Embedded Counseling Programs in Post-Secondary Settings

Abstract

This paper examines embedded counseling programs across ten Post-Secondary Canadian counseling centers. We highlight common drivers for developing embedded counseling programs, commonalities and differences across programs, successes and challenges in implementation, and recommend a common set of metrics. Our overview demonstrates variability in program structure that reflects the host faculty or department and the culture, expectations, and realities they each face. Based on lessons learned, we highlight emerging and promising practices for university counseling centers.