Rutgers Counseling, Alcohol and Other Drug Assistant Program & Psychiatric Services (CAPS), part of the Division of Student Affairs, provides Community-Based Counseling, a program where CAPS counselors are placed within departments, schools, and cultural centers at various dates and times.
By embedding themselves in these spaces, counselors are able to build relationships, familiarity, comfort and trust with Rutgers students, faculty, and staff. Community-Based Counselors provide an initial connection to CAPS services, including support and therapy based on an individualized action plan, as well as referrals to other services. They also provide tailored workshops, group therapy, retreats, and presentations.
Community-Based Counselors offer free and confidential Let’s Talk drop-in sessions.These sessions typically last 20–30 minutes and give students an informal and open space to explore immediate problem solving and support. Let’s Talk is often the best fit for those students who:
- Are not sure about counseling and wonder what it’s like to talk with a counselor
- Are not interested in on-going counseling but would like to get a counselor’s perspective
- Have a specific problem and would like someone with whom to talk it through
Rutgers Global and the Asian American Cultural Center (AACC) host CAPS counselors and psychologists at our locations for Let’s Talk and individual counseling sessions.
Community-Based Counselors at Rutgers Global
CAPS Psychologist Pierre Albert
Pierre Albert received his Ph.D. from Rutgers. His special interests include multicultural psychology, the adaptation process for clients from diverse cultural backgrounds, coping styles, dynamics of race relations, and anxiety, depression, and anger issues.
CAPS Counselor Yushi Wang
Yushi Wang, LSW
Community-Based CounselorYushi is the Community-Based Counselor for Rutgers Global and the Asian American Cultural Center (AACC). She offers workshops, innovative efforts, and support focusing on stress management, adjustment issues, suicide prevention, first-generation immigration issues and multiculturalism. If a student is interested in ongoing therapy, she also can help them connect to a therapist at CAPS who is well suited to address their specific issues. Yushi completed her bachelor’s in psychology and her master’s degree in clinical social worker at Rutgers. She believes in a strengths-based and person-centered approach to working with her clients. She is interested in understanding, empowering and improving mental health services on campus for ethnic minorities, first-generation immigrants, and international students. Special interests include: psychotic disorders, first-generation immigration issues, suicide prevention, crisis intervention, multiculturalism, OCD, LGBT, mindfulness, stress management, and adjustment issues. She is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.
Let's Talk Schedule
Let’s Talk
Tuesdays, 3:00–5:00 p.m.
Rutgers Global
30 College Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
CAPS Counselor: Yushi Wang
*This site is not handicap accessible*
Wednesdays, 5:00–7:00 p.m.
Rutgers Global–International Student and Scholar Services
180 College Ave
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
CAPS Counselor: Pierre Albert
Individual Psychotherapy Schedule at Rutgers Global
Call CAPS at 848-932-7884 to schedule an individual psychotherapy session with Counselor Yushi Wang on Mondays or Tuesdays at Rutgers Global.
Crisis Support
Let's Talk is not intended to provide crisis support. At CAPS, there is a counselor available for crisis intervention/emergencies every day of the week from 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. to assist with urgent concerns. If you are experiencing a crisis, you will be seen immediately.
Rutgers CAPS
17 Senior Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
848-932-7884
After Hours Crisis Support and Care
For after hours or emergency medical care, please contact one of the local hospitals or one of the services below. If you have an emergency in need of immediate attention, call 911.
If CAPS is closed, or you are experiencing a mental health emergency, please use one of the following resources:
- Acute Psychiatric Service (APS): 855-515-5700, a 24-hour emergency service for local residents. If you live outside of Middlesex County you should contact the nearest hospital emergency department.
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800-274-TALK (8255)
- NJ Hope Line (Suicide Prevention): 855-654-6735
- National Crisis Text Line: Text KNIGHTS to 741741. To speak directly with a counselor of color you can text STEVE to 741741.