Areas of Focus
- Psychological Counseling Process and Effect
- Facial Synchrony in Counseling Contexts
- Psychological Mechanisms of Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Mental Health Impact
- Psychometrics and Multicultural Issues in Measurement
- Competency Training for Counselors
Work Experience
- 2021-present - Zhejiang University - Hundred Talents Program Researcher
- 2019-2020 - University of Illinois at Chicago - Intern Psychologist
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2014-2020 Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology: University of Maryland
- 2012-2014 Master's in Counseling Psychology: Boston College
- 2008-2012 Bachelor's in Psychology: Miami University
Publications
- Impact of emotional awareness on responses to vaccine-related narrative misinformation, Ma, Z., Lu, Y., & Zhao, X., 2024
- 临床与咨询心理学专业人员的胜任力理论与测量综述, 吕韵,刘梦云†,顾天意†, 朱旭, 2024
- Transference and client attachment to therapist in psychodynamic psychotherapy, Kline, K. V., Hill, C. E., Lu, Y., & Gelso, C. J., 2023
- The within-client alliance-outcome relationship: A response surface analysis, Hillman, J. W., Lu, Y., Kivlighan, Jr., D. M., Hill, C. E., & Gelso, C. J., 2022
- The development and validation of the Blindfolded Heterosexism Scale, Shin, R. Q., Keum, B. T., Smith, L., Lu, Y., & Yee, S., 2022
- Development and initial validation of the Mental Health Literacy Questionnaire for Chinese adults, Wu, J., Wang, C., Lu, Y., Zhu, X., Liu, Y., Jiang, G., … & Jiang, G., 2022
- Asian Americans’ racial discrimination experiences during COVID-19: Social support and locus of control as moderators, Lu, Y., & Wang, C., 2021
- Therapist initial attachment style, changes in attachment style during training, and client outcome in psychodynamic psychotherapy, Lu, Y., Kivlighan Jr., D. M., Hill, C. E., & Gelso, C. J., 2021
- Mental status and psychological needs of Chinese police officers in a highly impacted city during the COVID-19 pandemic, Zhu, X., Xia, M., Hu, Y., Zhang L., Lu, Y., …, & Guo, X., 2020
- Helping skills training for undergraduates and the development of ethnocultural empathy, Lu, Y., Hill, C. E., Hancock, G. R.., & Keum, B. T., 2020
- Facilitating client collaboration and insight through interpretations and probes for insight in psychodynamic psychotherapy: A case study of one client with three successive therapists, Hill, C. E., Lu, Y., Gerstenblith, J., Kline, K. V., Wang, J., & Zhu, X., 2019
- Measurement invariance of the Brief Symptom Inventory-18 (BSI-18) across Asian American ethnic, nativity, and gender groups, Lu, Y., Alvarez, A. N., & Miller, M. J., 2019
- What does ‘good adjustment’ mean for Chinese international students? A qualitative investigation, Lu, Y., Chui H., Zhu R., Zhao, H., Zhang Y., Liao, J., & Miller, M. J., 2018
- The development and validation of the Contemporary Critical Consciousness Measure II, Shin, R. Q., Smith, L. C., Lu, Y., Welch, J., Sharma, R., Vernay, C., & Yee, S., 2018
- Practice recommendations for addressing racism: A content analysis of the counseling psychology literature, Miller, M. J., Keum, B. T., Thai C. J., Lu, Y., Truong, N. N., Huh, G… Ahn, L. H., 2018
- Gendered Racial Microaggressions Scale for Asian American Women: Development and initial validation, Keum, B. T., Brady, J., Sharma, R., Lu, Y., Kim, Y. H., & Thai, C. J., 2018
- Group- and individual-level self-stigma reductions in promoting psychological help-seeking attitudes among college students in helping skills courses, Keum, B. T., Hill, C. E., Kivlighan, Jr., D. M., & Lu, Y., 2018
- Invariance testing of the Perceived Ethnic Discrimination Questionnaire Brief, Keum, B. T., Thai, C. J., Truong, N. N., Ahn, H. L., & Lu, Y., 2018
- Are the ambitions for Group Dynamics: Theory, Research and Practice being fulfilled? A social network analysis of citations of journals publishing group research, Lu, Y., Keum, B. T., Chong, E. S. K., Yeung, J. G., Kivlighan, Jr., D. M., 2017
- Is the lone scientist an American dream? Perceived Communal Opportunities in STEM offer a pathway to closing US-Asia gaps in interest and positivity, Brown, E.R., Steinberg, M., Lu, Y., & Diekman, A.B., 2017
Awards
- 2018: SPARC Dissertation Award, University of Maryland College of Education
- 2018: Asian American Psychological Association Student Dissertation Grant, First Runner Up
- 2017: The Stephen C. Rose Scholarship for Psychology Research on Asian American Youth