Yoon Suh Moh, PhD, LPC, NCC, CRC, BC-TMH, BCN
Assistant Director
Associate Professor
Core Counselor Education Faculty
Contact
4201 Henry Avenue
Hayward Hall, Room 220
Philadelphia, PA 19144
Yoon Suh Moh, PhD, LPC, NCC, CRC, BC-TMH, BCN
Assistant Director
Associate Professor
Core Counselor Education Faculty
Biography
Dr. Moh has earned a doctorate degree in the CACREP-accredited Counselor Education and Supervision program from the George Washington University in 2018. She is a licensed professional counselor and certified in the specialty areas in rehabilitation counseling, national certified counselor, telemental health, and EEG neurofeedback. She has professional language proficiency in English, Japanese, and Korean and loves American Sign Language. Dr. Moh has clinical experience working with a wide range of individuals and families in vocational, clinical mental health, and community settings, including the deaf and hard of hearing, transgender individuals, individuals with homelessness, and individuals with a mental and/or physical disability. Dr. Moh’s research interests involve effects of chronic or toxic stress on mental illness among family caregivers, trauma-informed teaching practices in counselor education, mentorship from a culturally responsive perspective, and lived experiences in recovery among college students. Moh is a tireless advocate for minoritized individuals and families such as those who have a disability and accordant functional impairment. Dr. Moh is currently serving as president of the American Mental Health Counselors Association and as secretary of the International Association for Resilience and Trauma Counseling. In addition, Dr. Moh is serving as a reviewer for the Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development and Trauma Counseling and Resilience.
Publications
Selective Publications
Peer-Reviewed
- Kim, I., Moh, Y., Adams, C. R., & Kim, J. (2024). Introduction to trauma-informed counselor education and supervision. International Journal for the Advancement of Counseling. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10447-024-09573-0
- Moh, Y., Kim, N., Hyun, J. H., & Jenkins, K. D. (2024). The mentoring needs in higher education. Journal of Asia Pacific Counseling. https://doi.org/10.18401/2024.14.2.4
- Johnson, N. G., Felter, J., Moh, Y., Bin, J., & Cupta, A. (2024). Working faith: A university-community collaboration to support healing-centered practices within faith communities. Counseling and Values, 69(1), 47-64
- Moh, Y., & Sperandio, K. R., Munthali, G., & Dugan, A. (2023). Incorporating Trauma-informed Educational Practices in the Counselor Education Classroom. Journal of Counseling Preparation and Supervision. Retrieved from: https://research.library.kutztown.edu/jcps/vol17/iss5/1/
- Phipps, G. S., Baquet, S. N., Hill, J., Pantoja-Patiño, J., Moh, Y., & Jenkins, K. (2023). The Words Matter: The 7th Edition APA Publication Manual and Bias-Free Language Use in Counselor Education. Journal of Counseling Preparation and Supervision, 17(2) Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/jcps/vol17/iss2/4
- Felter, J., DiDonato, S., Johnson, N. G., Moh, Y., Richardson, A., & Czerny, A. (2022). Creating sanctuary: Strategies for integrating trauma competencies in counselor education. Counselor Education and Supervision.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ceas.12249 - Moh, Y., Lanthier, R. P., & Crunk, A. E. (2022). Caring for caregivers: Multiple losses, diminished social support, and their associations with depression in family caregivers. The Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Family, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1177/10664807221104110
- Field, T. A., Moh, Y., Luke, C., Gracefire, P., Beeson, E. T., & Russo, G. M. (2022). A training model for the development of neuroscience-informed counseling competencies. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 44(3), 266-281. https://doi.org/10.17744/mehc.44.3.05
- Sperandio, K. R., Goshorn, J. R., Moh, Y., Gonzalez, E., & Johnson, N. G. (2022). Never Ready: Addictions Counselors Dealing with Client Death. Journal of Counseling and Development, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcad.12440
- Moh, Y., & Sperandio, K. (2022). The need to consider requiring trauma training in entry-level academic training programs in clinical mental health counseling. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 44(1), 18-31. https://doi.org/10.17744/mehc.44.1.03
- Barrera, A., Moh, Y., Nichols, A., & Le, H-N. (2020). The factor reliability and convergent validity of the Patient Health Questionnaire-4 (PHQ-4) among an international sample of pregnant women. Journal of Women's Health, 30(4), 525-532. https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2020.8320
- Moh, Y. (2019). A systemic approach to the development and improvement of trauma-informed mental health counseling. Romania Journal of Counseling.
