As a part of its series, Innovations in Counseling, the NBCC Foundation invites you to a no-cost webinar on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, from 1–2 pm EST. Live webinars are available at no cost to NCCs and current NBCC Foundation scholars and fellows, and documentation of one clock hour of continuing education is available for registrants who attend the full webinar.
Since COVID-19 severely hit the United States, the Asian population living in the United States has been unfairly blamed and victimized as the cause of the pandemic. COVID-19–related hate crimes and racism against Asians have surged, and the impact has been detrimental to their psychological well-being. In an effort to address the ongoing mental health impacts on the Asian population as well as the role counselors play in mitigating their pain, this webinar seeks to broaden counselors' current understanding of mental health concerns among the Asian population in the United States. The webinar will primarily focus on providing culturally relevant counseling services to this population with regards to ongoing COVID-19–related discrimination, promoting counselors’ awareness and ability to advocate for the Asian population, and fighting against the prevailing discrimination targeted at them.
During this webinar, attendees will:
Hyemi Jang is a second-year doctoral student in the counseling and counselor education program at North Carolina State University. She received her Master of Arts in educational counseling from Seoul National University in South Korea. Before enrolling in her PhD program, she worked as a counselor for 4 years at Korea Youth Counseling and Welfare Institute (KYCI), a South Korean government-affiliated counseling institute. Her clinical work at KYCI primarily focused on counseling at-risk adolescents and providing training programs to youth counselors in community counseling settings. Her current research and clinical interests lie in interventions for at-risk adolescents and in multicultural and social justice counseling issues, especially regarding racial or gender-related areas.
Jihyeon Choi is a doctoral student in the counselor education program at The Ohio State University. She earned her master’s degree in educational counseling at Seoul National University in South Korea. During this time, she was part of multiple research teams and conducted counseling and education-related research. By participating in these research teams, she published articles on the subjects of school counseling, adverse childhood experiences and protective factors, and social–emotional learning. As a researcher, she is also interested in international students’ utilization of college counseling services, the mental health of the Asian population during the pandemic, and social justice. She has presented on these topics of interest and is currently working on research about those issues.
Dr. Isak Kim is an assistant professor in the clinical mental health counseling program at the University of Nebraska, Omaha. His research focuses on interpersonal violence and trauma as well as youth mental health, with an emphasis on social justice. He is the recipient of multiple research grants from academic associations, such as the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, the American Educational Research Association, and the Korean Counseling Association – International Chapter, to support his research on various forms of trauma. His clinical background focuses on working with individuals with a history of traumatic events, internalizing problems, or crises. Dr. Kim is committed to multicultural and social justice counseling and expanding educational, cultural, and personal opportunities for marginalized individuals.
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