Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy

Domain

International

Fostering the international advancement of psychotherapy for the Society and those with whom we work.

Mission

The International domain, through its International Affairs Committee, is responsible for: 

  • (a) increasing international perspectives in the activities of The Society,
  • (b) promoting international exchanges between Society members and psychotherapists from other parts of the world, and
  • (c) facilitating the international advancement of psychotherapy at the professional and association levels. We welcome your ideas and perspectives with respect to the international advancement of the science, practice and teaching of psychotherapy. 

Domain Representatives

This section highlights the dedicated professionals who oversee and contribute to each specialized domain within the field of psychotherapy, ensuring continued growth, development, and innovation across various areas of practice.

Xu Li, PhD

International Domain Representative to the Board of Directors

Dr. Xu Li is an assistant professor in Counseling Psychology at the Department of Educational Psychology in University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Xu Li earned his B.S. in Mathematical Sciences and his M.Ed. in Clinical and Counseling Psychology at Beijing Normal University in China. He then moved to the U.S. and obtained his Ph.D. degree in Counseling Psychology at the University of Maryland, College Park. His research focuses on the process, outcome, and training in individual and group psychotherapy from multicultural and cross-cultural contexts.

Get to Know Our International Members

List of Division 29’s Chinese Members (2025) 中国会员领导委员会(2025) Chinese Member Engagement Committee (2025)

主席:侯志瑾 (chair: Zhijin Hou)

副主席:鲁艳桦 (vice chair: Yanhua Lu)

秘书:戴宇 (secretary: Yu Dai)

学术联络官:何姣 (academic communication officer: Jiao He)

学生代表:魏荣霞 (student representative: Rongxia Wei)

执行负责人:马璐瑶 (executive officer: Luyao Ma)

