Faculty & Staff Assistance Program

FSAP offers brief counseling to CU Boulder-campus faculty and staff members. Due to the limited number of sessions available, FSAP counselors apply brief modalities that focus on "present concerns or stressors rather than on historical [events]." The first session or 'intake' gives us an opportunity to get to know you, your situation, and information about your history. Following the intake, you may receive up to 6 additional sessions focusing on current work-related, personal, or family concerns. Treatment Improvement Protocols, SAMHSA/CSAT, 1999.

Your FSAP sessions may be used for individual counseling, couples counseling, or counseling involving a combination of family members. For family counseling, the CU employee must be present in these sessions. In limited situations, FSAP counselors can work with children of employees if the employee/parent is present.

In some limited situations, information may be released as follows:

• The client signs a Release of Information form authorizing specific information to be released to a specific person(s), provider group, or organization contact for a determined purpose and for a determined timeframe;
• A disclosure is directed by court order;
• The client is determined to be in immediate danger of harming self or another person, persons, and/or place;
• Information shared with the counselor reveals concerns related to suspected/possible abuse of a child, dependent, or elder. Per Colorado state law, counselors are 'mandatory reporters' of child and elder abuse and are also required by law to report any suspected abuse.