhCOWVCWGJMTndhWkVVYS96UT09

Fridays

*Students dropping in must arrive at least 30 minutes prior to the end of Let’s Talk Hours.*

  • Shan Reeves – 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Graduate School – Academic Building 15 Seminary Pl Room 5050 – In Person or Telehealth https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/93548973922?pwd=Vjhibm92M0JFL3BFeTR6MFhwcEI3UT09