会员 Non-APA-Member Affiliate

鲍敦媛 Dunyuan Bao

卞庆华 Qinghua Bian

蔡惠燕 Huiyan Cai

陈和琼 Heqiong Chen

陈红 Hong Chen

陈华章 Huazhang Chen

陈剑锋 Jianfeng Chen

陈进 Jin Chen

陈晴 Qing Chen

陈旭 Xu Chen

陈炫颖 Xuanying Chen

陈燕 Yan Chen

陈滢伊 Yingyi Chen

谌劲波 Jinbo Chen

成颢 Hao Cheng

程彦予 Yanyu Cheng

丛玉琼 Yuqiong Cong

戴欣芯 Xinxin Dai

戴宇 Yu Dai

戴哲茹 Zheru Dai

邓采薇 Caiwei Deng

刁艳红 Yanhong Diao

丁洁茹 Jieru Ding

丁汝楠 Runan Ding

丁艳芬 Yanfen Ding

董洁 Jie Dong

樊富珉 Fumin Fan

冯娜娜 Nana Feng

付晓 Xiao Fu

高玮羚 Weiling Gao

高翔 Xiang Gao

高燕 Yan Gao

郜昱 Yu Gao

龚泽玉 Zeyu Gong

郭昭昕 Zhaoxin Guo

韩博 Bo Han

韩丹 Dan Han

韩芬 Fen Han

何冬怡 Dongyi He

何姣 Jiao He

侯玉珍 Yuzhen Hou

侯志瑾 Zhijin Hou

胡韩瑜 Hanyu Hu

胡景彦 Jingyan Hu

胡军 Jun Hu

胡小凡 Xiaofan Hu

胡义秋 Yiqiu Hu

胡宇晖 Yuhui Hu

华丹 Dan Hua

黄芳 Fang Huang

黄慧仙 Huixian Huang

黄蕊 Rui Huang

黄霞 Xia Huang

季青 Qing Ji

季文泽 Wenze Ji

冀嘉嘉 Jiajia Ji

贾婷婷 Tingting Jia

贾晓明 Xiaoming Jia

贾新莉 Xinli Jia

江光荣 Guangrong Jiang

金彩 Cai Jin

金美娜 Meina Jin

金兆丰 Zhaofeng Jin

寇延 Yan Kou

雷瑛 Ying Lei

黎天业 Tianye Li

李常旭 Changxu Li

李丹 Dan Li

李丹阳 Danyang Li

李凡繁 Fanfan Li

李光程 Guangcheng Li

李桂锌 Guixin Li

李娟娟 Juanjuan Li

李亮 Liang Li

李灵 Ling Li

李青 Qing Li

李睿 Rui Li

李思颖 Siying Li

李婷婷 Tingting Li

李翔飞 Xiangfei Li

李欣螢 Xinying Li

李雪 Xue Li

李雪峰 Xuefeng Li

李艳 Yan Li

李志伟 Zhiwei Li

梁娟 Juan Liang

廖彬彬 Binbin Liao

廖俊雄 Junxiong Liao

林丽珍 Lizhen Lin

林秀彬 Xiubin Lin

凌晨 Chen Ling

刘超鹏 Chaopeng Liu

刘朝莹 Chaoying Liu

刘春梅 Chunmei Liu

刘国友 Guoyou Liu

刘海燕 Haiyan Liu

刘红 Hong Liu

刘军 Jun Liu

刘濛 Meng Liu

刘倩 Qian Liu

刘倩 Qian Liu

刘琼 Qiong Liu

刘婷 Ting Liu

刘雯雯 Wenwen Liu

刘小地 Xiaodi Liu

刘燕 Yan Liu

刘洋 Yang Liu

刘月鹏 Yuepeng Liu

刘宗霞 Zongxia Liu

鲁艳桦 Yanhua Lu

陆莹 Ying Lu

陆紫娟 Zijuan Lu

罗卫国 Weiguo Luo

罗艳 Yan Luo

吕兆华 Zhaohua Lü

马红霞 Hongxia Ma

马竞文 Jingwen Ma

马丽华 Lihua Ma

马宁 Ning Ma

马彦 Yan Ma

毛蓓 Bei Mao

毛远程 Yuancheng Mao

孟馥 Fu Meng

闵容 Rong Min

闵益雪 Yixue Min

缪娟 Juan Miao

穆姣阳 Jiaoyang Mu

宁雅童 Yatong Ning

牛宏伟 Hongwei Niu

潘佳 Jia Pan

潘歆 Xin Pan

潘泽朗 Zelang Pan

潘子莹 Ziying Pan

庞琳 Lin Pang

庞少红 Shaohong Pang

彭路 Lu Peng

彭涛 Tao Peng

钱铭怡 Mingyi Qian

秦佳林 Jialin Qin

邱萍 Ping Qiu

桑志芹 Zhiqin Sang

尚小铭 Xiaoming Shang

沈洁 Jie Shen

沈梦 Meng Shen

舒庆娥 Qing’e Shu

宋东峰 Dongfeng Song

宋金娥 Jin’e Song

宋君 Jun Song

唐颖 Ying Tang

陶甜 Tian Tao

陶颖 Ying Tao

滕永冰 Yongbing Teng

田江春 Jiangchun Tian

田瑞琪 Ruiqi Tian

田骁祎 Xiaoyi Tian

田源源 Yuanyuan Tian

屠雯静 Wenjing Tu

万瑛 Ying Wan

汪国琴 Guoqin Wang

汪莲籽 Lianzi Wang

王惠 Hui Wang

王建平 Jianping Wang

王金娜 Jinna Wang

王璟奕 Jingyi Wang

