Foundations of Chinese Psychotherapies / International and Cultural Psychology (PDF)

Yung-Jong Shiah received his PhD in psychology from the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. He is currently professor at Graduate Institution of Counseling Psychology and Rehabilitation Counseling of National Kaohsiung Normal University. He is a pioneer scholar and has devoted much of his professional career to linking Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism to psychology, psychotherapy, and science, with an aim to enhance mental health and well-being. He was supported by grants from Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, and Bial foundation. He has published more than 60 peer-reviewed articles on related issues in both Chinese and English. He was a full-time psychotherapist and director of counseling center in two universities in Taiwan (1997-2002). He is the secretary-general of Chinese Indigenous Social Science Association (2018-present) and was secretary-general of Taiwan Guidance and Counseling Association (2015-2016). He served as editors and guest editors for several Chinese and English academic journals. He received the Excellent Research Award from National Kaohsiung Normal University (2010-2021), Subsidies for Distinguished Scholars from the Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology (2013-2021), and the Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor (1997).