Dr. Regine K. Chung
Assistant Professor
Biography
Dr. Regine K. Chung is an Assistant Professor at Niagara University. Her identity as a counselor educator is built on her multicultural clinical experience as a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate (TX), Certified Autism Specialist, and play therapist. Dr. Chung earned her doctoral degree in counseling from the University of North Texas (UNT) and M.So.Sc. in Counseling from the City University in Hong Kong. As a trilingual counselor and supervisor, Dr. Chung has extensive clinical experience in Hong Kong and the U.S. working with clients of all ages and diverse cultural backgrounds in university community counseling clinics, private practice, as well as both general and special education settings. With previous pro-bono work in a domestic violence agency and a correctional institution, she developed pertinent advocacy skills to support various marginalized populations.
Dr. Chung specializes in working with neurodivergent populations, as well as clinical issues concerning relational trauma, anxiety, and bicultural identity development. Her leadership roles as a founding board member of the Hong Kong Academy of Play Therapy (HKAPT) and former assistant director of the UNT Center for Play Therapy involve working with mental health clinicians from different parts of the world to organize national and international conferences, multicultural webinars, and certification training.
Focus of Teaching
Dr. Chung’s focus of teaching includes counseling theories & practice, foundations & ethics of clinical mental health counseling, multicultural counseling, counseling with children and adolescents, and educational research and statistics. She also serves as a faculty supervisor for the field placement courses.
Current Research
Dr. Chung prioritizes culturally inclusive and developmentally appropriate approaches to mental health in both her clinical and research roles. She focuses on multicultural issues in counseling, play therapy, neurodiversity, and immigrant populations in her current research, seeking to improve treatment effectiveness and accessibility.