Specialties and Interests

• Immigrant and Refugee Issues
• Ethnic Mental Health with Specialization in Asian American Psychology
• Gambling and Other Addictions
• Legal and Ethics Issues In Clinical Practice
  
• Psychological testing, Forensic & Child Custody Evaluation
• Child and Family Issues

Current Research Projects

• Adaptive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy of Depression Among Chinese Americans, funded by National Institute of Mental Health (Co-investigator)
• Asian American Adolescent Gambling Study in San Francisco (Principal Investigator)
• Group Counseling to Family Members of Chinese Gamblers (Principal Investigator)

Courses Taught

• Research Proposal Dissertation
• Clinical Dissertation
• Socio-cultural Diversity: Asian American Psychology
  
• Family Therapy
  
• Intellectual Assessment
  
• Psychodiagnostic Assessment
  
• Introduction to Ethics and Law
  
• Ethical Foundation of Clinical Practice
  
• Intercultural Awareness Development
• Clinical Supervision

Professional Activities

• Private Practice in clinical and forensic areas
• Director, Asian Family Institute at Richmond Area Multi-Services, Inc., San Francisco
• Speaker, Trainer and Consultant in Asian Mental Health, and Gambling Related Issues

Degrees, Professional Licenses, Certifications and Honors

• Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University, Los Angeles, California, 1996
• BSc. Psychology, University of Hull, Hull, England, 1990
• Dip., Counseling, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, 1984

Professional and Honorary Memberships

• Member of the American Psychological Association
• Member of APA Division 45, Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues
• Associate Clinical Member of California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
• Member of Association of Family and Conciliation Court
• Member of Asian American Psychological Association
• Member of San Francisco Psychological Association
• Member of Santa Clara Psychological Association
  

Selected Publications

• Chiu, E. Y. W. (2008).  Cultural Bereavement and Sense of Coherence: Its Implications for Psychotherapy with Southeast Asian Populations. In C. Negy (Ed.), Cross-cultural psychotherapy: Toward a critical understanding of diverse clients (2nd Edition), (pp. 237-250).  Nevada: Bent Tree Press.
• Chiu, E. Y. W. (2008).  Assessment and psychotherapy with Asian American. In C. Negy (Ed.), Cross-cultural psychotherapy: Toward a critical understanding of diverse clients (2nd Edition), (pp. 207-235).  Nevada: Bent Tree Press.
• Chiu, E. (2006, April 19). 離別淚, 父子情 (Parental Grief). Ming Pao (SF) Daily News.
• Chiu, E. Y. W. & Lee, E. (2004).  Cultural formulation of assessment and psychotherapy with Asian American. In Negy C. (Ed.) Cross-cultural psychotherapy: Toward a critical understanding of diverse clients (pp. 205-230).  Nevada: Bent Tree Press.
• Chiu, Y. W. & Ring, J. (1998). Chinese and Vietnamese immigrant adolescents under pressure:  Identifying stressors and interventions.  Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 29, 444-449.
• Meany, J., & Chiu, Y.W. (1995).  Biofeedback: East and West, Unpublished Manuscript.  (Paper was awarded in the Second Conference of World Traditional Medicine, Laughin).

Selected Presentations

• Chiu, E. Y. (2009, October). Asian Americans and problem gambling: An Overview and Lessons Learned.  Workshop in a Conference on “Understanding and Treating Problem Gambling in Asian American Community.”  Portland, Oregon.
  
• Chiu, E. Y. (2009, October). Cultural issues in Asian Family domestic violence. Workshop presented in a conference sponsored by the Forensic Committee of Santa Clara Psychological Association and Santa Clara Bar Association. 
  
• Chiu, E. Y. (2009, April). Asian Gambling prevention program shines. Symposium presented at the Annual Conference of Responsible Gambling, Toronto, Canada. 
  
• Chiu, E. Y. & (2009, April).  Intervention with problem gamblers. Workshop presented at the Northern California Gambling Summit, Oakland, California.
• Chiu, E. Y. & Nguyen, M. (2009, April).  Asian youth gambling: Prevalence and characteristics. Symposium presented at the Northern California Gambling Summit, Oakland, California.
• Hwang, W., Miranda, J., Myers, H. F, Chiu, E., Mak, E., Yeh, N., Wu, S., & Cheung, T.  (2009, January). Culturally adapting psychotherapy for Asian Americans: Integrating bottom-up and top-down approaches.  In N. Kaslow (Chair), Culturally informed psychotherapy: theoretical and empirical bases. Symposium conducted at the National Multicultural Summit, New Orleans, LA.
• Kuba, S., Olkin, R., O’Toole, S., Chiu, Y.W. & Zelman, D. (2008, August).  Creativity and engagement in on-line psychology courses.  CEU Workshop presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Conference, Boston. 
  
• Chiu, E. Y. (2008, July). Problem gambling in Asian American community.  Invited Panelist, National Conference of Problem Gambling, Long Beach, CA.
• Chiu, E.Y. (2008, January).  Bridging between physical and mental health.  CME Workshop presented at the Chinese Hospital, Chinatown, San Francisco.
• Chiu, E. Y. (2007, October). Working with gamblers: Clinical and cultural considerations.  Workshop presented at the Annual Conference of New York Coalition for Asian Mental Health, New York.       
  
• Chiu, E. Y. (2007, August).  It takes a village: A culturally competent, community-based, multidisciplinary approach to meet the needs of a diverse population. Symposium presented in Annual Convention, Asian American Psychological Association, San Francisco, California.
• Chiu, E. Y. (2006, November). Working with problem gamblers.  Lecture presented at Department of Social Work Master’s Program, University of California, Berkeley.
  
• Chiu, E. Y. (2006, June).  Chinese gambling treatment issues.  Workshop presented at the 20th Annual Conference on Prevention, Research, & Treatment of Problem Gambling, St. Paul, Minnesota. 
  
• Chiu, E. Y. (2005, June). Understandings of identity and how these shape therapeutic practice, In E. Y. Chiu (Chair) at the 7th International Narrative Therapy & Community Work Conference, Hong Kong.
  
• Chiu, E. Y. (2005, June).  AAPI problem gambling issues.  Workshop presented at the NAPAFASA Conference: Asian American and Pacific Islander Substance Abuse Research: Making It Work for Our Community: Los Angeles, CA
  
• Chiu, E. Y. (2004, May). Mental health services for the Chinese community: How do we build it so they will come.  Symposium presented in Chinese Community Health Summit Conference, San Francisco.
• Chiu, E. Y. (2004, May). Mental health issues in Asian communities.  Workshop presented at the Center for Excellence, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, California.
  

Editorial Boards

• Ad-hoc reviewer for Asian American Psychology
• Ad-hoc Reviewer for John Wiley & Son, Inc.