In 2018, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Counseling Center embarked on a new way of providing counseling and outreach services to students, faculty, and staff. In the embedded model, Counseling Center clinicians are housed in a specific department or college of the university. Embedded clinical counselors primarily offer counseling services to students within the department or college they serve. They are better able to understand the unique needs of students in the areas where they are based. 

The embedded clinical counseling program has grown steadily, and today, there are 12 embedded clinical counselors. By meeting students where they are throughout campus, the Illinois embedded program has received positive feedback from students, faculty, and administrators and has grown each year. 

To make an appointment with your college's embedded clinical counselor, please email them or call the Counseling Center at 217-333-3704. You can also connect with them through the Let’s Talk program.