- Natori, Y., Tagami, K., Murakami, K., Yoshida, S., Tanigawa O., Moh, Y., Masuda, K., Wada, T., Suzuki, S., Nanamiya, H., Tozawa, Y., & Kawamura, F. (2009). Transcription Activity of Individual rrn Operons in Bacillus subtilis Mutants Deficient in (p)ppGpp Synthetase Genes, relA, yjbM, and ywaC. Journal of Bacteriology, 191(14), 4555-4561. Retrieved from http://jb.asm.org/content/191/14/4555
Books & Book Chapters
- Moh, Y. (2024). Multicultural and diversity training of counselors. In Dermer, H. B. (Ed.) The SAGE Encyclopedia of Multicultural Counseling, Social Justice, and Advocacy. SAGE. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781071808023
- Moh, Y. (2024). Goals of multicultural counseling. In Dermer, H. B. (Ed.) The SAGE Encyclopedia of Multicultural Counseling, Social Justice, and Advocacy. SAGE. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781071808023
- Moh, Y. (2023). Neurobiology of stress-informed counseling: Healing and prevention practices for the helping professions. Cognella Academic Publishing.
- Moh, Y., & Jacques, J. (2020). Three responses to promote survival. In Miller, R., & Beeson, E.T. (Ed.) The neuroeducation toolbox: collaborative approaches to infusing neuroscience principles in counseling and psychotherapy. Cognella.
Non-Peer-Reviewed
- Moh, Y. (2024). Embracing strategic, practical goals to build on the work of past AMHCA to reach new heights. The Advocate Magazine, 47(1), 4 https://www.amhca.org/events/publications/advocatemag
- Moh, Y (2020). The biopsychosocial and lifestyle model for case formulation, Part 3. Counseling Today, 63(5), 14-17.
- Moh, Y (2020). Neurobiological mechanisms of mental disorders and diet as a modulator, Part 2. Counseling Today, 63(4), 12-15.
- Moh, Y (2020). The impact of diet and nutrition on mental health, Part 1. Counseling Today, 63(3), 10-12.
- Lee, D. L. & Moh, Y. (Eds.) (2020). New developments in multicultural and social justice counseling competence training. Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 48(3), 134-136. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmcd.12172
- Moh, Y., & Sperandio, K. (2020). How do counselors support clients during the coronavirus pandemic? Counseling Today, Online Exclusives.
- Moh, Y. (2016). A meaning of transformational excellence and strategies for its promotion. Chi Sigma Iota & Council for Accreditation of Counseling & Related Educational Program.
Most Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications
- Moh, Y., Kim, N., Hyun, J. H., & Jenkins, K. D. (2024). The mentoring needs in higher education. Journal of Asia Pacific Counseling.
Manuscripts under review
- Phipps, G. S., S. Anandavalli, Moh, Y., & Jenkins, K. (under review). Inquiry with intention: Fostering culturally sensitivity in counseling research.
Research Projects in Progress
- Moh, Y., Hyun, J., Jenkins, K., & Kim, N. (2021 – present). Culturally responsive research mentorship.
- Moh, Y., & Johnson, N. G. (2023 – present). Lived experiences in recovery among college students.
- Moh, Y., & Kim, N. (2024 – present). Mental disorder patterns and attributes using the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development Study.
Mentoring
Dr. Moh is actively promoting the value of mentoring with CTC students and her colleagues in the field of counseling, and counselor education and supervision. One selective example may include her research study designed to explore an in-depth experience in research mentorship in the field of counselor education.
Supervision
Dr. Moh has taken the following formal educational and clinical courses to be prepared to serve as a clinical supervisor to mental health professionals and trainees in counseling.