王静 Jing Wang

王静 Jing Wang

王立冬 Lidong Wang

王立梅 Limei Wang

王灵 Ling Wang

王明娟 Mingjuan Wang

王诗雨 Shiyu Wang

王思如 Siru Wang

王涛 Tao Wang

王晓君 Xiaojun Wang

王雪娇 Xuejiao Wang

王祎 Yi Wang

王怡 Yi Wang

王颖 Ying Wang

王渊 Yuan Wang

王玥乔 Yueqiao Wang

王招娣 Zhaodi Wang

魏萍 Ping Wei

魏义梅 Yimei Wei

温鸿洋 Hongyang Wen

吴流铭 Liuming Wu

吴越 Yue Wu

伍新春 Xinchun Wu

武成莉 Chengli Wu

武牡丹 Mudan Wu

向莉莉 Lili Xiang

向玉明 Yuming Xiang

项丽娜 Lina Xiang

肖海钢 Haigang Xiao

解缤 Bin Xie

熊燕 Yan Xiong

熊玉倩 Yuqian Xiong

徐波 Bo Xu

徐嘉 Jia Xu

徐嘉伟 Jiawei Xu

徐金永 Jinyong Xu

徐军 Jun Xu

徐勤 Qin Xu

徐维东 Weidong Xu

许力花 Lihua Xu

许玥 Yue Xu

闫玉朋 Yupeng Yan

严明星 Mingxing Yan

阎茹 Ru Yan

颜丽 Li Yan

杨彬 Bin Yang

杨春柳 Chunliu Yang

杨梅子 Meizi Yang

杨喆 Zhe Yang

姚志林 Zhilin Yao

叶怡君 Yijun Ye

衣佳仑 Jialun Yi

易媛 Yuan Yi

游韬 Tao You

于飞 Fei Yu

于鑫 Xin Yu

余芳 Fang Yu

余如英 Ruying Yu

喻记成 Jicheng Yu

袁漪 Yi Yuan

臧伟伟 Weiwei Zang

曾凡敏 Fanmin Zeng

曾婕 Jie Zeng

詹洁 Jie Zhan

张爱国 Aiguo Zhang

张博 Bo Zhang

张弘 Hong Zhang

张洁 Jie Zhang

张菁 Jing Zhang

张丽君 Lijun Zhang

张明 Ming Zhang

张鳅元 Qiuyuan Zhang

张婉奇 Wanqi Zhang

张潇洢 Xiaoyi Zhang

张小俊 Xiaojun Zhang

张小芊 Xiaoqian Zhang

张晓梅 Xiaomei Zhang

张月寒 Yuehan Zhang

张籽珊 Zishan Zhang

赵春晓 Chunxiao Zhao

赵杰 Jie Zhao

赵君 Jun Zhao

赵若瑶 Ruoyao Zhao

赵伟 Wei Zhao

赵小青 Xiaoqing Zhao

赵旭东 Xudong Zhao

赵子洲 Zizhou Zhao

翟文洪 Wenhong Zhai

郑建林 Jianlin Zheng

郑俊华 Junhua Zheng

钟思嘉 Sijia Zhong

周宁丽 Ningli Zhou

周文祥 Wenxiang Zhou

周岩 Yan Zhou

周艳光 Yanguang Zhou

朱婷 Ting Zhu

朱晓坤 Xiaokun Zhu

朱艳 Yan Zhu

朱云志 Yunzhi Zhu

邹珺 Jun Zou

左培颖 Peiying Zuo

学生会员 Student Affiliate

曹寒冰 Hanbing Cao

曹慧 Hui Cao

陈煦 Xu Chen

陈贞汝 Zhenru Chen

邓韵瑜 Yunyu Deng

董子逍 Zixiao Dong

段春晓 Chunxiao Duan

樊芳 Fang Fan

方言文 Yanwen Fang

古丽娜孜·艾尼瓦尔 Gulnaz Anwer

古梦馨 Mengxin Gu

郭广晓 Guangxiao Guo

郭雨婷 Yuting Guo

何璐 Lu He

菅景康 Jingkang Jian

蹇文倩 Wenqian Jian

江雪 Xue Jiang

姜晓蕾 Xiaolei Jiang

李静 Jing Li

李青蔓 Qingman Li

李亚林 Yalin Li

李媛萍 Yuanping Li

廖雨星 Yuxing Liao

刘辉 Hui Liu

刘俊豪 Junhao Liu

陆蓁颖 Zhenying Lu

孟子畅 Zichang Meng

牛晓燕 Xiaoyan Niu

彭莹 Ying Peng

任杰 Jie Ren

邵骏逸 Junyi Shao

孙苗音子 Miaoyinzi Sun

谭晰元 Xiyuan Tan

陶雪 Xue Tao

王琳 Lin Wang

王梦婷 Mengting Wang

王密 Mi Wang

王欣然 Xinran Wang

魏荣霞 Rongxia Wei

吴頔 Di Wu

吴忠宇 Zhongyu Wu

伍雪琪 Xueqi Wu

肖岚 Lan Xiao

谢梅 Mei Xie

邢美娜 Meina Xing

徐静 Jing Xu

徐觅真 Mizhen Xu

徐欣昱 Xinyu Xu

轩颖莉 Yingli Xuan

杨秉臻 Bingzhen Yang

杨宇宏 Yuhong Yang

张丽 Li Zhang

张雨丝 Yusi Zhang

赵钰 Yu Zhao

郑妮 Ni Zheng

周馨竹 Xinzhu Zhou

邹慧芩 Huiqin Zou

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