• Highest Degree: Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
• Professional Experience: Licensed Psychologist in California; Part-Time Private Practice; Clinical Postdoctoral Fellow, Azusa Pacific University
• Research Interests: Depression and Other Mental Health Conditions, Asian American Cultural Identity and Mental Health, Psychology of Single Christians
• Primary Teaching Areas: Crisis Counseling, Introduction to Psychopathology, Human Growth and Development, Women’s Counseling, Pastoral Counseling, Advanced Counseling Techniques
• Languages: Mandarin, Taiwanese, English

Special Topics & Seminars

• Emotional and Mental Health: Understanding and overcoming depression, suicide prevention, anxiety management for busy urban life, addiction awareness and treatment, understanding and treating schizophrenia, cultivating joy
• Family and Parenting: Spiritual formation for children, helping children develop emotional skills, bridging generational cultural differences, communication with ABC children, healthy relational boundaries, navigating midlife challenges, adolescent rebellion, young adult life and career crises, emotional differences between women and men
• Balanced Living: Sabbath practices for modern life, holistic health of body, mind, and spirit, healthy relational boundaries, healing from past hurts
• Embracing the Single Season: Christian dating, love and sexuality for single Christians, spiritual struggles, overcoming past relational wounds
• Care and Counseling: Ethical principles of care counseling, listening skills, the art of confrontation, small-group dynamics

Selected Publications

• 2020 “Healing the Wounded.” Pastoral Sharing, 31–34.
• 2018 “Shaping Spirituality in the Single Season.” Pastoral Sharing, 5–7.
• 2015 “Mindfulness Therapy, Contemplative Traditions, and Psychological Counseling.” In Ruo-Yu Chen (Ed.), Christian Counseling for Life Transformation, pp. 181–221. Taipei: Tianen.
• 2014 “Overcoming Spiritual Struggles: A Reframing from the Perspective of Single Christians.” In Ting Hsieh & Ai-Kuang Chen (Eds.), Speaking from the Spirit, pp. 134–153. Hong Kong: Tien Dao.
• 1999 Atkinson, D. R., Kim, A. U., Ruelas, S. R., & Lin, A. T. “Ethnicity and Attitudes Toward Facilitated Reminiscence.” Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 21, 66–81.