Co-Editors: Lidan Gu, Ph.D. and Sunny Ho, M.A., Ed.M.

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President’s Message Written by Huaiyu Zhang, Ph.D.

Dear ACHPPI members and friends, It has been a great honor for me to serve the Chinese helping processional community, which is full of talent, passion, and accomplishment. The particular goals that I have set for ACHPPI during my presidency include: Connecting Chinese mental health professionals from various disciplines, deepening professional support, enhancing a sense of belonging within our community, and facilitating the integration of practice, research, and teaching on an international scale. I look forward to your suggestions, participation, and contributions.

Financial Report Written by Hong Ni, Ph.D., NCSP

In the last eight years, the Association of Chinese Helping Professionals and Psychologists—International has been gradually growing. In 2010 when the Association established an account, the balance was $265, from the membership fees of the board members then. With the efforts of the previous and current board members, we have more income from membership fees and coordinated training programs in China. Currently, we have a total income of $7500.

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History On August 20, 2007 Changiming Duan, Naijian Zhang, Yuhong He, Ran Zhao, and some Chinese scholars, Guangrong Jiang, Zhijin Hou met and talked about the increasing number of Chinese Americans in the field of psychology and helping professions. The conversation involved the needs of networking and giving and receiving support among the Chinese American helping professionals. The picture of Chinese American scholars and Chinese scholars from China during the break of the conference symbolized a historical moment.

In early March 2008, Changming Duan, Mei Tang, Yuhong He and several Chinese students studying in the U.S. met Yan Xia, Fang Xiao Yi at the International Counseling Psychology Conference in Chicago and several scholars from China who attended another conference in the same hotel at the same time. During this exciting moment this group of individuals had a conversation about the need to do something to bridge the US-China helping professionals. The idea of creating a platform for dialogue and establishing a professional organization for research and training was bred.

In summer 2009 Mei Tang applied for registration of non-profit organization in Ohio. The name used is Association of Chinese Helping Professionals and Psychologists International (ACHPPI).

Changming Duan was elected as the first president (2008-2012) with the board members as President-Elect Mei Tang, VP for Member- ship and Communication Naijian Zhang, VP for Science and Research Yan Xia, VP for Education and Training Guangrong Jiang, Treasurer and Secretary Yan Li (later replaced by Hong Ni). Yuhong He served as the first Student Representative.

ACHPPI has conducted some significant events since its conception. These events include training professional counselors in Wuhan, collaboration with Huazhong Normal University, and hosting a summit meeting with Chinese Registration System and leaders from mental health professions in China in March 2014.

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Mission and Objectives 1. To establish an international alliance of Chinese professionals in psychology and various human

services; 2. To increase publication and dissemination of cross-cultural, interdisciplinary, and international

studies; 3. To increase collaborative relationships between institutions in China and counterparts in the US

and other regions of the world; 4. To encourage information exchange and resource sharing among members; 5. To advance cross-cultural studies in psychology and other helping professions; 6. To advance the understanding and development of psychology studies and allied fields in China

and US as well as other regions; 7. To enhance training and education of helping professionals in China, US and other regions.

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RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT

BY HUI XU, PHD Dr. Hui Xu is an assistant professor in counseling

psychology at Loyola University Chicago.

My research program focuses on two areas of

rich clinical implications: career decision-making

and psychotherapy science.

In career decision-making, I mainly conduct

research on ambiguity management in career

decision-making (CDM) and career decision-

making difficulties. Regarding ambiguity

management, I am interested in exploring and

expanding two research lines: the role of

ambiguity management in CDM and career

development, and antecedents of ambiguity

management (AM) in CDM. My research team

has developed a measure of AM (CDAM) and

examined its associated variables such as career

decision self-efficacy, career adaptability, career indecision, calling, and adherence to RIASEC. Regarding

career decision-making difficulties (CDMD), I focus on the taxonomy, assessment, and interventions of

CDM. My research team has developed an integrative model of CDMD in the Western and Eastern

cultural contexts.

Additionally, I am interested in psychotherapy and supervision science, including therapeutic

relationships, psychotherapy efficacy, etc. I am passionate about topics such as what exactly

contributes to psychotherapy efficacy through which mechanism, what is the role of psychotropic

medications and neuroscience in the treatment of mental health issues, and cross-cultural variations of

therapy efficacy and format.

Finally, I can say I am generally interested in the scientific inquiry of counseling psychology. So, I am

happy to work with students and collaborators on their research topics based on shared interests. For

more information, please contact Dr. Xu at hxu2@luc.edu.