Relevant Courses Taken
- CNSL 8259 and 8260 Doctoral Internship in Counseling and Counselor Supervision I & II - The George Washington University, Fall 2016 – Spring 2017, Graduate Level Course
Experience
- CTC 792-1: Internship II in Community and Trauma Counseling - Thomas Jefferson University, Spring 2021, Graduate Level Course
- CTC 791-7: Internship I in Community and Trauma Counseling - Thomas Jefferson University, Fall 2020, Graduate Level Course
- CTC 618-7: Internship II in Community and Trauma Counseling - Thomas Jefferson University, Spring 2020, Graduate Level Course
- CTC 792-4: Internship II in Community and Trauma Counseling - Thomas Jefferson University, Spring 2019, Graduate Level Course
- CTC 791-4: Internship I in Community and Trauma Counseling - Thomas Jefferson University, Fall 2018, Graduate Level Course
- MAC 600: Counseling Internship I in Counseling - Missio Seminary, Fall 2018, Graduate Level Course
Teaching
Pedagogy
Relational pedagogy (Ginwright, S., 2016)
Culturally relevant pedagogy (Ladson-Billings, G., 2001)
Courses Taught
- Neurobiology of Trauma
- Psychopathology | Diagnosis and treatment
- Counseling assessment
- Research and program evaluation
- Career counseling
- Counseling and physiology
- Counseling internship
Research & Scholarship
Areas of Interest: Effects of chronic stress on depression in adult family caregivers; Culturally responsive research mentorship in counselor education; Trauma-informed teaching practices in counselor education; Lived experiences in recovery among college students
Grants
- Idependence Blue Cross Foundation Supporting Treatment and Overdose Prevention (STOP):
- July 2024 – June 2025 $25,000 funded
- January 2024 - December 2024 $12,500 funded
- January 2023 - December 2023 $25,000 funded
- January 2022 – December 2022 $50,000 funded
Leadership & Advocacy
Leadership & Service
Local
- Member, Master of Science and Registered Dietitian and Nutritionist Advisory Board, Thomas Jefferson University, November 2020 – Present
- V.P., Communications of Student Association, Graduate School of Education & Human Development, The George Washington University, August 2015 to May 2016
- Representative, Rehabilitation Counseling Program, Graduate School of Education & Human Development, The George Washington University & Chi Sigma Iota, 2010 - 2012
Regional
- Chair and Newsletter Editor, Communications Committee, North Atlantic Counselor Education and Supervision (NARACES), January 2021 – December 2021
- Co-Chair, Research and Evaluation Action Team, Healing-Empowerment-Advocacy-Learning-Prevention-Action (HEAL-PA) Leadership Team, the Office of Advocacy and Reform of Pennsylvania under Governor Tom Wolf, November 2023 – 2024
National
- Secretary, International Association for Resilience and Trauma Counseling (IARTC), July 2024 – June 2027
- President, American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA), August 2024 – June 2025
- President-Elect, American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA), July 2023 – July 2024
- Chair, Annual Conference Committee, American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA), 2023 – 2024
- Chair, Branch Committee, International Association for Resilience and Trauma Counseling (IARTC), October 2021 – June 2024
- Co-Chair (2021 – 2023) and Member (2018 – 2021), Neuroscience Task Force, the American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA), 2018 – 2023
- Representative, North Regional Region, the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (AMCD), December 2021 – 2023
- Chair, State Divisions Formation Committee, the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (AMCD), 2019 – 2021
- Co-Chair and Co-Newsletter Editor, Adult Development and Aging (AADA), 2018 – December 2021
- Reviewer, Trauma Counseling and Resilience (TCR), 2023 – Present
- Editorial Board Member | Reviewer (2021 – Present), and Emerging Reviewer (2018 – 2021) and Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development (JMCD), 2018 – 2021
- Member, Neuroscience Committee, International Association of Addictions and Offender, October 2021 – 2023
- Member, Membership Committee, International Association for Resilience and Trauma Counseling (IARTC), 2020 – 2023
Advising
Dr. Moh used to advise 5 to 8 counseling students on average per academic year in the Community and Trauma Counseling program during the years of 2018 through 2023.
Counseling
Dr. Moh has earned a doctorate degree in the CACREP-accredited counseling program from the George Washington University in 2018. She is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in the District of Columbia and Pennsylvania, certified rehabilitation counselor (CRC), national certified counselor (NCC), board certified telemental health counselor (BC-TMH), and board-certified in neurofeedback (BCN) with professional proficiency in English, Japanese, and Korean. Her love for communication motivated her to learn American Sign Language and about the deaf culture in the United States. Dr. Moh has over 6 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of individuals and families in vocational, clinical mental health, and community settings, serving the deaf and hard of hearing, transgender individuals, individuals with homelessness, and those who have a mental and/or physical disability.