Position:

Tenured Associate Professor

Contact Information:

cli@paloaltou.edu

Programs:

• Doctoral Program in Counselor Education and Supervision
• Master’s

Education:

• PhD in Counseling (CACREP accredited) from Old Dominion University
• MC in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CACREP accredited) from Arizona State University
• MA in Educational Administration from The Ohio State University

Biography:

Dr. Li is an Associate Professor in the Counseling Department at Palo Alto University. Dr. Li is a National Certified Counselor, and her clinical experience is primarily within Integrated Behavioral Healthcare (IBH) settings. Dr. Li's research areas include counselor education and supervision, measurement development in counseling and supervision, and counselor training in IBH settings. Dr. Li also had experience with several IBH-related grant projects at the state and national levels (e.g., provide training on IBH and conduct program evaluations).

Dr. Li has been a good standing member of different professional counseling associations such as American Counseling Association (ACA), Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES), and Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling (AARC). She served as the Co-chair of the ACES Supervision Interest Network and Reviewers for several top-tier counseling journals such as Counselor Education and Supervision and Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation between 2019-2023. She will serve as one of the Associate Editors for AARC’s flagship journal, Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development beginning July 2023.

Areas of Interest:

Counselor Education and Supervision, Measurement Development and Validation, and Integrated Behavioral Healthcare

Selected Publications:

Schauss, E., Roberts, S., Li, C., Hawes, K., Neal, M., Loveless, C., McHugh, N., Zettler, H, Burgess, M, Rashed, J., & Ahern, B. (2023). Mental Health 911: Advocating for the Integration of Behavioral Health Services in Hospital Emergency Departments. The Medical Research Archives, 5 (11). https://doi.org/10.18103/mra.v11i5.3867

Li, C., Zhu, P. T., & Loveless, C. (2022). Counselors’ Challenging Experience in Integrated Behavioral Healthcare: A Qualitative Exploration. Counselor Education and Supervision, 1-13. http://doi.org/10.1002/ceas.12258

Schauss, E., Hawes, K, Roberts, S., Clayton, M., Li, C., LittleJohn, A., Bartelli, D., & Williams, R. (2022). Examining the Incidence of Acute Stress in Pediatric Trauma Patients. Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open, 7(1).

Lenz, A. S., Ault, H., Balkin., R. S., Minton., C., Erford, B. T., Hays, D. C., Kim, B., & Li, C. (2022). Responsibilities of Users of Standardized Tests (RUST-4E). Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development. 55(4), 227-235. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481756.2022.2052321

Lenz, A. S., Burgess, M., & Li, C. (2022). Evidence for measurement invariance and psychometric reliability for scores on the GSCI from a rural and predominately Hispanic community. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development. http://doi.org/10.1080/07481756.2021.2018659

Li, C., Kemer, G, & Lu, J. F. (2022). Predictors for Supervisee Disclosure in Supervision: A Mediation Model. Counselor Education and Supervision, 1-11. http://doi.org/10.1002/ces.12233

Kemer, G., Li, C., Attia, M., Chan, C., Chung, M. J., Li, D., Neuer Colburn, A., Peters, H., Ramaswamy, A., & Sunal, Z. (2021). Multicultural Supervision in Counseling: A Content Analysis of Peer-Reviewed Literature. Counselor Education and Supervision, 1-13. http://doi.org/10.1002/ceas.12220

Lenz, A. S., & Li, C. (2021). Evidence for measurement invariance and psychometric reliability for scores on the PHQ-4 from a rural and predominately Hispanic community. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 55(1), 17-29. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481756.2021.1906157

Li, C., Kemer, G., & Henson, J. M. (2020). Development and validation of supervisee disclosure in supervision scale. Counselor Education and Supervision, 59 (2), 145-159. http://doi.org/10.1002/ceas.12172

Lu, J. F., Li, C., Ufomadu, J., & Potts, C. (2019). An Exploration of Variables that Contribute to Counseling Students’ Spiritual Competence Development: Implications for Counselor Education. International Journal of Advanced Counseling, 42, 200-216. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10447-019-09391-9

Kemer, G., Moe, J., Hoquee, K., Goodman-Scott, E., Sunal, Z., & Li, C. (2019). Further validation of the Consultation Skills Scale (CSS): Relationships between consultation skills, supervisory working alliance, and interprofessional collaboration. The Professional Counselor, 9(3), 226-237. http://doi.org/10.15241/gk.9.3.226