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Community Service and Consultation ofSoh-Leong Lim |
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CONSULTATION AND SERVICE FOR THE UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY |
Co-presenter, Reconcilable differences: Helping couples in times of trouble at Singapore Bible College, Singapore. A one day workshop (8 hours) provided to marriage and family counselors from Singapore, Malaysia, and India, July 2008.
Presenter, Workshop on Marriage and Family Counseling. One-week intensive training provided to graduate students at the Novelink Fellows Graduate Program, Xiamen, China, July 2008.
Presenter, Intergenerational Legacies and Ethnic Identity. Seminar presented at the San Diego Asian American Leadership Conference, San Diego, CA, April, 2008.
Presenter, Workshop on Using Genograms for Assessment and Intervention in Counseling Chinese Families, Shanghai AYA Counseling Services, Shanghai, China. June 2007.
Workshop Presenter, Family Therapy I. One-week intensive training workshops for the Certificate Program in Marriage and Family Therapy in East Asia, Harmony Counseling Center, Shenyang, China, July 2006.
Workshop Presenter, Parenting – Raising the Chinese Family. One-week intensive training workshops for the Certificate Program in Marriage and Family Therapy in East Asia, Harmony Counseling Center, Shenyang, China, July 2006.
Advisory Board Member, Southeast Asia Children Projects (SACP), 2005 - present
SACP was founded to address child trafficking and child sexual exploitation in Southeast Asia. SACP offers training in the treatment of rescued or at-risk youth and their families, conducts research on human trafficking, and assists in prevention and documentation efforts by child and family welfare groups in Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam.
AAMFT Approved Supervisor, SDSU-Price Charities School-based Family Therapy Program, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, Sept. 2005 – May 2006.
Provide supervision to SDSU MFT trainees in the Sol-Price project serving children and families for school success at Adams Elementary School, San Diego, CA.
Advisory Board Member, College of Education International Programs Center, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, 2006.
Provide consultation in sustaining and expanding international collaborations and programs in the College of Education, San Diego State University.
Presenter, Parenting workshops (Systematic Training for Effective Parenting) and Workshops in the area of counseling skills and interpersonal relationships in different locations in the U.S. and in Asia, 1989 – present.
Emphasis on intergenerational and cross-cultural competencies in parenting and interpersonal relationships. Locations covered include Lubbock, Houston, Arlington, San Francisco, Pasadena, San Diego, Singapore, Brunei, and different cities in Malaysia (Batu Pahat, Kluang, Petaling Jaya, Subang Jaya, Kuala Lumpur)
Panel Speaker, Integration: Faith and Therapy, Christian Association for Psychological Studies – West Region (CAPS WEST), January 2005.
ESL Teacher’s Assistant with refugee women, First Things First, San Diego, International Rescue Committee. San Diego, California, Volunteer, September 2002 – May 2003.
Provide small group English language instruction and individual tutoring to refugee women from Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, and the Middle-East.
School-based Family Therapist, USF School-based Family Counseling Program, Center for Child and Family Development, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, Sept. 2001 – Jan. 2002.
Provided school-based family counseling (K-8) in the Visitacion Valley in collaboration with teachers, school personnel, parents, and community agencies. Population served is diverse with a large population of newly arrived immigrants.
School-based Family Therapist and In-Home Therapist, Community Youth Development and Parent Empowerment Projects, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 1998 – 2000.
Worked with teachers and parents in assisting delinquent youth in personal and relational difficulties. Provided in-home therapy to indigent families.
Educator in Parenting Education, Parenting Education Project, Community Youth Development Project, Lubbock, TX, 1998 – 1999.
Trained and coached a multi-ethnic team of community leaders in parenting education. Community Parent Educators trained included professionals, administrators, educators, religious leaders and parents in this largely Latino and African-American community.
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Lim, S., & Lim, B. (2009, January). Use of family sculpting as an experiential assessment and intervention tool in counseling Asian families. Paper accepted for presentation at the International Counseling and Social Work Symposium, School of Educational Studies, University Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia.
Lim, S., Romero, X., Rush, D., Hernandez, P., (2008, March). Community Responsive
Training: Linking Counseling with Social Issues. Paper presentation at the
33rd Annual Association for Women in Psychology Conference, San Diego, CA
Lim, S., Hernandez, P., Ly, M., & Rush, D. (2007, June). The innovative use of WebQuest
technology for training students in global advocacy in the issue of child trafficking and
prostitution. Paper presentation at the 12th International Counseling Conference, Shanghai, China.
Schock, C. K., & Lim, S. (2007, June). COUPLE COMMUNICATION©: An effective family life
prevention and intervention tool in the cultural context of Mainland China. Paper
presentation at the 12th International Counseling Conference, Shanghai, China.
Lim, S., & Nakamoto, T. (2005, December). Genograms: A Psychosocial tool for counseling across cultures. Presentation at the 11th International Counseling Conference, Bangkok, Thailand. |
Lim, S., & Lim, B. (2004, September). Transformative Aspects of Genograms in Training Therapists. Poster Presentation at the 62nd Annual AAMFT Conference, Atlanta, Georgia. |
Lim, S., & Lim, B. (2003, September). A Clinical Perspective to Working with Immigrant Families. Presentation at the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC) World Conference, Nashville, Tennessee. |
Lim, S. (2000, November). Organizing Principles in Immigrant Chinese Families across Two Generations – A Qualitative Study. Paper presentation at the National Council on Family Relations, Minneapolis, Minnesota. |
Lim, S., & Wieling, E. (1999, November). Immigrant Chinese American Women: Negotiating Values and Perceptions of Self in the Cultural Borderlands of East and West – A Qualitative Study. Paper presentation at the National Council on Family Relations, Irvine, California. |
Lim, S., & Lim B. (1999, April). Understanding Cultural Diversity. Paper presentation at the International Conference on Christian Psychology and Counseling, Colorado Springs, Colorado. |
Clark, W., Margee, Vaughn, M., Lim, S., Bryan, L. (1998, April). Using Peer Mentoring to Enhance Women’s Professional Identity Development. Panel presentation at the Fourteenth Annual All-University Conference on the Advancement of Women in Higher Education, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas. |
Lim, S., & Lim, B. (1997, November). Counseling the Asian Family - An East-West Interface. Paper presented at the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC) World Conference, Dallas, Texas. |
REVIEWS FOR PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES AND JOURNALS
Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, February 2007
Journal of Marriage and Family, June 2005
Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, February 2003
American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy 62nd Annual Conference, 2004
National Council on Family Relations Annual Conferences, 2000 & 2001