

The goals of the novel are to help herself to remember her young days when she is 80-year-old and to invite readers to understand the struggles, the fun and the viewpoint of a 1.5 gen college student.Ĭeara Corry is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker Associate and a part of the Multicultural Health Program (MCHP). Chung enjoys spending time with her family, enjoying coffee and bubble tea, watching college football, and writing stories – in fact, she wrote a novel about her college experience as a 1.5 generation immigrant.
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Chung has decided to dedicate herself full time as a student counselor at UNC.īesides her work, Ms. Another path is to focus on adolescents and young adults at various outpatient settings in providing mental health counseling. One path is to work closely with survivors of violent crime, such as human trafficking, sexual assault, and domestic violence as an advocate and case manager. Chung has created two career paths for herself. After working as an outreach coordinator to raise mental health awareness in the Asian community in Oakland, CA for two years, she decided to pursue her master's degree in Social Work from New York University in 2014 to become a clinician who can provide counseling to people in need. Chung obtained her Bachelor of Arts (B.A) in Psychology from the University of California, Irvine in 2006, continuing her education and receiving a master's degree in Public Health - Health Education and Promotion from the University of Southern California in 2009. Chung is originally from Taiwan and moved to California when she was 12. Susan Chung is a licensed clinical social worker at CAPS and is part of the Multicultural Health Program (MCHP). Outside of work, Ardith enjoys spending mindful quality time with family and friends, cooking, reading, traveling, savoring a good cup of coffee or tea, and relishing in moments of quiet and calm. She has also worked with the community as a licensed clinical social worker in private practice delivering individual and group psychotherapy to adults.Īrdith uses a variety of therapeutic approaches based on what best meets someone’s needs and comfort and draws from modalities including Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Somatic Experiencing (SE), and crisis intervention and stabilization techniques.Īrdith has a strong interest in increasing accessibility to mental health and wellness care so that more people, of all identities and backgrounds, have a space to process life’s challenges and learn skills to navigate them. Compass Center provides relationship violence crisis intervention and group support, career and financial counseling, violence prevention education, and youth sexual health education. She has worked as the Associate Director and Grants Director at Compass Center in Chapel Hill. Since completing her graduate degrees in 2007, Ardith has pursued two simultaneous career paths. She also has a Certificate in Nonprofit Management from Duke University. After working for several years managing sexual violence crisis programs at the Orange County Rape Crisis Center, she returned to UNC Chapel Hill to earn her Master of Social Work (MSW) and Master of Public Health (MPH) in Maternal and Child Health.

She received her Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Psychology from UNC Chapel Hill. Ardith Burkes is a licensed clinical social worker and works with students at the Eshelman School of Pharmacy as part of the CAPS Embedded Counselor Program.
