Center for Psychological Services (CPS)

Clients are referred from Rutgers University and the surrounding communities. We are committed to being helpful to all clients referred to us, but, as a training program, we reserve the right to decide which clients will best fit our services and levels of expertise. As such, we may not accept some clients for services here, but will provide referrals to the appropriate services and levels of care.

The services offered by the center are provided by graduate student therapists from our doctoral programs. Some of our clinics offer low-cost therapeutic services based on clients’ household income and ability to pay. If you have the Rutgers Student Health Insurance Plan with UnitedHealthcare StudentResources sponsored by Rutgers University, you will have no copay, no coinsurance or deductibles for certain services provided at the center.

• Privacy Note
• Permission For Services And Notice Of Privacy Practices
• Addendum To Consent Form: Couples' Therapy
• GSAPP Clinic Complaint Procedure

When visiting the Psychological Services Clinic at 152 Frelinghuysen Road: 

Community Clients:

To avoid ticketing, please arrive at least 20 minutes early for your first appointment so that you can obtain a University parking permit from our Clinic Office Manager (unless one was mailed to you in advance). To get a parking pass, pull into the driveway for Lot 49, put on your flashers, and walk around the ivy-covered concrete wall. Walk up the stairs and through the double doors, and immediately turn right to enter the psychological clinic.

Once you have a parking pass, please park in Lot 54, located on Bevier Road, between Titsworth and Taylor Roads. If you have an appointment after 4:30 pm and are not a Rutgers student, you may request a pass to park in Lot 49, adjacent to the Psychology Building.

Faculty and Staff Clients:

Your faculty/staff parking badge allows you to park in Lot 55, but only if you have a valid hangtag and a keycard to the gated lot adjacent to the Library of Science and Medicine. Otherwise, you may park in the ungated parking lot for the Library of Medicine and Science.

Rutgers-Student Clients:

If you have a student parking hangtag from the University, please park at the Yellow lot on the Livingston Campus and/or use the campus bus system. You will receive a ticket if you attempt to park elsewhere. You may not park in Lot 49 or Lot 54.

Clients of all ages and backgrounds are referred from RU and the surrounding communities. We are committed to being helpful to all clients referred to us. However, as a training program, we reserve the right to decide which clients will best fit our services and levels of expertise. As such, we may not accept some clients for services here but will provide referrals to the appropriate services and levels of care.

• Sessions take place in individual rooms in-person at our clinic. As a training clinic, all sessions are video and audio-recorded for training purposes. Recordings are stored on a secure server, and short clips are viewed only by the clinician and supervisor and deleted regularly.
• All our services are in-person at 152 Frelinghuysen Rd., Piscataway, NJ 08854 (or at 41 Gordon Rd for the Children [and Families] Healing After Trauma [CHAT] clinic). We do not offer telehealth services.

If you are looking for services we do not offer, please feel free to connect with us, as we have an outreach liaison who can refer you to approved alternative providers within and outside the community.

• For current Rutgers students with the Student Health Insurance Plan (UnitedHealthcare StudentResources sponsored by Rutgers University): $0 copay.
• For current Rutgers students without Student Health Insurance, sessions will cost a discounted rate of $20 per session.
• For community clients (non-Rutgers students), some of our clinics offer low-cost therapeutic services based on clients’ household income and ability to pay.

Clients are welcome to contact their private insurance for reimbursement. However, as we operate as a training clinic, most insurance companies do not accept the request.

The clinic conducts phone screens to learn more about potential clients’ concerns, what they are looking for, and whether our clinic fits their needs. Phone screen documentation remains confidential and reserved only for those in the Center for Psychological Services. Individuals who become clients are welcome to request a review of their intake assessment with their clinician’s supervisor. To do so, please call the clinic at 848-445-6111, and we will follow up as soon as we can.

CAPS at Rutgers is available to provide counseling and other supports related to substance abuse and other behavioral health challenges that can happen to students in a college setting. CPS is an alternative option if a Rutgers student is looking for weekly individual therapy and/or in need of a more specialized treatment for diagnoses like anxiety disorders, PTSD, couples therapy, etc. Additionally, RU students in need of a learning evaluation for academic accommodations can receive testing at CPS once they are registered with RU's Office of Disability Services, or, they can self-refer if they would like to be tested independent of that office. 

When visiting the Psychological Services Clinic at 152 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ (Busch Campus)

Community Clients:

• To avoid ticketing, please arrive at least 20 minutes early for your first appointment so that you can obtain a University parking permit from our Clinic Office Manager (unless one was mailed to you in advance). To get a parking pass, pull into the driveway for Lot 49, put on your flashers, and walk around the ivy-covered concrete wall. Walk up the stairs and through the double doors, and immediately turn right to enter the psychological clinic.
• Once you have a parking pass, please park in Lot 54, located on Bevier Road, between Titsworth and Taylor Roads. If you have an appointment after 4:30 pm and are not a Rutgers student, you may request a pass to park in Lot 49, adjacent to the Psychology Building.

Faculty and Staff Clients:

• Your faculty/staff parking badge allows you to park in Lot 55, but only if you have a valid hangtag and a keycard to the gated lot adjacent to the Library of Science and Medicine. Otherwise, you may park in the ungated parking lot for the Library of Medicine and Science.

Rutgers-Student Clients:

• If you have a student parking hangtag from the University, please park in the Yellow Lot on the Livingston Campus and/or use the campus bus system. You will receive a ticket if you attempt to park elsewhere. You may not park in Lot 49 or Lot 54.

Or visit Rutgers Parking