References

Xu, H., & Tracey, T. J. G. (2017). The Reciprocal Dynamic Model of Career Decision Ambiguity Tolerance

with Career Indecision: A Longitudinal Three-wave Investigation. Journal of Counseling

Psychology, 64, 538-549

Xu, H., & Tracey, T. J. G. (2016). Cultural Congruence with Psychotherapy Efficacy: A Network Meta-

Analytic Examination in China. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 63, 359-365.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cou0000145

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RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT

BY 贾晓明教授

贾晓明教授现任职于北京理工大学应用心理学研究所。

贾晓明教授最近在《神经疾病与精神卫生》（2016）发表了一篇述评，以下为摘要：

当今精神分析在中国有了重要的发展，尤其易出现诸多精神分析培训为标志。精神分析不仅仅是

一个心理咨询流派，也是一种重要的文化和哲学思想，因此在中国的精神分析培训中也带来了文

化冲击。本文探讨了中国精神分析培训的现状以及特点，分析了参加培训者通过精神分析培训满

足权威认同的文化心理，探讨了接受长程精神分析的受训者，受西方个人为中心价值观的渗透所

带来的咨询治疗实务中以及现实生活中的挑战与冲突。未来精神分析在中国的发展，一方面要警

觉西方文化殖民主义，要展开东西方对话而不是西方独语；另一方面要在文化融合中推陈出新，

中国的精神分析学者、心理咨询与心理工作者为世界精神分析的发展作出创新性贡献。

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RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT

BY XIANG ZHOU, M.A.

Xiang Zhou is currently a doctoral candidate in

counseling psychology at University of

Minnesota and a predoctoral psychology

intern at University of Washington Counseling

Center.

The primary goal of my research is to

understand and support the holistic wellbeing

of diverse families through parenting

research. My work broadly focuses on culture

and parenting.

My principal research area is cultural

adaptation, with a specific focus on the

adaptation of evidence-based Parent Training.

My research program is motivated by over six

years of experience in community-engaged

services, including working with Chinese

immigrants in New York City, Hmong and

African American parents, and most recently with the Somali refugee community in Minneapolis,

Minnesota. Engaging with community partners, I developed and evaluated intervention programs,

including helping with the adaptation and implementation of the evidence-based Incredible Years

parent training program (Zhou, Lee, Ohm, & Khuu, 2018). Together, we used these interventions with

the goal to reduce the health and educational disparities of Hmong Americans, who have the lowest per

capita income, the highest poverty rate, and lowest educational attainment among all ethnic-racial

groups.

For my doctoral dissertation, I have conducted basic research on parenting regulatory focus. I have

constructed and validated the psychometric properties of the Parenting Regulatory Focus (PRF) Scale to

measure two unique dimensions. The second line of my research focuses on parental cultural

socialization. I apply a lifespan perspective to studying parental cultural socialization at different

developmental stages for both adopted (Hu, Zhou, & Lee, 2017) and non-adopted individuals (Zhou, Lee,

& Syed, 2019).

Selected References

Zhou, X., Lee, R. M. & Syed, M. (2019). Ethnic identity developmental trajectories during the transition

to college. Developmental Psychology, 55, 157-169. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dev0000634

Zhou, X., Lee, R. M., Ohm, J., & Khuu, B. K. (2018). Understanding the needs, preferences, and feasibility

for parent training in Hmong Americans. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 9, 62-71.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/aap0000095

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RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT

BY JONAH LI, M.A.

Jonah Li is currently a 2nd-year doctoral student in Counseling

Psychology at Indiana University-Bloomington (IU)

My first first-author project looked at the relationships and differences

between happiness and meaning in life on mental health outcomes.

Theoretically, it is well-accepted that eudaimonic and hedonic well-

being are distinctive but empirical evidence does not support the

notion. To add to the literature, focusing on the key orientation of the

two paradigms, I found that happiness and meaning in life were both

uniquely and negatively related to stress, depressive and anxiety

symptoms, but happiness exerted larger effects. This provides

counseling implications that counselors can assess which life goals

clients want to pursue. Also, happiness and meaning in life are different

indicators of well-being and that the counseling interventions for each

might be different. Given that meaning in life might have a weaker

protective effect on mental health outcomes (i.e. stress, depressive and anxiety symptoms), a meaning

in life intervention might not result immediately in a dramatic decline in psychological distress but might

nevertheless be valued by clients.

Another research that is under review is a case study of Strength-Centered Therapy developed by Dr.

