Embedded Counselors
Having access to timely support is the key purpose of our embedded counselors. These counselors are located within the colleges and residential spaces to provide support at times that are accessible to students. Students may request to schedule with an embedded counselor in their academic area/campus location.
We have embedded counselors in the following locations:
- Athletics: CAMP: Counseling and Athletic Mental Performance - Virginia Tech Athletics
- College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences: Erica Coates, M.S.W. - Cook Counseling Center
- College of Engineering: Samantha Wilhelmi: M.S.W. - Cook Counseling Center
- College of Science: Samuel Swisher, Ph.D. - Cook Counseling Center
- Corps of Cadets: Erika Freeman, M.S. - Cook Counseling Center
- Graduate School: Zack Cockrum, M.S. - Cook Counseling Center
- The Virginia Tech Institute for Advanced Computing: Julie Kaplan, Ph.D. - Cook Counseling Center
- Pamplin College of Business: Hannah Staats, M.A. - Cook Counseling Center
- Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine: Trent Davis, Ph.D. and Kela Rosario, M.S.W. - Cook Counseling Center
If you would like to specifically be scheduled with an embedded counselor within your designated college or location, please request this when you call our office at 540-231-6557.
Residential Well-being
Cook Counseling Center, in partnership with the Department of Residential Well-being (RWB), has a team of RWB Embedded Counselors dedicated to serving Virginia Tech’s student population living on campus. Their mission, in collaboration with RWB stakeholders, is to elevate residential students’ mental, emotional, and social well-being by reducing barriers to mental health services.
Located in East Eggleston Hall, Suite 107, RWB Embedded Counselors provide confidential counseling, crisis response, drop-in consultation, and outreach support for residential students.
RWB Embedded Counselors provide mental health services from 2-10 p.m., Monday-Thursday, and 1-4 p.m. on Fridays.
If you are a student living on campus and would like to connect with an RWB Embedded Counselor, drop by East Eggleston Hall, schedule online below, or call 540-231-6557.
- Read more about our RWB Embedded Counselors in our Staff Directory.
- Learn more about Virginia Tech’s Residential Well-Being model.
Schedule with a Residential Well-being Embedded Counselor below.
Note: These links may only be used for single drop-in appointments for students living on campus.