Contact Information

Office: CLS- 4042
Phone: (773) 442-5556
E-mail: M-chen@neiu.edu

Education

Ph.D., Counseling Psychology, Indiana University

M.S., Counselor Education, Iowa State University

B.A., Education, National Taiwan Normal University

Credentials

Professional Experience

2004 Professor, Counselor Education, Northeastern Illinois University

1999-2004 Associate Professor, Counselor Education, Northeastern  Illinois University

1995-1999 Assistant Professor, Counselor Education, Northeastern Illinois University

1993 Associate Instructor, Counseling & Educational Psychology, Indiana University

1988-1989 Director of Career Counseling, Ming Chung College;
Adjunct Counselor, Student Counseling Center, Taipei Medical College

1980-1986 School Counselor, Student Guidance Center, Yungching Middle School

Publications

Chen, M., & Rybak, C.  (2004).  Group leadership skills: Interpersonal process in group counseling and therapy. 

        Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole.
Chen, M., & Giblin, N. (2002).  Individual counseling: Skills and techniques.  Denver, Colorado: Love Publishing.

Chen, M., & Han, Y.S.  (2000).  Cross-cultural group counseling with Asians:  A stage-specific interactive approach.   

        Journal of Specialist in Group Work, 26, 111-128.

Chen-Hayes, S.F., Chen, M., & Athar, N.  (2000).  Challenging linguicism:  Action strategies for counselors and

        client-colleagues.  In Lewis, J., & Bradley L.  (Eds.).  Advocacy in counseling (pp. 25-35).  Greensboro, NC: 

        Caps Publications.

Chen, M., & Noosbond, J.  (1999).  Un-sticking the stuck group system:  Process illumination and the reflecting

         team.  Journal of Systemic Therapists, 8, 23-36.

Edwards, J., & Chen, M.  (1999).  Strength-based supervision:  Frameworks, current practice and future directions –

        A Wu-Wei method.  The Family Journal, 7, 349-357.

Chen, M., Noosbond, J.P., & Bruce, M.  (1998).  Therapeutic document in group counseling:  An active change

        agent.  Journal of Counseling and Development, 76, 404-411.

Chen, M., Froehle, T., & Morran, K.  (1997).  Deconstructing dispositional bias in clinical inference:  Two

        interventions.  Journal of Counseling and Development, 76, 74-81.

Waters, B.A., Altekruse, M.C., Chen, M., Dodds, B.L., & Essex, N.K.  (1992).  An annotated bibliography on

        multicultural counseling.  Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 11, 391-399.

Chen-Hayes, S.F., Chen, M., & Athar, N.  (1988, November).  Challenging linguicism:  Action strategies for

        counselors and client-colleagues.  Counseling Today, p. 28, 30-31.

Chen, M., & Noosbond, J.P.  (1997).  The reflecting team in group work:  “Un-sticking” a stuck system.  Together, 25,

        p. 10.

Han, Y.S., & Ghen, M.  (1999).  Group counseling with Asians:  An interactive model of cross-cultural encounter. 

        ERIC microfiche, ED 426 332.

Chen, M.  (1998).  Toward therapeutic autopoiesis:  Chaos, complexity, and narrative therapy.  ERIC microfiche, ED

        421 678.

Chen, M., & Noosbond, J.  (1997).  Group process illuminated:  Facilitating the here-and-now through the reflecting

        team.  ERIC microfiche, ED 407 366.

Chen, M., & Noosbond, J.  (in press).  Un-sticking the stuck group system:  Process illumination and the reflecting

        team.  Journal of Systemic Therapies.

Chen, M., & Noosbond, J.P.  (in press).  From deficit toward competency:  Discourse and language in clinical

        practice.  The Humanistic Psychologists.

Conference Papers Presented

Schwarzbaum, S., & Chen, M.  (2003, March).  Working with immigrant families:  Clinical issues and therapeutic
        implications.  The Family Institute    at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.

Chen, M., Chen-Hayes, S.F., & Athar, N.  (1999, April).  Challenging Linguicism with Narrative and Systemic

        Approaches.  Paper presented at the American Counseling Association (ACA) World Conference, San Diego,

        CA.

Chen, M.  (1998, August).  Therapeutic Document in Group Psychotherapy.  Paper presented at the American

        Psychological Association (APA) Convention, San Francisco, CA.

