Scheduling Options
Students interested in receiving mental health services can schedule an appointment through the following options:
- Call: (323) 343-3300. If no one answers, leave a message with a call-back number. CAPS staff check messages regularly during service hours and return calls.
- In-person: Stop by the 2nd floor of the Student Health Center
What to Expect
Most first-time appointments are a brief assessment with a licensed psychotherapist or by an intern supervised by a licensed professional. This initial visit is used to:
- assess your level of risk
- clarify your reasons for seeking CAPS services, and
- determine next best steps, which can include individual counseling or support groups
Depending on your circumstances, we may schedule a same-day triage appointment. When you speak with CAPS about your appointment, tell us if you have experienced any of the following within the last two weeks:
- thoughts of harming yourself or others
- trauma (such as sexual trauma, physical abuse, or the death of someone close to you)
- being stalked or someone being violent with you
- concern that a child is being sexually abused or neglected, an elderly or dependent person is being abused, or a Cal State LA student is suicidal or homicidal
- hallucinations (hearing voices or seeing things)
- diagnosis of a new serious illness
- discharge from a psychiatric hospitalization