Friends, Partners & Family
- Why are there session limits?
While any staff member at CAPS may value the opportunity to provide long term counseling to students at Duke University, there is a need to impose some limits on the number of sessions a student may be seen at CAPS. There is a high demand for our services and many students would not be served if some limits were not imposed. After reviewing the level of demand, carefully balancing the needs of individual students with the needs of the overall university community, it was decided to limit the number of individual sessions to 15 per student, roughly the equivalent of a single semester if seen on a weekly basis. As is always the case, the counselor will use professional judgment if a student is in the midst of a crisis, and a student's safety will take precedence over previously identified session limits.