{"id":865,"date":"2025-04-29T10:54:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T14:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=865"},"modified":"2025-04-29T10:54:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T14:54:15","slug":"cong-zhang","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/profile\/cong-zhang\/","title":{"rendered":"Cong Zhang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>I was born and raised in China, where I completed my degrees in foreign language studies and enjoyed a fulfilling career as an educational consultant and public speaker. In my twenties, I took a gap year in the United States, where I studied Mental Health Counseling at the University of Pennsylvania. This experience profoundly influenced my career path, sparking a love for counseling that led me to pursue a second degree in Professional Counseling at UPenn, followed by a PhD in Counseling Psychology at Boston University. My clinical psychology training includes an internship at Cambridge Health Alliance and a postdoctoral fellowship in neuropsychological assessment at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. I am truly grateful for the opportunity to serve the BU community. I believe in the transformative power of counseling and am committed to creating a safe, supportive space for self-reflection, healing, and growth. With a diverse range of therapeutic modalities\u2014such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), psychodynamic therapy, and feminist therapy\u2014I take an eclectic approach to treatment, tailoring my support to each student\u2019s unique needs. I look forward to meeting you and supporting you on your journey!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Personal Hobbies<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>spending time with family, learning new languages, swimming, yoga, snowboarding, dragon-boating<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Education &amp; Training<\/strong><br \/>\nPhD, Boston University<br \/>\nMPHIL, University of Pennsylvania<br \/>\nMS, University of Pennsylvania<br \/>\nMA, Shanghai International Studies University<br \/>\nBA, Sichuan International Studies University<br \/>\nPostdoctoral Internship<br \/>\nPredoctoral Internship<\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Interests<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>stress management, emotion regulation skills, interpersonal\/relationship issues, culturally informed care, executive functioning skills, psychological assessment<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Awards<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>Outstanding Alum, PhD in Counseling Psychology &amp; Applied Development Program, BU Wheelock School of Education, Awarded in May 2021<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Campus Involvement<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TerrierF1RSTS Advocate, BU Newbury Center<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16413,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/865"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16413"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":870,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/865\/revisions\/870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}