Professional Profile

June (Jung) Hyun is an Associate Professor of Counselor Education in the School of Education. She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Washington and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Georgia. She also holds the Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS) credential and am a National Certified Counselor (NCC) through the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC). Her clinical experience spans a variety of settings, including private practice, a community-based nonprofit organization specializing in behavioral and mental health services for children and adolescents, and as a school-based counselor and school counselor in K-12 schools.

Hyun has taught courses including counseling skills, counseling theories, social and cultural foundations, life span, family systems, ethics, postmodern counseling theories, group counseling, play therapy, career counseling, psychoeducational assessment, classroom management, practicum, and internship. Her teaching philosophy centers on building authentic relationships, creating inclusive and supportive learning environments, and promoting growth through challenge and encouragement. She draws on constructivist and adult learning theories, designing courses that connect with students’ lived experiences and encourage critical reflection. As a counselor educator, she is committed to multicultural competence and anti-racist pedagogy, incorporating diverse perspectives and decolonizing practices into my teaching. She sees herself as both guide and co-learner, fostering a collaborative space where students feel empowered, respected, and inspired to grow. Her current research focuses on multicultural competence, anti-racism in counselor education, and the lived experiences of historically marginalized communities within the counseling profession. She is conducting a large-scale content analysis on anti-racism scholarship in counseling journals and co-leading a Delphi study to define anti-racism in counselor education. She also engaged in several qualitative projects exploring culturally responsive mentorship and the professional identity development of foreign-born counselor educators, which reflect my own journey. In addition, she is developing and validating the ARCCH-IS, a resilience model for international students, and examining how their career adaptability is shaped by critical consciousness. She is currently collecting data on Korean immigrants’ experiences in therapeutic alliances. Across all my work, she strives to integrate systems thinking, cultural humility, and decolonizing practices that promote equity, inclusion, and justice in counseling and counselor education. Hyun has a deep appreciation for learning about other cultures, which fuels her love for traveling, trying new foods, hiking, and spending time in nature. She is passionate about community engagement, particularly in serving immigrants and marginalized populations. While in Seattle, she collaborated with graduate students to offer annual parenting workshops for Chinese-speaking caregivers, helping them navigate the U.S. school system. These efforts were well-received and became a recurring community event. Now based in Atlanta, she has begun connecting with local organizations such as RICE Counseling Center and PEACE to support the mental health needs of the city’s growing immigrant and Asian communities. Mentorship also remains a central passion in my professional and community life.

Hyun has contributed to education literature with translations including “Critical Incidents in School Counseling” (Portman et al., 2019) into Korean. Her publications include chapters in “A Comprehensive Guide for Counselor Education” (Springer Texts in Education, 2025) and “Intersectional Counseling Skills: The Journey to Becoming a Culturally Inclusive Counselor” (Cognella, 2024). Other noteworthy publications include “Mentoring Needs in Counselor Education” (Journal of Asia Pacific Counseling, 2024), “Perceptions and Experiences of School Counselor Trainees on Self-Care Grounded in Mindfulness and Social-Emotional Learning” (The Professional Counselor, 2023), “Content Analysis of Child and Adolescent Counseling Outcome Studies in Counseling Journals” (Journal of Children and Adolescent Counseling, 2023), and “ Foreign-Born Counselor Educators’ Professional Identity Development” (Journal of Counselor Leadership and Advocacy, 2023).

Academic Credentials

• Ph.D. Counselor Education and Practice, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 2009
• M.S. Counseling and Personnel Pupil Service in School Counseling, California State University, Bakersfield, Bakersfield, CA, 2005
• B.A. English Education, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea, 2000