Iowa City Foreign Relations Council Presents: A Multicultural Perspective to See Mental Health: Theories and Applications

Published: Nov. 28, 2018, 10 a.m.

Sunny Ho is a fourth year Ph.D candidate in Counseling Psychology Program. His research interests are social justice issues and multiculturalism in mental health settings, such as race/racism, class/classism, etc. In addition, he is interested in studying barriers and challenges Asian international individuals encounter in terms of seeking mental health services. He is currently working on his dissertation about Chinese indigenous healing methods. He is passionate about intergroup dialogue and social activism work for underrepresented students on UI campus.

Yunkyoung (Yun) Garrison is a Ph.D. candidate in Counseling Psychology at the University of Iowa under the mentorship of William Ming Liu, Ph.D. Yun moved to Iowa from South Korea in 2013. Her research looks at the dynamics of social class privilege and classism in the US and international communities as well as multicultural and vocational issues among international students, immigrants, and children of immigrants. Yun has gained clinical experiences with diverse clienteles, including children/adolescents at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC), students at the University Counseling Service (UCS) at the University of Iowa and Student Health and Counseling Services (SHACS) at Grinnell College, students/community members in Women's Resource and Action Center (WRAC), and middle school students in rural communities through career programing (Project HOPE).

Rosaline Lin is a third year doctoral student in the Counseling Psychology Program. Her research interests are multicultural issues in mental health settings and career development of high-achieving students with disabilities. She is also interested in studying the function of creative arts in career and psychological interventions. Rosaline is passionate about working with underrepresented students on and off campus and supporting individuals in building strengths to cope with adversities in life.

For more information on the Foreign Relations Council visit their website at www.icfrc.org.