Student Counseling & Psychological Services are free of charge, confidential, and available on both the Summerville and Health Sciences Campus.
Note that as of December 2019, our Summerville office has moved. See "Campus Locations" below for more information.
Get HelpAugusta University is committed to the development of the whole person.
Our highly trained and experienced staff is available to assist students with a variety of personal, developmental, and mental health concerns. We provide consultation, individual, couples, and group therapy, same-day walk-in crisis services, psychiatric services, and a range of prevention and outreach programming.
We offer a wide range of counseling services for a variety of concerns.
SCAPS remains committed to serving Augusta University students amid COVID-19.
WHAT SERVICES ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE?
- Counselors will provide students with telephone-based appointments or video-based appointments via Microsoft Teams.
- Counselors will provide emergency call-in telephone-based services to students who are experiencing an emergency, such as thoughts of hurting self or others, experience of trauma, loss and grief, or difficulties with taking care of basic needs such as food and shelter.
- All therapy groups and workshops for the spring semester have been canceled. We are exploring ways to offer therapy groups via a video-based platform during the summer term. We are also exploring ways to offer psychoeducational workshops and presentations virtually.
- Students connected with psychiatric services should call Student Health (706-721-3448) for more information.
WHAT IF I HAVE A SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT?
SCAPS has been making every effort to contact each student who has a scheduled appointment during the spring semester and assist them with scheduling a telephone- or Microsoft Teams- based appointment. Please call 706-737-1471 for any questions related to an already scheduled appointment.
WHAT IF I AM INTERESTED IN A FIRST-TIME APPOINTMENT WITH A COUNSELOR?
If you have not seen a counselor at SCAPS before, or it has been a long time since you last saw a counselor at SCAPS, and you are interested in getting connected to one, please call 706-737-1471 to be scheduled with a telephone-based appointment. During this appointment, you and your counselor will determine together which platform (telephone or Microsoft Teams) will work best for you and your circumstances in terms of future appointments. Our scheduling staff will provide detailed information on how you can complete the new client paperwork and submit it to SCAPS before your appointment.
WHAT IF I HAVE AN EMERGENCY?
SCAPS will assist students with an emergency from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Please call 706-737-1471 to get connected with a counselor on emergency call-in duty. After hours, please use the Georgia Crisis & Access Line (800-715-4225), which offers free 24/7 phone counseling and can assist you with locating mental health resources in your area. You can also download MyGCAL app on your phone.
Our Summerville Campus location is on the second floor (Side A, room CE-2A) of the the Energy Plant Building/Central Utilities Building Annex. (The office was formerly on Side B of the building, room CE-201, until December 2019.)
Our Health Sciences Campus location is in the Student Center, 2nd floor (DA-2014).
Getting assistance
Call 706-737-1471 to schedule an appointment at either campus location.
Counselors are available to meet with clients in crisis on a walk-in basis during open business hours. No appointment is necessary.
