About

Last updated: June 2023 

I am a tenacious, hard-working, life-long learning counselor educator, counselor, and researcher, and scholar. I am Assistant Director of the Community and Trauma Counseling program and Assistant Professor at Jefferson College of Health Professions (JCHP), Thomas Jefferson University  I earned a doctorate degree in the CACREP-accredited counselor education and supervision program from the George Washington University in 2018.

I have a wide range of clinical experience providing individual and group mental health counseling, and vocational rehabilitation counseling for diverse individuals, including the deaf and hard of hearing, college students, international students, transgender individuals, those seeking a asylum in the United States, and individuals with homelessness with mental and/or physical health issues. As a certified rehabilitation counselor (CRC), national certified counselor (NCC), board certified telemental health counselor, (BC-TMH),  board certified in EEG neurofeedback (BCN), and licensed professional counselor (LPC) in the District of Columbia and Pennsylvania, I embrace diversity in social identities and inclusion, and love advocating for human rights and access to affordable education and community resources. 

In addition to great interests in teaching and counseling practice, I am a passionate researcher with the interests in a) chronic, toxic, or traumatic stress in individuals, families (e.g., family caregivers), and communities, b) grief (e.g., complicated grief) and loss (e.g., non-death losses in family caregivers), c) culturally-responsive research mentorship in counselor education, and d) experiences in recovery among college students.

Born in Seoul and lived in three different countries for a long period of time, I identify myself as a global citizen. I am fluent in English, Japanese, and Korean. My love for communication with others encouraged me to learn the American Sign Language (ASL) and a little bit about the deaf world.