Embedded Counselors


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 counselors primarily offer counseling services to students within the department or college they serve. In so doing, they are able to better understand the unique needs of students in the areas where they are based. Research indicates students feel more comfortable with and find it more convenient to see someone in their own academic unit or residence hall.

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. Below are our current embedded counselors.

To make an appointment with your college's embedded counselor, please email them or call the Counseling Center at 217-333-3704.

    College of ACES
    Mark Layng, LCPC

    mlayng@illinois.edu

    Schedule a Let's Talk Consultation

 

 

 

 

 

 

College of Applied Health Sciences
Stephanie Buldak, LCSW


sprado2@illinois.edu

Schedule a Let's Talk Consultation

 

 

 

    College of Education
    Emese Poszet, LCSW

    eposzet@illinois.edu

    Schedule a Let's Talk Consultation

 

 

 

 

 

    College of Fine and Applied Arts
    Bryan Deutsch, LCSW

    bmdeuts2@illinois.edu

     Schedule a Let's Talk Consultation

 

 

 

 

    College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
    Andrew Novinska, LCPC

    anovinsk@illinois.edu

    Schedule a Let's Talk Consultation

 

 

 

Division of General Studies
Kelli Canada, LCSW

kcanada@illinois.edu

Schedule a Let's Talk Consultation



 

 

 

 

    Gies College of Business
    Jen House, LCSW
    Assistant Director of Embedded Program

    jhouse@illinois.edu

    Schedule a Let's Talk Consultation

 

 

 

    Grainger College of Engineering
    Juvenal George, Psy.D.

    juvegeor@illinois.edu

     Schedule a Let's Talk Consultation

 

 

 

 

    Grainger College of Engineering
    Chris Lewis, LCSW

    cwlewis2@illinois.edu

    Schedule a Let's Talk Consultation

 

 

 

University Housing
Carrie Finkill, M.A.

cfinkill@illinois.edu

Schedule a Let's Talk Consultation