Hao-Min Chen Profile

Hao-Min Chen, Ph.D., LMFT, AAMFT Approved Supervisor

• Associate Professor
• Program Coordinator: MS in Marriage and Family Therapy
• Department of Counseling and Psychology
• College of Education and Human Development
• Email: hmchen@tamuct.edu
• Office/Room: WH-318 J
• Curriculum Vitae
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Dr. Hao-Min Chen received her Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Science with Marriage and Family Therapy Emphasis from The University of Georgia, and her M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy from Syracuse University. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist and AAMFT Approved Supervisor. Her research interests are diversity and marriage and family therapy. She has taught classes at undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral levels. Courses taught in MFT programs include Pre-Practicum, Practicum, Advanced Practicum, Diversity and the Family, Law and Ethics, MFT Assessments, and Doctoral Dissertation Supervision.

Selected Publications

Chen, H., & Lewis, D. C. (2017). The role of Chinese grandparents in adult children’s parenting practices in the United States. In K. M. Quek & S. S. Fang (Eds.), Transition and change in collectivist family life: Strategies for clinical practice with Asian Americans (pp. 57-66). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50679-1_6

Quek, K. & Chen, H. (2017). Family Therapy in Chinese Culture and Context: Lessons from Supervising Therapists-in-Training in China. Contemporary Family Therapy, 39(1), 12-20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10591-016-9401-y

Chen, H. & Lewis, D. C. (2016). A changing relationship: Visiting Chinese grandparents and their adult children in the United States. Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 11(2), 87–98. (EJ1258822). ERIC. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1258822

Chen, H., & Lewis, D. C. (2015). Chinese grandparents’ involvement in their adult children’s parenting practices in the United States. Contemporary Family Therapy, 37(1), 58-71. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10591-014-9321-7

Lee, B., M., Kozak, M. S., Nancoo, C. P., Chen, H., & Middendorf, K (2013). Exploring dominant discourses: Creating spaces to find voices and cultural identity. Journal of Cultural Diversity, 20(1), 21-29.

Chen, H., & Lewis, D. C. (2011). Approaching the “resistant:” Exploring East Asian international students’ perceptions of therapy and help-seeking behavior before and after they arrived in the United States. Contemporary Family Therapy, 33(3), 310-323. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10591-011-9154-6