About

Academic Positions:

I am Associate Professor and Director of Training in the Counseling Psychology Ph.D. Program at Seton Hall University. I teach courses on theories and techniques in counseling psychology, qualitative research, practicum and internship for master's and doctoral students, group counseling, and race and ethnicity in multicultural counseling. 

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I am also Assistant Professor at the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, where I provide didactics on psychoanalytic and psychodynamic theories, as well as couples therapy, for medical students.

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Research Specialty:

My research focuses on how the intersectionality of gender, culture, and race influence the experiences of Asian Americans. I also conduct research on racial and cultural factors in psychotherapy.

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Education & Training:

2013 Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology

        (APA-accredited Program)

University at Albany, SUNY

2006 M.A. in Clinical Psychology, 

Antioch University, Santa Barbara

2000 M.A. in English Literature

Seoul National University

1997 B.A. in Psychology

Seoul National University

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My clinical training has included providing psychological services at a domestic violence center, a community-based university training clinic, a Job Corps wellness center,  and an outpatient psychiatry department at an academic medical center. Additionally, I completed an APA-accredited Pre-Doctoral Internship at the Albany Pyschology Consortium (a consortium consisting of rotations at the Stratton V.A. Medical Center, Albany Medical Center, and the Capital District Psychiatric Center) and my post-doctoral training at Albany Medical Center/Albany Medical College, where I provided individual and group psychotherapy, conducted pre-bariatric psychological evaluations, supervised and taught medical students and psychiatry residents, and conducted research on Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral for Treatment (SBIRT) as part of a SAMHSA grant-funded research team. ​

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