Faculty Profile

Sunny Ho

Sunny Ho

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Email: hoy3@spu.edu
Office: Marston 133


Education: Ph.D., Counseling Psychology (APA Accredited), August 2020; M.A., Ed.M., Psychological Counseling, May 2014; B.S., Distinction and Major in Psychology, Minor in Communication, June 2012; High Distinction and Associate Degree in Arts and Sciences, concentration in Psychology, June 2010

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Selected Publications

Peer-reviewed Journal Article

Wang, K., Anders, C., Ho, Y. C. S., Garrison, Y. L., & Kivlighan, D. M. III. (2023). Asian international psychotherapist’s experiences of client’s microaggression in therapy. Psychotherapy. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/pst0000502

Garrison, Y. L., Park, S., Yeung, C. W., Li, Z., Ho, Y. C. S., & Chang-Tran, J. (2022). The social class worldviews of Chinese international students in the United States. Journal of International Students, 13(1), 40-58. https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v13i1.4013

Garrison, Y. L., Yeung, C. W., Ho, Y. C. S., Hong, J., Son, Y., Lin, C.-L. R., & Bermingham, C. (2022). Linguistic minority international counseling psychology trainees ’experiences in clinical supervision. The Counseling Psychologist. 50(6), 813–844. https://doi.org/10.1177/0011000022109432

Kivlighan, D. M. III, Aloe, A. M., Adams, M. C., Garrison, Y. L., Obrecht, A., Ho, Y. C. S., Kim, J. Y. C., Hooley, I. W., Chan, L., & Deng, K. (2020). Does the group in group psychotherapy matter? A meta- analysis of the intraclass correlation coefficient in group treatment research. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 88(4), 322- 337. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000474

Mascayano, F., Toso-Salman, J., Ho, Y. C. S., Dev, S., Tapia, T., Thornicroft, G., Cabassa, L. J., Khenti, A., Sapag, J., Bobbili, S. J., Alvarado, R., Yang, L. H., & Susser, E. (2020). Including culture in programs to reduce stigma toward people with mental disorders in low-and-middle income countries. Transcultural Psychiatry, 57(1), 140-160. https://doi.org/10.1177/1363461519890964

Liu, W. M., Liu, R. Z., Garrison, Y. L., Kim, J. Y. C., Chan, L., Ho, Y. C. S., & Yeung, C. W. (2019). Racial trauma, microaggressions, and becoming racially innocuous: The role of acculturation and White supremacist ideology. American Psychologist, 74(1), 143-155. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000368

Lustgarten, S. D., Elchert, D. M., Cederberg, C., Garrison, Y. L., & Ho, Y. C. S. (2017). Readability of informed consent documents at university counseling centers. Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 31(4), 281-296. https://doi.org/10.1080/87568225.2017.1343108

Book Chapter

Ho, Y. C. S., Chan, L., & Liu, W. M. (2020). Culture and social class in mental health. In R. Moodley & E. Lee (Ed.), The Routledge International Handbook of Race, Ethnicity, and Culture in Mental Health. New York, NY: Routledge International Handbook.