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RISD’s Office of Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) provides a range of mental health services to help students improve emotional, interpersonal, and academic functioning, including:

• individual and group counseling, at no additional cost, to any matriculated undergraduate or graduate student
• recommendations to off-campus providers
• consultation to faculty, staff, and parents who may have concerns about a student
• outreach events, and training, related to educating and improving mental health within the college community
• a counselor on call (for after-hours mental health emergencies)
• psychiatric services (upon recommendation from a CAPS counselor)

Emotional well being is essential to personal development and integral to the creative process. Counseling provides a space to address issues that may be interfering with your work. Seeing a counselor helps you respond to the situation before it escalates.