Chen, M.  (1998, August).  Toward Therapeutic Autopoiesis:  Chaos, Complexity, and Narrative Therapy.  Paper

        presented at the International Conference of the Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology & Life Sciences

        (SCTPLS), Boston, MA.

Chen-Hayes, S.F., Chen, M., & Athar, N.  (1998, November).  Challenging Linguicism with Narrative and Systemic

         Approaches.  Paper to be presented at the Illinois Counseling Association (ICA) Annual Conference,

         Bloomingdale, IL.

Chen, M., & Noosbond, J.  (1997, February).  Facilitating Group Process Illumination Through the Reflecting Team

         Format.  Paper presented at the National Conference of the Association for Specialists in Group Work

         (ASGW), Athens, Georgia.

Chen, M., & Han, Y.  (1997, February).  Cross-Cultural Group Counseling with Asians:  A Stage-Specific Interactive

         Model.  Paper presented at the National Conference of the Association for Specialists in Group Work (ASGW),

         Athens, Georgia.

Chen, M., & Noosbond, J.  (1997, March).  Group Process Illuminated:  Facilitating the Here-and-Now Through the

         Reflecting Team.  Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual

         Meeting, Chicago, Illinois.

Chen, M., & Bruce, M.  (1997, April).  Therapeutic Narrative in Group Work: A New Language of Change.  Paper

         presented at the American Counseling Association (ACA) World Conference, Orlando, Florida.

Chen, M., & Noosbond, J.  (1997, October).  Toward a Language of Possibility:  A Training Model for Empowering

         Counseling.  Paper presented at the North Central Association of Counselor Education and Supervision

         (NCACES) Conference, St. Louis, MO.

Edwards, J.K., & Chen, M.  (1997, October).  From Modernist to Postmodernist Supervision:  Where Do We Go

         From Here?  Paper presented at the North Central Association of Counselor Education and Supervision

         (NCACES) conference, S. Louis, MO.

Chen, M., & Han, Y.  (1997, November).  Cross-Cultural Group Counseling with Asians:  A Stage-Specific Interactive

         Model.  Paper presented at the Illinois Counseling Association (ICA) conference, Springfield, IL.

Chen, M., & Bruce, M.  (1996, January).  Process Summary as a Therapeutic Document in Group Work.  Presented

         at the National Conference of the Association for Specialists in Group Work (ASGW), Athens, Georgia.

Chen, M., Froehle, T., & Morran, K.  (1996, April).  Deconstructing Dispositional Bias in Clinical Inference. 

          Presented at the American Counseling Association (ACA) World Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Chen, M.  (1996, October).  Deconstructing Dispositional Bias in Clinical Inference:  A Postmodern Shift in Clinical

         Thinking.  Presented at the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) National

         Convention, Portland, Oregon.

Chen, M., & Bruce, M.  (1996, October).  Hope and Healing Through Therapeutic Narrative in Group Work.  

         Presented at the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) National Convention, Portland,

         Oregon.

Chen, M.  (1995, April).  The Effect of Instruction in Attribution Processes and Practice in Empathic Perspective

        Taking on Dispositional Bias Among Clinician Trainees.  Presented at the 1995 annual meeting of the

        American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco, CA.

Professional Memberships

American Counseling Association

American Psychological Association, Division 17

Association for Specialists in Group Work

Association of Counselor Education and Supervision

Association of Illinois Counselor Education and Supervision

Illinois Counseling Association

Professional Activities/Service

Thesis Committee, Department of Gerontology, NEIU, 2002-2003

Co-Chairperson, Professional Development Committee, College of Education, NEIU, 2002 to present

Member, Evaluation Committee, College of Education, NEIU, 2002 to present

Chairperson, Admission, Retention, & Marketing Committee, Department of Counselor Education, NEIU, 2002- present

Chairperson, Equipment Update Committee, Department of Counselor Education, NEIU, 1997 to present

Awards
Faculty Excellence Award: May 30, 2003.  Awarded through Northeastern Illinois University
Faculty Excellence Award: May 12, 2001.  Awarded through Northeastern Illinois University

Faculty Excellence Award: May 11, 2000. Awarded through Northeastern Illinois University

Dissertation Research Grant-in-Aid Award: April 18, 1994. Awarded through the University Graduate
School,  Indiana University.

Linker Family Scholarship: April 3, 1994. Awarded through School of Education - Center for Excellence,
Indiana University, in recognition of excellent achievement in Counseling Psychology doctoral program.

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