Eric C. Chen

Portrait of Eric Chen

Ph.D.

Professor
Counseling Psychology

113 West 60th Street
Room 1012C
212-636-6474
[email protected]

Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays: 3 - 4:30 p.m., and by appointment. 

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Eric C. Chen, Ph.D., was born and raised in Taiwan. Before moving to the U.S. to pursue his graduate studies, he taught Chinese at a high school in Taipei. He earned his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Arizona State University and joined Fordham University in 1995. During his tenure at Fordham, Dr. Chen has held several leadership positions, including serving as Chair of the PES Division (2003-2006), Vice Chair (2019-2020), Interim Chair (2020), and Training Director of the PhD Counseling Psychology program (2010-2012). Since 2020, he has also been coordinating the master’s mental health counseling program.

Dr. Chen has contributed extensively to the academic community, serving on the editorial boards of multiple journals, including the Journal of Counseling Psychology and Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, where he previously served as an Associate Editor. He served on the Board of the Society of Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy (Division 49 of the APA) and currently serves on the Board of the Masters in Psychology and Counseling Accreditation Council (MPCAC), which accredits master’s programs that meet counseling profession standards.

In recognition of the impact of his work, Dr. Chen was awarded APA Fellow status in 2016. He also received the Presidential Award from APA Division 49 at the APA’s 2020 annual meeting. Since 2021, Dr. Chen has directed the Clinical Mental Health Services program, funded by the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation, which offers free telehealth services to underserved children and youth in the Bronx. In early 2023, he secured a grant of nearly $3.5 million from the U.S. Department of Education to direct the project "Educate for School-Based Mental Health Professionals for Justice: A Developmental-Contextual Approach" from 2023 to 2027.

From 2021 to 2023, Dr. Chen was an instructor for the New York State Office of Victim Services Academy Training series. His research focuses on addressing the marginalization of socially vulnerable groups, including undocumented immigrants and LGBTQ individuals, through a social justice framework. He is currently conducting a qualitative study on how transgender individuals navigate identity disclosure and interpersonal relationships in the U.S. and the Philippines.

  • Ph.D., Counseling Psychology, Arizona State University, 1995

    Internship, The University of Texas at Austin, Counseling and Mental Health Center, 1994-95

    MS, Counseling, University of Oregon, 1991

    BA, Chinese, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, 1987

  • Chen, E. C. (2001). Multicultural counseling supervision: An interactional approach. In J. G. Ponterotto, J. M., Casas, L. A. Suzuki, & C. M. Alexander (Eds.), Handbook of multicultural counseling (2nd ed., pp. 801-824). Sage.

    Chen, E. C. (2005). Racial-cultural training for supervisors: Goals, foci, and strategies. In R. T. Carter (Ed.), Handbook of racial-cultural psychology and counseling: Practice and training, Vol. 2 (pp. 168-188). Wiley.

    Chen, E. C., Androsiglio, R. J., & Ng, V. (2010). Minority stress and health of lesbian, gay and bisexual individuals: A developmental-contextual perspective. In J. G. Ponterotto, J. M., Casas, L. A. Suzuki, & C. M. Alexander (Eds.), Handbook of multicultural counseling (3rd ed., pp. 531-544). Sage.

    Chen, E. C., & Bernstein, B. L. (2000). Relations of complementarity and supervisory issues to supervisory working alliance: A comparative analysis of two cases. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 47, 485-497. DOI:10.1037//0022-0167.47.4,485

    Chen, E. C., Boyd, D. M., & Cunningham, C. (2020).  Demarginalizing stigmatized identities of transgender individuals through affirmative group therapy. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 70(4), 552-578. DOI: 10.1080/00207284.2020.1755291

    Chen, E. C., Kakkad, D., & Balzano, J. (2008). Multicultural competence and evidence-based practice in group therapy. Journal of Clinical Psychology: In Session, 64, 1261–1278. DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20533

    Chen, E. C., & Mallinckrodt, B. (2002). Attachment, group attraction, and self-other agreement in interpersonal circumplex problems and perceptions of group members. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 6, 311-324. DOI: 10.1037//1089-2699.6.4.311

    Chen, E. C., Stracuzzi, T. I., & Ruckdeschel, D. E. (2004). Affirmative counseling with gay men. In D. Atkinson & G. Hackett (Eds.), Counseling diverse populations (3rd ed., pp. 388-411). McGraw-Hill.

    Chen, E. C., Thombs, B., & Costa, C. (2003). Building connection through diversity in group counseling: A dialogical perspective. In D. B. Pope-Davis, H. L. K. Coleman, W. M. Liu, & R. L. Toporek (Eds.), Handbook of multicultural competencies (2nd ed., 456-477). Sage.

    Chen, H., & Chen, E. C. (2020). Working with interpreters in therapy groups for forced migrants: Challenges and opportunities. Inclusion in the special issue, “The Migration Crisis in the US and Implications for Group Work.” International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 70(2), 244-269. DOI: 10.1080/00207284.2019.1685885

    Ellis, L. M., & Chen, E. C. (2013). Negotiating identity development among undocumented immigrant college students: A grounded theory study. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 60, 251–264. DOI: 10.1037/a0031350

    Kim, E. E., & Chen, E. C. (2022). Task analysis of a Christian-integrated psychotherapy framework. Psychotherapy, 59(3), 363–373. DOI: 10.1037/pst0000406

    Munoz De Zubiria, G., & Chen, E. C. (2023). Navigating concealable stigmatized identities and status disclosure among members of Latinx mixed-status families. In H. Jimenez & M. J. Villaseñor (Eds.), The Latinx experience: Interdisciplinary perspectives. (pp. 299-309). Sage.

    Zaharopoulos, M., & Chen, E. C. (2018). Racial-cultural events in group counseling as perceived by group therapists. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 68, 629-653. DOI: 10.1080/00207284.2018.1470899

  • Ph.D., Level

    • Doctoral Practicum in Counseling Psychology I and II (PSGE7654/7655)
    • Doctoral Practicum in Counseling Psychology III and IV (PSGE7656/7658)
    • Practicum in Supervision in Counseling Psychology (PSGE7657)
    • Psychology of Career Development (PSGE7640)
    • Social and Ethical Responsibilities in Counseling Psychology (PSGE8672)
    • Psychology of Small Groups (PSGE7630)

    Master's Level

    • Ethics and Professional Issues in Counseling (PSGE6650)
    • Field Experience in Counseling I (PSGE6651)
    • Group Counseling (PSGE6630)
    • Multicultural Counseling (PSGE6656)
    • Pre-Practicum in Groups (PSGE6632)