Yoon Suh Moh, PhD, LPC, NCC, CRC, BC-TMH, BCN

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.

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.