Counseling Services

CAPS Online Intake Forms

We're going green! Starting July 1, all students with new appointments must complete the Intake forms online! By 5pm the day before your appointment, students with first-time (intake) appointments will receive an email notice from our Appointment Desk about the appointment. The email message will contain a link to our online forms website. Student will then be asked to login to this secure website using their UCSD Single SignOn account and password. From there, you will be given step-by-step instructions. You can download a powerpoint file that includes screen shots with detailed instructions by clicking here! To download a text document that includes basic instructions once you are on the website, click here.

You must complete these online forms at home or in a private space PRIOR to your appointment. You can use your own computer or any computer that has internet access. Your counselor will not be able to access your information until shortly before your appointment.

In summary, when you meet with your counselor for the first time, you should have:

  1. Received an email notice with a link to our online forms website by 5pm the day prior to your appointment.

  2. Completed the CAPS Online Forms prior to your appointment.

  3. Please arrive on time for your appointment. If you have any questions or cannot remember the location/counselor associated with your appointment, call us during our normal business hours (858) 534-3755 Monday-Friday, 8am-4:30pm.

  4. If you cannot complete the forms because of a crisis or emergency and you need immediate assistance, call (858) 534-3755 during normal business hours, or (858) 534-HELP outside normal business hours.

Special instructions for non-UCSD student partners: Partners who are not UCSD students but are receiving counseling services (such as partners of UCSD students) cannot complete our forms online. Instead, they can download the Intake Forms Packet (in PDF format) that includes four CAPS forms and an informational document (the NPP). These forms and document are:

  1. The Information and Consent Form which provides information about our counseling service. A second copy is included for you to keep.

  2. Intake Questionnaire which collects information about your past history and current situation.

  3. The Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP). We are required by law (HIPAA) to give you this document and ask you to acknowledge receipt of the NPP. If you want additional information about this law, go to our HIPAA section.

  4. Acknowledgment of Receipt of Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP). Please sign this form to verify that you have received this document. You are not required to read (or print) the NPP prior to your appointment.

    To download the Intake Forms Packet, click here.