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Dr. Cheng is a licensed clinical psychologist in the United States and completed the National Institute of Drug Abuse Postdoctoral Fellowship from the University of California, San Francisco. Since then, Dr. Cheng has been a faculty at the California State University, involved with clinical, research and teaching of marriage and family therapists. She has served as a supervising psychologist and was in part-time private practice in the United States. Dr. Cheng’s clinical expertise include the assessment, diagnosis and intervention of child, adolescent, and adults with affective and personality disorders using Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Short-term Psychodynamic Therapy. Dr. Cheng's research interests include enhancing mental health care collaborations with primary care physicians and cross cultural personality disorders.
Education
Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
M.A., Clinical Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
B.A., Psychology/Chemistry, Smith College
Research Interests
- Mental health and substance abuse in primary care settings
- Narcissism across culture
- Self harm and suicide prevention in adolescents
Selected Publications & Presentations
Cheng, W. J. Y, Tsoh, J., Shiue, L., Nguyen, C., & Bashiruddin, S. (2008). Bridging the Divide between Primary Care and Specialty Mental Health for Chinese American Patients. Paper presented at the Asian American Psychological Association National Conference. August, 2008, Boston, Massachusetts.
Meredith, L.S., Cheng, W.J.Y., Hickey, S. C., & Dwight-Johnson, M. (2007). Factors associated with primary care clinicians’ decision to choose watchful waiting for depression. Psychiatric Services, 58(1), 72-78.
Cheng, W.J.Y., Nagata, D.K. (2004). Multiple faces of narcissism: Narcissistic personality characteristics in Asian Americans. Paper presentation at the American Psychological Association National Convention. August, 2004, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Nagata, D.K., & Cheng, W.J.Y. (2003). Intergenerational transmission of traumatic stress: WWII Japanese American Internment Survivors. Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 73, 266-278.
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