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CAPS offers a variety of services designed to help Polytechnic Institute of NYU Students achieve their maximum potential both academically and professionally.
Our staff of licensed psychologists and psychological trainees offer short term individual psychotherapy,group counseling, and consultation to friends, family, faculty, and staff members who are concerned about a NYU-Poly student counseling, as well as variety of workshops for the Polytechnic Institute of NYU community.
Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) is located on the third floor of the Jacobs Administration building in room 358. We are open Monday through Friday, 9am-5pm.
* If you would like to schedule an appointment please call us at 718-260-3456.
* If you are interested in a workshop offered by CAPS please click here
Please do not hesitate to contact us to ask questions or to make an appointment for services
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Have questions about your alcohol use? Want feedback on your use of alcohol? Complete the e-CHUG and see where you stand!
Have questions about your marijuana use? Complete the e-TOKE and see where you stand!
Mental Health Screenings. For a free and confidential screenings for depression, anxiety, alcohol use, PTSD, and manic depression, with referral sources click here and enter the keyword "POLYTECHNIC" (all caps).
Ulifeline : Self-Help for Students. Complete the Self-Evaluator at Ulifeline
Need your Health Insurance card?
If you have the Polytechnic Institute of NYU Student insurance (which you likely have unless you opted out of it), you will need your insurance card to meet with a doctor or fil a prescription at a pharmacy.
To download your insurance card click here. Scroll down and click on the green "Enroll" button. Fill in the required information and print up your card. When you meet with a doctor or go to get your prescription filled show your doctor or pharmacists your insurance card.
The Polytechnic Institute of NYU community is saddened and shocked to learn of the events at Northern Illinois University. We can all play a role in helping one another deal with these unthinkable events to facilitate healing and recovery. We wanted to offer some thoughts and suggestions as you deal with students in class, in formal and informal gatherings, and on an individual basis.
Tips for College and University Students: Managing your distress in the aftermath of a tragedy- Crisis Trauma - Aftermath
After a tragedy: What Family Members Can Do - After a Tragedy - What Family Members Can Do
Tips For Faculty and Staff: Following a Campus Crisis
The American Psychological Association online center is offering free materials and support on Tips for College and University Students: Managing your distress in the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shootings
