The Wellness Center is located in Mulford Hall in the UC Berkeley Rausser College of Natural Resources
Sasha Blum, PsyD
Licensed Psychologist
Sasha Blum first started at CAPS back in 2002 as a Postdoctoral Fellow and transitioned to a Staff Psychologist position in 2006. Sasha’s first 10 years at Cal focused on serving underrepresented, first-generation students then in 2016, she shifted to a generalist position at CAPS and provided clinical services to the entire student body.
In 2022, Sasha applied for and was thrilled to accept a full-time position as a graduate student specialist. As part of her role, Sasha provides short-term counseling, consultation, outreach, advocacy and referral services. In addition to two decades of experience addressing a wide variety of mental health concerns Sasha also brings specialized expertise in imposter syndrome, LGBTIQ concerns, ADHD, and nontraditional relationship structures.
Graduate and professional students who would like to schedule a counseling appointment with Dr. Sasha Blum should call CAPS at (510) 642 – 9494 or send her an email at sashablum@berkeley.edu. Her office is located in Mulford Hall.
Wellness Center Initiative
The Wellness Center Initiative is the result of several years of hard work by student leaders and their campus partners. The GA and ASUC began working together on student wellness in 2014. The GA developed the first-in-UC Graduate Student Wellbeing survey in 2014, and, in coordination with the ASUC, developed the UC Berkeley Wellness Fee Referendum. Funds from the Wellness Fee supported the GA Wellness Center’s build-out and ongoing staffing, and the office opened in 2018. The 2026 iteration of the Wellness Center serves the needs of Grad Students and is a collaborative effort between the IVP x CAPs x Rausser College of Natural Resources. Literature increasingly documents the challenges to mental health that graduate studies entail, and the GA believes that specialists who understand the unique difficulties of graduate study are essential to addressing this reality.