Dr. Halin Chung
Biography
Research Interests:
Dr. Chung’s research interests primarily focus on career development among youth and college students from underrepresented backgrounds. Her work aims to identify factors that can encourage youth and college students to explore and pursue their career interests freely despite systemic barriers. She hopes to inform community leaders, practitioners, and administrators of ideas for further improved career services and interventions. She has also been interested in brief scale development and the counseling process & outcome research based on routine outcome monitoring data.
Recent Publications:
Meng, L., Chung, H., & Kivlighan, M. (2024). The multicultural orientation inventory–Group version-8: Development and validation of a brief scale to measure cultural processes in group therapy. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice.
Wang, K., Chung, H., Stuart-Maver, S. L., Schreier, B., Galligan, P., Davis, H., & Kivlighan, D. M. (2022). The relationship between clients' expectation of therapist support and challenge and treatment outcome: A response surface analysis. Psychotherapy, 59(3), 481–486.
Chung, H., Kim, J. W., Kwon, J., Kim, K., Ryou, B., & Ryu, H. J. (2019). Development of brief post-traumatic stress disorder rating scale for sexual violence victims. Psychiatry Investigation, 16(11), 868–871.
Yun, J. Y., Chung, H., Sim, J. A., & Yun, Y. H. (2019). Prevalence and associated factors of depression among Korean adolescents. PLOS One, 14(10): e0223176.
Chung, H., & Kim, K-H. (2017). Effects of acceptance practice with preparation stage on acceptance and emotion. Korean Journal of Counseling, 18(6), 101–114.
Leadership:
Dr. Halin Chung is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology at NMSU. She received her PhD in Counseling Psychology from the University of Iowa. She completed her APA-accredited pre-doctoral internship at the University of Texas at Austin Counseling and Mental Health Center. Dr. Chung’s clinical interest focuses on supporting identity exploration and development among emerging adults.
Academic Background:
Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology, University of Iowa
M.A. in Educational Counseling, Seoul National University
