CAPS Services
Special Programs at CAPS
CARE at CAPS is a safe place for survivors of sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking to get support, consultation, and to have a safe place to talk. We offer several response and prevention services. CARE is located in The Counseling Center at Wooden Center West.
To access a CARE Counselor, call (310) 825-0768, contact:
Deborah Green, L.C.S.W. – dgreen@caps.ucla.edu
Mark Veldkamp, Care Advocate – mveldkamp@saonet.ucla.edu
You can get help without formally reporting an assault or requesting formal treatment.
Immediate CARE Response
If you have been the victim of a sexual assault, The Counseling Center offers several options for support:
- Step-by-Step instructions (pdf)
How to proceed in the first 72 hours following a sexual assault. - CAPS Walk-In Services
- 24-hour Crisis Line – (310) 825-0768
- Referrals to the Santa Monica Rape Treatment Center
- Medical and Legal Options
- Consultation intake to consider further treatment options
Know Your Facts About Sexual Assault
- Frequently Asked Questions about Sexual Assault
- Personal Safety
- Sexual Assault and Types of Sexual Violence
- How to Help a Friend or Loved One Who Has Been Sexually Assaulted
- Sexual Assault Prevention and Education
- For Faculty, Staff, and Parents
- Sexual Assault Resources
Advocacy
CAPS Counselors act as your advocates on campus, should you need them. We assist students through in making decisions about reporting and next steps, accessing health services and academic support.
What does this look like on UCLA’s Campus?
- Housing
- Academic
- Accompaniment to appointments as needed for support
- Referrals to campus Resources (CAPS, Dean of Students, Academic Advising, Financial Aid, Student Legal Services)
How can the Advocate support students off campus?
- Accompaniment to appointments with law enforcement, court and other community resources
- Referrals to community resources
Treatment
Counselors at CAPS help students work through feelings, and explore the impact and meaning of their experience of assault or violence. Medication treatment and referrals to long-term treatment are also available.
- CAPS clinicians available by phone 24 hours per day
- CARE Manager is available as a low barrier 1st contact for immediate response
- CAPS clinicians available for nonscheduled walk-in sessions Monday through Friday
- CAPS Clinicians are specially trained to provide Cognitive Processing Therapy
- 7 Designated clinicians serving as CARE clinicians Psychiatry
- Group Therapy – “Healing from Sexual Assault”
- Referrals
- Collaboration with Student Care Manager/Advocate
For Staff, Faculty, and Parents
If a student discloses an assault to you, we offer consultation via phone or in person. Please see our Sexual Assault Protocol for more specific instructions.
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Working together to end violence: http://ucempoweru.ucla.edu
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