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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.
Meet the Embedded Counselors
Brianna Presutti, Sports Counselor
She/Her/Hers
MS, St. John Fisher College
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Embedded Counselor - Department of Athletics
Professional interests: Well-being of student-athletes and mental health and performance, eating disorders, anti-racism and allyship practices, and solution-focused brief therapy for college students.
Peggy Tull, Counselor
She/Her/Hers
Ph.D., Clinical-Community Psychology, DePaul University
Counselor
Embedded Counselor - College of Arts and Sciences
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.
Hemy Choi, Counselor
She/Her/Hers
Ph.D., Counseling Psychology, University of Florida
Counselor
Embedded Counselor - Graduate School of Education
Professional interests: Intersectional and intergenerational trauma work, QTPOC, child of immigrant/family of origin concerns, mindfulness, Internal Family Systems interventions, training & supervision, the Highly Sensitive Person trait, and sexual wellness.
Katherine Miller-Procknal, Psychologist
Ph.D., Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Licensed Psychologist
Embedded Counselor - Jacobs School of Medicine
Professional interests: Mood disorders, relationship issues, education for equality and social justice, suicide prevention and intervention, trauma and recovery
Matthew Muracco, Counselor
He/Him/His
PsyD., Adler University
MA, Clinical Psychology, Adler University
Counselor
Embedded Counselor – School of Architecture and Planning
Professional Interests: Anxiety, Mood Disorders, Men's Mental Health, Positive Psychology, Mindfulness, Navigating Stress, and Coping Skills
Kayla (Chunmiao) Wang, Licensed Psychologist
She/Her/Hers
Ph.D., Counseling Psychology, Iowa State University
Licensed Psychologist
Embedded Counselor – School of Dental Medicine
Fluent in Mandarin Chinese
Professional interests: Family of origin, grief and loss, trauma and recovery, cultural and life transitions, interpersonal relationships, identity development, group counseling.
Jacquie Compagnoni, Social Worker
She/Her/Hers
MSW, Roberts Wesleyan College
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Embedded Counselor - School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Professional interests: Academic stress, anxiety, depression, grief and loss, group counseling, interpersonal and life transition, skill development, learning disabilities, mindfulness, neurodiversity, relationship concerns, spirituality and faith.
Thomas J. Neill, Social Worker
MSW, University at Buffalo
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Embedded Counselor - UB School of Law
Professional interests: Men's health and sexuality issues, sexual trauma and recovery, male survivors of sexual abuse, poverty and class issues, incarcerated trauma survivors, grief and loss issues, mental health outreach and education to underserved populations, LGBT issues, feminism.
Kate Hey, Counselor
She/Her/Hers
M.S., Mental Health Counseling, University at Buffalo
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Embedded Counselor – School of Management
Professional interests: Mood and anxiety disorders, ADHD, intersectional identities, feminism, LGBTQ issues, trauma and recovery, intimate partner violence
Chandler Batchelor, Counselor
She/Her/Hers
M.A. in Health Humanities, UNC Chapel Hill.
Counselor
Embedded Counselor – School of Nursing
Professional Interests: Cultural and life transitions, family of origin and relationship issues, identity development, LGBTQIA+ issues (especially asexuality), supervision and training, tabletop role-playing therapy, trauma recovery
Nicholas Fronczak, Counselor and Assistant Director for Embedded Counseling Program
M.S., Mental Health Counseling, University at Buffalo
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Embedded Counselor – School of Public Health and Health Professions
Professional interests: Anxiety, relationship and communication issues, family of origin, LGBTQ issues, career and life transitions
Amani Mathis, Social Worker
She/Her/Hers
MSW, University of Buffalo
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Embedded Counselor – School of Social Work
Professional Interests: mood disorders, anxiety, trauma and recovery, addiction and recovery, multicultural/diversity issues, social justice, mindfulness, DBT/coping skills, provider burn out
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University at Buffalo
120 Richmond Quadrangle, North Campus
Buffalo, NY 14261
Phone: (716) 645-2720; Fax: (716) 645-2175
University at Buffalo
1st Floor Michael Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, NY 14214
Phone: (716) 829-5800