Congress Panelists
The Panels of Systemic Therapy Trainers
The Congress will feature two different panels involving individuals who have been training systemic therapists in Asia. There will be two panels:
- “State of Systemic Training in Asia: The Perspective of Trainers Who Live and Work in Asia”
- “State of Systemic Training in Asia: The Perspective of Trainers Who Live Outside of Asia”
Both panels will be moderated by Johnben Loy, Ph.D., the founder and clinical director of Rekindle Therapy in Kuala Lumpur.
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| Johnben Loy (Moderator) Ph.D. Malaysia |
Mee-Gaik Lim Ph.D. USA |
Kok-Mun Ng Ph.D. USA |
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| Joyce Ma Ph.D. Hong Kong |
Shin-Ichi Nakamura M.D. Japan |
Linna Wang Ph.D. USA |
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| Susanna Wong Ip Chung Ping Ph.D. Hong Kong |
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Mee-Gaik Lim, Ph.D., has been teaching marriage and family therapy classes for over 20 years in United States. She has administered preventive education grants for community agencies and schools. Grant programs focused on building effective parenting skills, discipline skills, working with resistant children/teens, etc. Research focus includes building strong families, marital satisfaction, and clinical supervision.
Johnben Loy, Ph.D., LMFT (Minnesota), the Moderator of the two panels on systemic training in Asia, is a clinical fellow and approved supervisor of the AAMFT. He is the founder and clinical director of Rekindle Centre for Systemic Therapy and Rekindle Academy in Malaysia. He is working on developing evidence-backed and contextually-relevant systemic therapy education for Southeast Asia.
Joyce L. C. Ma, Ph.D., Professor and Chairperson, Department of Social Work, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. She is the Clinical Fellow and Approved Supervisor of AAMFT. She has published 5 books and over 80 academic papers at venues with significant impact and visibility.
Shin-Ichi Nakamura, M.D., is the Director of the Nakamura Psychotherapy Institute, in Tokyo, Japan. Dr. Nakamura was a Founding Member (1983) of the Japan Association of Family Therapy, and Vice President and Member of the Consortium of Institues on the Family in the Asian Regions (CIFA). A member of the American Family Therapy Association and the Academy of Family Therapy (Hong Kong), he is the General Manager of the Asian Center for Therapeutic Assessment.
Kok-Mun Ng, Ph.D., is Professor of Counselor Education at Oregon State University. He is licensed to practice counseling in Texas and North Carolina. His research interests include cross-cultural issues, supervision and counselor education, emotional intelligence, internationalization of professional, attachment theory, and couples and family issues. Dr. Ng has published many peer-reviewed journal articles.
Linna Wang, Ph.D., born and raised in China, is a faculty member and Systemwide Program Director of Couple and Family therapy MA and Psy.D. Programs of Alliant International University. Her researches focus mostly on diversity related issues in MFT education, and identifying and utilizing indigenous healing mechanism.
Susanna Wong Ip, Ph.D., M.P. H., M.A., has been a teacher, therapist and supervisor for over 10 years in Hong Kong, Mainland China and Macau. Susanna is the director of Bethel Counseling CenterAND professor of pastoral counseling at Bethel Bible Seminary. She advocates mental health education and low cost counseling to the under-privileged and she is active in community services. Susanna has authored four books on the application of Satir mode of family therapy to intimacy and treating emotional disorder cases.