Joel Wong (2006). Strength-Centered Therapy has 4 phases, namely Explicitizing, Envisioning,

Empowering, and Evolving, each with distinct focus on practicing strengths. Believing that everyone is

born with character strengths and everyone has the potential to flourish, in my second semester of my

first year, I worked as a Strength-Centered Therapist to use strengths-related techniques to improve the

client’s well-being. Over 12 sessions, the client clinically significantly improved her well-being and

alleviated her symptoms. It was very rewarding to see how positive psychological interventions worked

well and helped the client to become a better self or grow towards her best self.

Taking an existential anxiety approach, I also expanded the idea of meaninglessness anxiety by constructing a multidimensional existential meaninglessness anxiety scale, proposing a three-factor model (incomprehension anxiety, purposelessness anxiety, and insignificance anxiety). Currently, it’s in data collection stage and it is envisioned for facilitating the empirical research in existential psychology. References: Li, P. F. J., Wong, Y. J., & Cawthra, J. (2019). I’d like to have all the characteristics of a hero: A

case study of Strength-Centered Therapy. Clinical Case Studies, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1534650119837353

Li, P. F. J., Wong, Y. J., & Chao, R. C.-L. (in press). Happiness and meaning in life: Unique, differential, and indirect effects on mental health. Counselling Psychology Quarterly. Wong, Y. J. (2006). Strength-Centered Therapy: A social constructionist, virtues-based psychotherapy. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 43, 133–146.

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Webinar in 2018

Thank you for all the panelists for

your time!

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Events Gallery

APA annual conference 2018

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APA 2018 Award Winners

XIANG ZHOU, M.A.

JONAH LI, M.A.

HUI XU, PHD

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Announcements The 6th Biannual Academic Conference of the Chinese Clinical and Counseling Psychology Registration System

The 6th Biannual Academic Conference of the Chinese Clinical and Counseling Psychology Registration System and the 2019 Annual Conference of the Executive Council of the Chinese Psychological Society (CPS) will be held in Wuhan, China, July the 5th-7th, 2019. The theme of the conference is “Profession and Mission: Facilitating the development of Chinese counseling and psychotherapy professions.” This conference will have approximately 1200 participants, including Chinese practitioners, researchers, administrators of private institutes, psychiatrists, and EAP companies in the mental health industry. It is one of the most impactful professional events in the field of Chinese mental health practice. Registration Information: Contact Dr. Xiubin Lin at linxiubin@dfmjxl.cn Registration link: http://oriental.mikecrm.com/Ga06tXm

Symposium Session Held by the Association of Chinese Helping Professionals and Psychologists International (ACHPPI) In collaboration with the Chinese Clinical and Counseling Psychology Registration System, ACHPPI is hosting a 3-hour symposium session divided into on two topics: (1) cross-cultural mental health research and (2) training of professional Chinese counselors. The symposiums will be held on 7/6/2019 (time TBD) during this conference. We are accepting symposium presentation proposals from ACHPPI members until April 30, 2019. ACHPPI members who register for the conference will receive a discount equivalent for members of the Registration System. Please contact Dr. Dong Xie at dxie@uca.edu or Dr. Huaiyu Zhang at huaiyu.zhang@gmail.com for more information.

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Our Current Board Members

Huaiyu Zhang （张怀宇）,

Ph.D. President

Affiliated university: University of California San Francisco

Email: huaiyu.zhang@gmail.com

Dong Xie（谢东）, Ph.D. President-Elect

Affiliated university: University of Central Arkansas

Email: dxie@uca.edu

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Naijian Zhang (张迺建), Ph.D. Past President

Affiliated university: West Chester Univ. of Pennsylvania

Email: NZhang@wcupa.edu

Hui Xu (徐慧), Ph.D. VP for Research

Affiliated university: Loyola University Chicago

Email: hxu2@luc.edu

Lidan Gu（古丽丹）, Ph.D. VP for Membership

Affiliated organization: Hennepin County Medical

Center

Email: lidangu@gmail.com

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Hong Ni (倪虹), Ph.D.

Business & Records

Affiliated university: CA State University-Fresno

Email: hongni@mail.fresnostate.edu

Xiao Ming Jia(贾晓明), Ph.D. VP for Training and Practice

Affiliated university: Beijing Institute of

Technology

Email: jiaxiaoming@bit.edu.cn

Yun Lu (吕韵), Ph.D. Candidate Student Representative

Affiliated university: University of Maryland

Email: yun.jackie.lu@gmail.com

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Sunny Ho (何宇泽), Ph.D. Candidate Student Representative

Affiliated university: University of Iowa

Email: yuchaksunny-ho@uiowa.edu