Embedded Counselors
Counseling Services has counselors embedded in all of the Schools, Colleges and Athletics to provide easy access for students as well as targeted outreach.
What is an Embedded Counselor?
Counseling Services uses an embedded model to ensure that mental health support is seamlessly integrated into the campus community. This means that clinicians are strategically placed within all 12 academic units as well as the athletics department, providing personalized care tailored to the specific needs of each college or program. Our embedded counselors are here to provide confidential support and assistance.
This model enables us to offer clinical services, targeted outreach, consultation, and prevention programs directly within each academic community, promoting a campus culture that prioritizes mental health and well-being.
Benefits of an Embedded Counselor
- Providers who have a thorough understanding of their specific educational setting, offering more personalized and effective support
- Private and confidential mental health counseling and education right where students are, making it easier for them to access support in the locations they frequent most.
- Collaboration with faculty and student support offices to deliver educational programming, workshops and outreach events.
How To Access Your Embedded Counselor
- Call UB Counseling at 716-645-2720 to schedule a same day needs assessment phone appointment (30 min. appointment*).
- If the needs assessment recommends that you meet with a UB counselor, you may then request to meet with the embedded counselor in your school or department.
*Ongoing counseling sessions are 50 min. appointments.
Peggy Tull, Counselor
PhD, Clinical-Community Psychology, DePaul University
Proficient in Spanish
Professional interests: LGBTQ+ identity and community, sexual assault and gender-based violence, trauma and recovery, family of origin, navigating oppression and privilege, identity and values exploration, eating concerns, feminism, academic concerns, perfectionism, interpersonal relationships, spiritual and religious identity and harm.